A look at South African tech start-ups whose global acquisitions delivered big exits for founders and international impact.
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Xneelo has begun construction on a second data centre at Samrand in Gauteng.
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.
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Spar Group has unpacked what went wrong with its big SAP project, and why it cost it billions in lost profits.
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to AI by Arthur Goldstuck is a thoughtful look at a world-changing technology.
Admire him or despise him, Elon Musk is the obvious pick for TechCentral’s International Newsmaker of the Year.
Apple is ramping up production of the Vision Pro mixed-reality headset, setting the stage for a launch by February.
Corruption-accused Isabel dos Santos is the self-exiled daughter of former Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos.
Amazon’s Project Kuiper is an enormous undertaking in an area that has had more bankruptcies than successes.
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Bitcoin on Tuesday held ground just below its highest this year, touched a day earlier, with gains for the original cryptocurrency topping 27% since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
US pressure on Huawei has served to strengthen the resolve of the Chinese telecommunications giant, finance chief Meng Wanzhou said.
Bitcoin is about to face a fresh onslaught over its damaging environmental footprint.
Huawei Technologies on Monday reported asset sale gains helped lift profit 76% in 2021, its biggest-ever annual gain.
Telkom’s zero-rated streaming plans, called LIT, which it plans to introduce on 1 September, may break network neutrality principles and run counter to government’s draft integrated policy for the ICT sector, a reading
History was made in a Seoul court on Friday when Jay Y Lee, scion of the family that founded the giant Samsung conglomerate, was convicted on bribery and embezzlement charges and sentenced to five years in prison
