Shoprite CTO Chris Shortt on meeting the customer anywhere, the SAP core underneath it and hiring for a world of agents.
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Existing subscribers have until 12 October to move across, after which the current app stops working.
Under MTN’s new wholesale model, an MVNO that wants aggressive retail pricing can have it, but there’s a catch.
From Royole’s FlexPai to tri-folds: how the folding phone idea finally reached Apple’s hands.
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Foreign providers sell Rica avoidance as an eSim feature, exposing a gap in South Africa’s Sim-registration rules.
Elon Musk’s SpaceX now operates 75% of all manoeuvrable satellites in orbit and is targeting 10 000 launches a year.
FindHomes wants to replace gut-feel property decisions with deeds data, yield forecasts and a WhatsApp AI agent.
Eskom is in exploratory talks with the World Bank over funding for a multibillion-dollar nuclear programme.
South Africa’s key inflation number hit 4% in April, with fuel prices still rising and interest rate hikes now looking likely.
MTN Group will install GPUs at its African towers to build a distributed AI inference grid, while also investing in AI data centres.
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Even if US President-elect Donald Trump were not a crypto enthusiast, it would probably still be having a good week.
The Nasdaq 100 Index climbed to its first record since July in the wake of the US presidential election.
Under-16s in Australia will be banned from social media as part of a push to protect young people’s mental health.
When Donald Trump first started a trade war with China in 2018, Beijing found itself on the back foot. This time President Xi Jinping is better prepared for a fight.
