South Africa’s AI policy will be rewritten. The threat won’t wait, writes Palo Alto Networks’ Justin Lee.
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Longer contracts have become South Africa’s answer to unaffordable smartphones – but at a big long-term cost to consumers.
Co-founders Bradley Wattrus and Lungisa Matshoba will return to CFO and chief product and technology roles.
TrendAI’s Zaheer Ebrahim says South Africa’s patching problem is about to be compounded by agentic AI.
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Some urban centres in Africa are already at capacity, Elon Musk said on Monday.
Altron has reported a more than doubling in its operating profit in the six months to end-August.
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Macro events suggest bitcoin and other tokens should be beating a hasty retreat. Instead, they’re extending their 2023 rebound.
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