Smart meter installations are lagging sharply, undermining Eskom’s ability to end load reduction timeously.
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AI data centres are starving the rest of the market of RAM and other components, pushing up the price of PCs, servers and everyday electronics.
Short-form content is developing as a new paradigm that traditional broadcasters and streamers are taking seriously.
Trade minister Parks Tau has appointed a new SEZ advisory board, blending government, business and technology expertise.
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The US beefed up its effort to cut off the flow of advanced technology to China by instructing Nvidia and AMD to stop sending their flagship AI chips there.
Flutterwave has obtained a switching and processing licence for electronic payments in Nigeria as it seeks to expand across the region.
The rand weakened as the dollar hit a two-decade high after US data showed a strong economy, raising expectations of higher interest rates.
Former Dimension Data CEO Werner Kapp has been appointed as CEO of JSE-listed technology group Altron, replacing Mteto Nyati.
Opensignal has found that MTN tops rival Vodacom in 5G availability and 5G upload speeds, while the companies draw level on other criteria.
Syspro’s chief operations officer, Jaco Maritz, will take the global CEO reins at the Johannesburg-headquartered provider of mid-market ERP software.
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Snowflake soared as much as 130% in its trading debut on Wednesday after raising $3.4-billion in an initial public offering, giving it a market value of more than $70-billion.
Apple is asking a court to reject Epic Games’ latest bid to get Fortnite back on the App Store, saying the game maker is acting as “a saboteur, not a martyr” in its challenge to Apple’s payment system.
Spotify Technology has criticised rival Apple, saying that a new subscription bundle offer from the iPhone maker abuses its dominant market position by favouring its own Apple Music service.
A senior Chinese official has accused the US, which forced the sale of TikTok on national security grounds, of “economic bullying”, while lambasting European Union restrictions on Huawei.
In the first two weeks of his appointment, some questionable public statements made by Eskom’s new acting CEO Brian Molefe makes one wonder whether he is receiving sound information from his executive team. Minister of public enterprises
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