Vodacom shares rose more than 5% in early Tuesday trade on the JSE after group flagged a 20-25% jump in earnings.
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The draft regulations from home affairs minister Leon Schreiber set out a smartphone-based digital ID system for South Africa.
From pizza-box prototypes to Exclusive Books shelves, this South African financial literacy board game has found an audience.
Younger workers increasingly see company data as career capital, raising the stakes for South African employers.
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US self-sufficiency in semiconductors is just not going to happen: the global nature of chip-making will not bow to American nostalgia.
South Africa is under pressure to ensure it has the technology infrastructure and resources needed to keep pace with the rest of the world.
Mamongae Mahlare, who was Takealot Group CEO before shifting in the role of executive chair, has resigned.
The Public Service Commission has acknowledged the governance issues at the State IT Agency.
While critics panicked over ChatGPT’s rise, Sundar Pichai focused on reorganising Google’s AI firepower. This and more in today’s Bookmarks.
The South African National Space Agency has put a newly built rocket gantry in the Western Cape to the test.
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The UK said it would block Microsoft’s US$69-billion acquisition of Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard.
In their earnings calls on Tuesday, the tech giants offered up starkly different assessments of just how much disruption is in store for the market.
Alibaba’s cloud computing division will cut prices for its products and services by up to 50% starting on Wednesday.
Microsoft beat estimates for quarterly revenue and profit, with the company saying that artificial intelligence products are helping stimulate sales.
The perennial worry about European technology is that there isn’t a consumer-facing giant to rival the size of Apple, Google, Facebook and Amazon.com. In one fell swoop, it’s about to get one. Sort of.
Naspers CEO Bob van Dijk has been working for years to solve a problem rivals might envy – getting investors to value the South African firm nearer to its $133-billion stake in Tencent. A plan for a Dutch listing is his boldest step yet.
