Graduate unemployment in South Africa has risen to 12.2%. The problem is a skills mismatch, not qualifications.
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South Africa’s top universities have stopped policing AI and started redesigning how they teach, assess and certify.
BlackBerry lost while it was winning. South Africa’s would-be IoT platforms should heed the warning.
South Africa’s private sector returned to marginal growth in June, but business optimism sank to a five-year low.
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The Financial Intelligence Centre has established a forensic unit to help the government fight corruption and prosecute complex financial crimes.
BMW Group-owned Mini has unveiled what it claims is South Africa’s first standalone solar-powered electric vehicle charging station.
MultiChoice Group has created a new technology division, which will be led by Nyiko Shiburi. Other key appointments have been made at SuperSport and elsewhere.
Telkom has kicked off the sale of a stake in its fibre business, as it seeks to unlock value for shareholders and boost profit.
South Africa has told rich countries backing its $8.5-billion energy transition deal that it wants to delay the closure of some units at its coal-fired power plants.
The Eskom Pension and Provident Fund plans to expand into venture capital to reduce its dependence on traditional investments.
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China said at a World Trade Organisation meeting that restrictions by the US on Chinese mobile applications TikTok and WeChat are in violation of the body’s rules, a trade official said.
Just as the Chinese duo of Jack Ma and Pony Ma have carved up major chunks of their country’s Internet businesses, the battle for control of 1.3 billion Indians’ data could become a two-horse race.
The European Central Bank will start experimenting with a digital version of the euro while holding a public consultation in a major step toward introducing the technology.
ByteDance is working with US regulators to resolve outstanding security concerns over its planned sale of a stake in TikTok, and the companies involved are bracing for the approval process to drag on past the November election.
Telkom’s plans to cut wholesale service prices from 1 May should lead to big savings for consumers on their broadband bills, Internet Solutions MD Saki Missaikos predicts. However, it’s still too early to
If you think Eskom’s load shedding causes disruptions, there’s potentially an even bigger problem for the economy waiting in the wings – a technology outage caused by a cyber attack. The very functioning
