South Africa ranks second globally for education spending but near the bottom for digital skills and outcomes.
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Network operators face mandatory bi-annual GIS submissions and R1-million fines under draft rapid deployment rules.
Government’s draft AI policy has proposed the creation of seven new institutions to govern AI in South Africa.
Researcher BMIT forecasts 5G will account for two-thirds of all residential wireless broadband connections by 2029.
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Data centre operator Teraco has expanded its executive management team following a period of rapid growth.
Satellite broadband promises to weaken authoritarian regimes’ ability to shut down the internet and silence dissent.
Stable electricity supply and an enabling macroeconomic environment have laid the groundwork for the sector’s continued growth in 2026.
South Africa’s fibre market is entering an “Open Access 2.0” era shaped by scale, behaviour and enforcement.
Elon Musk is suing OpenAI and Microsoft, arguing their profits stem from his early funding and support.
Software developer jobs are booming in South Africa, but too few qualified candidates are applying, Pnet data shows.
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The US is poised to launch its third crackdown in three years on China’s semiconductor industry, sources said.
A senior official at Uganda’s finance ministry downplayed the extent of the losses.
Namibia has ordered Starlink to cease all operations, saying the service is operating without the required licence.
Offshore hackers stole R305-million from Uganda’s central bank, the state-owned New Vision newspaper reported.
