Graduate unemployment in South Africa has risen to 12.2%. The problem is a skills mismatch, not qualifications.
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South Africa’s top universities have stopped policing AI and started redesigning how they teach, assess and certify.
BlackBerry lost while it was winning. South Africa’s would-be IoT platforms should heed the warning.
South Africa’s private sector returned to marginal growth in June, but business optimism sank to a five-year low.
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The initiative could improve accountability in the police, but budgetary constraints are a limiting factor.
MTN South Africa has unveiled a partnership with police in the Eastern Cape to crack down on rampant infrastructure crime.
Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariff plan may disrupt global trade, but South Africa’s tech sector remains largely unaffected – for now.
Elon Musk has showcased a version of the Grok chatbot technology that the billionaire has said is the “smartest AI on Earth”.
Government has drafted an early retirement offer for civil servants in an effort to reduce the public sector wage bill.
South Africa’s EV tax incentive will help boost manufacturing. But the industry faces challenges, including sustainability issues.
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Naspers-owned Prosus has continued its selloff of China’s Tencent, bringing its stake in the Chinese internet giant to under 26%.
Twitter users are exploring Jack Dorsey-backed app Bluesky Social as a possible alternative to the social media network.
Spotify Technology has crossed the half a billion mark for monthly active users for the first time.
Apple notched another victory in its long-running court battle to block Epic Games from breaking down barriers in the App Store.
Already in 2019 there have been Internet shutdowns in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo, Chad, Sudan and Zimbabwe.
Do you remember the NSA’s phone-records programme? It was perhaps the most contentious of Edward Snowden’s revelations. Now the operation has been halted entirely – with barely a whimper.
