A new industry report argues that the sector mistook innovation for inclusion and left informal markets behind.
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Oracle’s total workforce declined 13%, or about 21 000 employees, last year, partly driven by the adoption of AI.
Namibia on Monday said it had dismissed an appeal by Starlink against the rejection of its licence applications.
Johannesburg’s enterprise IT departments, not Cape Town’s start-ups, are driving a worrying tech skills exodus.
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President Cyril Ramaphosa pledged on Thursday to revive South Africa’s flagging economy.
JSE-listed technology services group EOH Holdings has appointed a new chief financial officer.
Communications minister Solly Malatsi says luxury goods classification on smartphones inhibits digital adoption.
Lobby group ACT says government is not doing enough to counter the negative impact of power problems on the sector.
ACT CEO Nomvuyiso Batyi says government deadlines for 2G and 3G switch-off in South Africa are not helpful.
The appetite for investing in alternative power solutions showed decline in the second quarter.
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An uncrewed Chinese spacecraft has acquired imagery data covering all of Mars, including visuals of its south pole.
Arm has unveiled a set of new chip technologies aimed at making videogames on smartphones look better while preserving battery life.
Bitcoin stayed just above $20 000 on Wednesday, with its inability to gain upward traction fuelling concern among analysts of further declines.
Sony is launching a new gaming gear brand called Inzone, trotting out headphones and displays for the PC to try and expand its reach beyond the PlayStation.
Richemont’s decision to plough €2.7bn into e-commerce by buying out Yoox Net-a-Porter is a wake-up call to sceptics who thought consumers would never buy US$5 000 Cartier necklaces and $50 000 Vacheron
There’s a compelling reason to consider what’s going on with cryptocurrencies a purely speculative boom-and-bust roller-coaster: over a three-month period, the prices of all the top coins and tokens are rather strongly correlated

































