South Africa ranks second globally for education spending but near the bottom for digital skills and outcomes.
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Government’s draft AI policy has proposed the creation of seven new institutions to govern AI in South Africa.
Meta, Amazon and Google are bankrolling advanced nuclear reactor projects to secure power for AI data centres.
Researcher BMIT forecasts 5G will account for two-thirds of all residential wireless broadband connections by 2029.
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A partnership between four financial institutions has led to the launch of an “institutional-grade” stablecoin pegged to the rand.
The entry of China’s Haier into South Africa looks set to sharpen competition in the local home appliance market.
A look at South African tech start-ups whose global acquisitions delivered big exits for founders and international impact.
Standard Bank is accelerating the shift to cashless branches as it adapts its physical network to changing customer behaviour.
OpenAI is unsatisfied with some of Nvidia’s latest AI chips and has sought alternatives, sources have said.
The transaction values SpaceX at $1-trillion, and xAI at $250-billion, according to a person familiar with the matter.
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Amazon Web Services’ new Ocelot chip comprises two tiny squares of silicon stacked on top of each other.
Instagram is reportedly considering the launch of a separate app for its short-form video feature, Reels.
The impact on Apple’s bottom line was a key reason it chose to to charge developers a 27% fee.
An analyst note flagging a possible slowdown by Microsoft in leasing data centre capacity has grabbed the market’s attention.
