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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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The flood of venture capital into African technology companies over the past three years is drying up amid the global market downturn.
As government struggles to provide sufficient electricity, public transport and other basic services, the country’s main tourist hub is increasingly going it alone.
The thousands of camera poles deployed by Vumacam provide an ideal opportunity to deploy next-generation 5G broadband into neighbourhoods, Remgro said.
Telkom has reported a decline in full-year revenue of 1.1%, to R42.8-billion. It has blamed tough competition and the weak state of the economy.
Telkom lowered its revenue and profit guidance for the medium term due to a slowdown in growth in its mobile business and a decline in its legacy unit.
The number of fixed lines in service has plunged below a million for the first time as Telkom continues to decommission its legacy copper network.
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Tencent Holdings, China’s biggest social media and videogame company, launched a new California-based studio this week, as it looks to further expand its presence overseas.
Tesla outpaced analyst estimates for second-quarter vehicle deliveries on Thursday, defying a trend of plummeting sales in the wider auto industry and sending its shares up 8%.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has deleted his account on Sina Weibo, China’s answer to Twitter, as tensions between the two countries continue to simmer.
Twenty advocacy groups from the US, Europe, Latin America and elsewhere signed a statement on Wednesday urging regulators to be wary of Google’s bid for fitness tracker company Fitbit.
Telkom is expanding its lead over competing mobile operators, providing the most consumer value for contract plans in South Africa, a new and independent research study has found. The study, conducted by telecommunications research firm Tarifica using a proprietary algorithm that weighs up every feature
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