Icasa must rule out private companies storing fingerprints and let operators compete to stop fraud.
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Higher turnout suggests ANC voters showed up but backed other parties, says Oxford Economics Africa.
Gene editing and AI are behind several of this year’s medical advances, but not all.
EXSA, already licensed to trade locally, now wants to move electricity across Southern African borders.
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Icasa will hold another auction for radio frequencies suitable for mobile broadband early in 2024.
The Competition Commission has approved Microsoft’s blockbuster acquisition of videogame player Activision Blizzard.
Reunert-owned IT systems integrator +OneX has bought MMC, a privately owned security and managed services provider.
The National Skills Fund is expected to launch a training package in digital skills for unemployed youth in South Africa, President Cyril Ramaphosa said.
Altron expects to report double-digit revenue growth from continuing operations for the year ended 28 February 2023.
SpaceX called off the highly anticipated debut launch of its newly combined Starship cruise vessel and Super Heavy rocket in the final minutes of countdown.
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Facebook’s WhatsApp messaging service rolled out a system across Brazil on Monday that will allow users to send money to individuals or local businesses within a chat, attaching payment as they would a photo or video.
Bitcoin slid below $9 000 on Monday for the first time since May, joining a downdraft in global equities amid growing concern about the risks of a second wave of coronavirus infections.
Facebook fired an employee who had criticised CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s decision not to take action against inflammatory posts by US President Donald Trump this month.
The Chinese Beidou navigation network will be completed this month when its final satellite goes into orbit, giving China greater independence from US-owned GPS.
The technology distribution business in South Africa has become “massively overtraded” and competitors are in a “race to the bottom” if they can’t diversify by entering complementary business areas. That’s the view of Miles Crisp, CEO of
The University of the Western Cape has introduced a new model for Village Telco’s Mesh Potato telecommunications device that promises to make the technology sustainable in the long term in rural communities. Village Telco was incorporated by Steve Song in 2011 during a three-year stint
