Growth came mainly from low-margin Microsoft and Sage distribution, and flat costs did the rest.
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MultiChoice revenue fell 3% like for like in the first nine months, though the decline eased in the third quarter.
A home affairs credential could spare South Africans repeat payment onboarding, says DIDx’s Lohan Spies.
South Africa’s big financial firms call artificial intelligence a growth driver, yet benefits are rarely tracked properly.
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Groupe Canal+’s planned acquisition of MultiChoice Group just cleared a major hurdle.
Sars will once again turn to technology to maximise tax collection as the economic outlook remains muted.
Eskom has issued an invitation to tender for the construction of a pilot green hydrogen facility in Johannesburg.
Wednesday’s budget speech shows spending on science and technology education is a priority, despite fiscal constraints.
Shares in Reunert fell sharply on Wednesday, before regaining some ground, after a weaker-than-expected trading update.
Africa has established the continent’s first space agency to boost Earth observation and data sharing.
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Google is planning to make its search engine more “visual, snackable, personal and human”, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Sonos and Google will face off on Monday over claims Google copied Sonos’s patented smart speaker technology.
A senior software engineer at Google has written a critique asserting that the internet search leader is losing its edge in AI.
Apple CEO Tim Cook is betting that those markets will provide more opportunities for growth, with their youthful populations and relatively few iPhones.
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.
