South Africa does not have a digital talent shortage. What it has is a shortage of work-ready talent.
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Dual-listed lender Investec is putting Microsoft’s AI assistant on every desk in South Africa and the UK.
Anthropic has launched an AI agent in the Slack app that can work alongside employees in group chats.
Stakeholders have until 21 August to weigh in before parliament decides the sector’s regulatory future.
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Vodacom Group fired 631 employees and contractors in the 2024 financial year for fraud-related incidents, leading to 15 arrests.
Ukheshe has a new name: EFT Corporation. This follows its acquisition of a business of the same name in January.
Telkom posted a full-year profit of R1.9-billion and said it would consider resuming dividends from 2025.
Sanlam will buy a 60% stake in MultiChoice South Africa’s insurance business for an upfront cash amount of R1.2-billion.
The US government sued Adobe, accusing it of concealing hefty termination fees in its most popular subscription plan.
Eskom CEO Dan Marokane said the utility needs to intensify its recovery and add clean energy stations.
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SpaceX employees are offering to sell shares via a private placement that would value the firm at $125-billion, sources said.
The crypto market may well bounce back. But the message is clear: this stuff is not ready for prime time.
Last week’s undoing of the TerraUSD algorithmic stablecoin and its sister token Luna has ramifications for all of crypto.
The move translates into additional pressure on makers of smartphones, cars and game consoles to lift the prices consumers pay.
The sharing economy has very quickly gained wide acceptance. Using apps like Uber and Airbnb is now mainstream. “Young people today are demanding access to goods over ownership of goods,” says Daniel Breier
The Competition Commission believes a contract between Vodacom and the government is potentially anticompetitive and has launched an investigation into the telecommunications giant to establish this. Specifically, the
