BlackBerry lost while it was winning. South Africa’s would-be IoT platforms should heed the warning.
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Solly Malatsi insists nobody influenced him into pursuing a policy his party, the DA, had already promised.
The fight over who owns South Africa’s transmission grid has burst spectacularly into the open.
South Africa’s top universities have stopped policing AI and started redesigning how they teach, assess and certify.
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Eskom’s risk premium is dwindling as a turnaround at the state-owned electricity company gathers momentum.
Eskom has launched a forensic investigation into an electricity theft racket involving the use of illicit tokens for prepaid meters.
TechCentral spoke with TymeBank CEO Karl Westvig about Tyme Group’s latest investment round, TymeBank’s ambitious growth plans in South Africa, and more.
The US government is urging Americans to use encrypted apps like Signal after hackers infiltrated telecoms networks. This and more in the final Bookmarks of 2024.
Funds stolen by hacking cryptocurrency platforms surged by 21% in 2024, according to new research.
It’s been a remarkable news year in the global tech industry. This is TechCentral’s pick of the biggest newsmakers of 2024.
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The GSMA has announced a new united interface that will give developers universal access to all of their networks.
Cisco is working with Mercedes-Benz to add its Webex conferencing tools to the dashboard of vehicles arriving in dealerships in the coming weeks.
Qualcomm is working with Android smartphone companies to add satellite-based messaging capabilities to their devices.
Nokia has announced plans to change its brand identity for the first time in nearly 60 years, complete with a new logo.
Economists estimate that the South African economy could have been 10% larger by the end of 2014 if it had not been for crippling power shortages.
Bloated by debt, bled by corruption and battered by structurally declining sales, Eskom is facing what’s known in the industry as a “death spiral”.
