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Software developer jobs are booming in South Africa, but too few qualified candidates are applying, Pnet data shows.
Consumers are reshaping online payments as merchants race to meet growing demand for flexible digital options.
Solar parks and grid-scale batteries are set to deliver significant new capacity to South Africa’s grid in 2026.
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The study of prime numbers is not just a historical curiosity. Number theory is also essential to modern cryptography.
Marc Jury, CEO of MultiChoice South Africa and Showmax, has resigned. He will leave the group in March.
A group of investors led by Harith General Partners has agreed to buy out a fund that owns a stake in Vumatel parent CIVH.
Naspers and Prosus companies such as iFood and OLX are sharing AI expertise for business growth.
Steven Levy on why Microsoft, at 50, is still a force to be reckoned with. This and more in today’s Bookmarks.
TechCentral readers will remember our participation in a recent road trip across South Africa in five EVs. Now there’s an equally epic documentary about the four-day event.
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Although the Nautilus Space Observatory is still a long way from launch, the team behind it says it has made a lot of progress.
A lawsuit has revealed new details about the allegations of massive fraud at the fallen crypto conglomerate.
Timothy Haugh has warned of growing threats posed by AI, from election interference to the potential export of repressive technologies by China.
Microsoft’s AI-driven rally has nudged CEO Satya Nadella’s total windfall from the company past a gilded threshold.
The most exciting innovation in initial distribution of cryptocurrency in 2019 is Handshake’s directed airdrop.
Finance minister Tito Mboweni’s plan to pull the economy out of its longest downward cycle since 1945 may have put him on a collision course with cabinet colleagues, fellow ruling-party members and labour unions.

































