Estonia’s digital ID success offers South Africa clear lessons on trust, governance and inclusive design.
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Global memory shortages are choking smartphone supply, threatening sales, profits and industry growth.
MTN Group is in advanced discussions to acquire the shares in IHS Holdings that it does not already own.
Alphabet is taking on OpenAI with a gusto that underscores Wall Street’s perception that the Google parent is the leader in AI.
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Vodacom and the WWF have teamed up to “pilot solutions to safeguard marine mammals against entanglements”.
Eskom will use a portion of $12.5-billion in multilateral loans to deliver power to areas where the grid is overloaded.
OpenAI’s board fired the company’s CEO, Sam Altman, sending shockwaves across the tech industry.
Vodacom is experimenting with different forms of satellite connectivity but thinks direct to mobile will be most disruptive.
Germany will soon sign an agreement to lend South Africa €500-million to help it transition away from coal-fired electricity.
A Vodacom pilot is using a virtual twin of Cape Town to calculate optimal tower equipment configurations in real time.
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Mastercard said it will hire more than 500 young professionals this year as it prepares to launch practices focused on cryptocurrencies and open banking.
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway acquired nearly $1-billion of shares in Activision Blizzard just before Microsoft agreed to buy the videogame maker.
Intel is close to buying Israeli firm Tower Semiconductor for about $6-billion, a source said, a move aimed at competing better with Taiwan’s TSMC.
Elon Musk reported that he gifted almost $6-billion worth of Tesla shares to charity in November.
The alarm on your smartphone went off 10 minutes earlier than usual this morning. Parts of the city are closed off in preparation for a popular end of summer event, so congestion is expected to be worse than usual. You’ll need to catch an earlier bus
The constitutional court on Thursday upheld an appeal by MultiChoice subsidiary M-Net, the SABC and the minister of communications against a ruling by the supreme court of appeal that the minister (at the time Faith Muthambi)
