South Africa’s private sector returned to marginal growth in June, but business optimism sank to a five-year low.
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South Africa’s top universities have stopped policing AI and started redesigning how they teach, assess and certify.
Graduate unemployment in South Africa has risen to 12.2%. The problem is a skills mismatch, not qualifications.
BlackBerry lost while it was winning. South Africa’s would-be IoT platforms should heed the warning.
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SAP has appointed Kholiwe Makhohliso to lead its Southern African operation, replacing Cathy Smith.
A recent statement by the electricity minister, in which he asserted that solar could collapse the national grid, overlooks the real cause of the problem.
Canal+ has increased its stake in MultiChoice to 31.7%, taking it closer to a potential mandatory offer to other shareholders.
Ethiopia has launched a tender for a second new telecoms licence, opening one of Africa’s largest markets to further competition.
AI chips from AMD are about 80% as fast as those from Nvidia, with a path to matching their performance, a report has found.
TikTok, owned by China’s ByteDance, is now second only to Facebook as South Africa’s most popular social media platform
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Juicy sirloin steaks hot off a 3D printer are on the menu this year as the booming faux meat market bids to lure even die-hard carnivores.
Jaguar Land Rover’s car range will be fully electric by 2030 as the car maker joins a global race to develop zero-emission models to get ahead of looming bans on sales of new fossil-fuel vehicles.
Volkswagen is not concerned by any Apple plans for a passenger vehicle that could include the iPhone maker’s battery technology, CEO Herbert Diess said.
Google last month said it would likely pull its core search function from Australia if the government pushes ahead with a plan to require it to pay media companies an indeterminate fee for news snippets.
South Africa, the leading carbon emitter in Africa, has geothermal resources that can be used to generate electricity and reduce its carbon emissions. But a recent study suggests that the potential cost is prohibitive, unless strong incentives are provided. South Africa is heavily dependent
Smart wearable technologies, such as the Apple Watch, are this year’s “must have” item — their makers are banking on it. Apparently, there is a model for everyone. As always, professional high-tech-trend watchers (a pun now worn on their wrists) are not just selling the commodity
