South Africa’s private sector returned to marginal growth in June, but business optimism sank to a five-year low.
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South Africa’s top universities have stopped policing AI and started redesigning how they teach, assess and certify.
Graduate unemployment in South Africa has risen to 12.2%. The problem is a skills mismatch, not qualifications.
BlackBerry lost while it was winning. South Africa’s would-be IoT platforms should heed the warning.
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CIVH, the Remgro-controlled parent of fibre network operator Maziv, has swung into a big interim loss.
MTN South Africa has ended its long-running sponsorship of South Africa’s national rugby team, the Springboks.
Remgro has placed an equity valuation of R32.4-billion on Maziv, the fibre operator that owns Vumatel and Dark Fibre Africa.
US President Donald Trump’s administration is nominating Leo Brent Bozell III as ambassador to South Africa.
Wearable technology is taking centre stage in Discovery Health’s move towards AI-powered health care.
Cassava Technologies has tapped Nvidia to build Africa’s first artificial intelligence “factory”.
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The US Federal Trade Commission wants to an injunction against Microsoft’s deal to buy Activision Blizzard.
Intel said its manufacturing business will work like a separate unit and will begin to generate a margin.
Intelsat has ended merger talks with SES, a source familiar with the matter said.
IBM and the All-England Lawn Tennis Club have announced new features for the Wimbledon digital fan experience.
The launch of 60 Starlink satellites by Elon Musk’s SpaceX has grabbed the attention of people around the globe. With Musk planning for up to 12 000 satellites in low-Earth orbit, this fleet could forever change our view of the heavens.
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers announced this week that scientists affiliated with Huawei will no longer be permitted to serve as referees or editors for papers published in its journals.
