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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OpenAI is considering granting special voting rights to its non-profit board to preserve the power of its directors.
Cassava Technologies has announced sweeping management changes it said will gear it for growth.
Talks to license Starlink in South Africa have reportedly stalled over tensions with the Donald Trump administration in the US.
Lungile Binza had been serving as SABC chief operating officer in an acting capacity for the past year.
Software developers in fintech are outearning their counterparts in other sectors.
Professional workers could ultimately become managers of AI’s output, rather than the originators of new ideas and content.
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Netflix said on Tuesday it plans to invest US$2.5-billion in South Korea over the next four years to produce Korean TV series, movies and unscripted shows.
Bitcoin could reach $100 000 by the end of 2024, Standard Chartered said on Monday, saying that the “crypto winter” is over.
China will explore using 3D printing to construct buildings on the moon as Beijing solidifies plans for long-term lunar habitation.
British chip maker ARM Holdings is reportedly building its own silicon chip to showcase the capabilities of its products.
Mark Zuckerberg’s latest blog post talks about making Facebook and its Internet hangouts more of an intimate digital “living room” rather than a raucous public town square.
As new banks with radically different cost structures enter the market, the question is whether South Africa’s large banks are well placed to respond to the digital onslaught.
