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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After failing to show up on Wednesday, SpaceX has now formally “withdrawn its interest” in presenting to the regulator.
Starlink is already “sold out” in many African cities, including Nairobi, Lusaka and Harare.
Amazon is set to release its long-awaited – and delayed – Alexa generative artificial intelligence voice service.
Industry body ACT has told Icasa that the satellite licensing regime should not benefit some players over others.
DA federal chair Helen Zille is bullish about bitcoin but has said it shouldn’t be used in South Africa’s strategic reserve.
Africa50 is setting up an investment vehicle dedicated to off-grid power companies and plans a $500-million fund.
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Tencent Holdings tumbled by the most in seven weeks amid speculation its controlling shareholder, Naspers-controlled Prosus, may speed up selling shares.
US politicians are set to vote next week on a bill to crack down on China’s Huawei and ZTE.
Twitter has ceased to be an independent company after merging with a newly formed shell firm.
The group has committed to a spend of around ₩24-trillion by 2030 as it seeks to increase production of electric vehicles.
Ahead of its unbundling from parent Naspers and separate listing on the JSE, the bear case for MultiChoice is fairly well understood by the market. The reality, as always, is a lot more nuanced.
The response to this week’s unexpected wave of rolling blackouts load shedding – by practically everyone – has been completely unimaginative. Predictably so.
