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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Takealot Group has built a powerful platform that will stand it in good stead in an increasingly competitive market, said Naspers CEO Bob van Dijk.
When there is a deep valuation discount and pressure from its investors, Naspers can’t really time market tops and must appease with cash handouts instead.
Eskom said most of its workforce is in place following unlawful industrial action, though generation capacity has yet to improve.
The arm of South African Internet giant Naspers sold almost $4-billion worth of stock in JD.com that it got as dividends from investee Tencent.
Unlawful industrial action at Eskom’s power stations means South Africans will have to continue to endure stage-4 load shedding until at least Wednesday night.
Takealot Group, which includes South Africa’s biggest e-retailer, Takealot.com, increased revenue by 27% in the past year, and remained near breakeven during the period.
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Shares of Tesla ended down 3.1% on Monday, tapping the brakes on a rally that has boosted the electric car maker’s stock by over 40% in two weeks.
The UK is poised to ban Huawei Technologies from its next-generation mobile networks under a two-step plan to protect critical systems from security threats, a person familiar with the matter said.
Huawei Technologies on Monday reported a 13.1% rise in revenue in the first half of the year, showing slower growth as US officials continue to pressure the company’s suppliers and customers.
The US stock market has been on a tear for the past three months, and Big Tech gets much of the credit. But how can this possibly be when the coronavirus has inflicted so much damage?
UK videogames industry body Tiga has called for the products to be treated like other creative industries such as television or film, rather than mere “software”. There is a good argument for this. Games have been part of human civilisation for thousands of years. Egyptians played the board game
Here they are, TechCentral’s South African Newsmakers of 2014. These are the individuals, in ascending order from five to one, who we believe were the most newsworthy in the technology and telecommunications space this year, for good reasons and bad. Also, check out our International Newsmakers
