Tech billionaires promise AI abundance underwritten by a basic income. Run South Africa’s budget and the thesis unravels.
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Permits are secured but the project has yet to break ground, with finer details of the plan still undisclosed.
Palo Alto CIO Meerah Rajavel tells TechCentral why going slow on AI is no longer an option for security teams.
Emile Burger is stepping down as CEO of Tarsus Distribution. He had been in the role for just 14 months.
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South Africa’s first four-day workweek trial shows some differences from other countries that have tried the switch.
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TechCentral has a look back at every decoder model made by MultiChoice, from the very first M-Net box 38 years ago to the latest DStv Explora Ultra.
New customer sentiment data about the South African banking sector has yielded intriguing insights.
Russia is stepping up its pursuit of closer ties with Africa by offering digital expertise in a strategy backed by President Vladimir Putin’s younger daughter.
MTN has effectively slashed the price of prepaid mobile data, launching a new plan that offers large data bundles at aggressive prices.
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Bitcoin extended losses on Tuesday, falling to the lowest level since August after a global selloff in riskier assets.
The selloff in the largest technology stocks is evoking memories of September 2020, when the Nasdaq 100 Stock Index tumbled nearly 13% over a three-week span.
Uber Technologies wants to expand its zero-emissions pledge to food delivery and make the business environmentally sustainable.
Bitcoin and US stocks are moving increasingly in lockstep as investor anxiety builds ahead of this week’s Federal Reserve meeting.
Africa’s start-ups are seizing an opportunity they say Google and Apple have missed – making apps for non-smartphones. In a region where the average customer doesn’t own a smartphone or a bank card, hundreds of millions
Telkom is betting its FreeMe packages, announced on Thursday night and available from today (Monday), will shake up the South African mobile market. And, when they’re compared side by side with similar offers from rivals, it’s
































