Solar parks and grid-scale batteries are set to deliver significant new capacity to South Africa’s grid in 2026.
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Software developer jobs are booming in South Africa, but too few qualified candidates are applying, Pnet data shows.
Iran’s crackdown on dissidents is shaping up as one of the toughest security tests yet for Elon Musk’s Starlink.
Consumers are reshaping online payments as merchants race to meet growing demand for flexible digital options.
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Software for the ethereum blockchain has been overhauled, drastically reducing its energy usage, its inventor and co-founder tweeted on Thursday.
Three industry bodies have launched an online ICT Skills Registry aimed at helping younger job seekers find employment in the technology sector.
South Africa is the only major market in the world that levies higher import taxes on EVs than on petrol-powered cars, says Mercedes-Benz’s Mark Raine.
Andy Higgins, a pioneer in e-commerce in South Africa, hopes the newly created Bob Group will make it easier for small and medium businesses to sell online.
France’s Canal+, which has steadily been buying shares in MultiChoice Group since 2020, has now significantly increased its stake.
Eskom said it will continue to implement severe power cuts – at stage 4 – until at least the end of the workweek, and possibly beyond.
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US President Donald Trump’s administration is maintaining pressure on Chancellor Angela Merkel to exclude Huawei from Germany’s 5G networks.
Microsoft unveiled a new cloud platform on Monday aimed at enabling telecommunications operators to build 5G networks faster, reduce costs and sell customised services to business clients.
A US judge has temporarily blocked a Trump administration order that was set to bar Apple and Google from offering Chinese-owned short video-sharing app TikTok for download on Sunday.
Japan’s NTT will take full control of its wireless carrier business NTT Docomo for about 4 trillion yen ($37.9-billion), the Nikkei business daily reported on Tuesday.
Telecommunications & postal services minister Siyabonga Cwele presented his budget vote speech last week and concealed among the details is a ticking time bomb that’s about to go off on mobile operators, broadcasters and Internet service providers
There’s a hole in the protection surrounding some of the Internet’s supposedly secure websites. A group of researchers has discovered that cyber criminals and other hackers can attack websites that
