Legislative changes and lower-cost infrastructure are driving the advance of cryptocurrencies into mainstream payments.
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Electricity market liberalisation, new trading rules and grid reform will define renewable energy progress in 2026.
South Africa’s latest trial of digital sound broadcasting – using DRM technology – is set to be launched next month.
The EU has formally rejected a proposal from operators that big tech companies should help pay for infrastructure.
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The accumulation of inventory by chip makers has usually been a sign of impending doom for the industry. It could be happening again.
Widespread Chinese lockdowns have begun to exact a toll on global supply chains. Even Apple has been unable to avoid the ructions.
At first it had planned to cut the power at night only. Now Eskom has said it will implement continuous load shedding until 5am on Friday.
After a month of testing, Taiwanese computer and electronics brand Asus has launched an online store in South Africa.
The devastating floods that hit KwaZulu-Natal on Monday have knocked out more than a thousand mobile towers operated by Vodacom, MTN and Telkom.
Eskom has published a request for proposals to allow private producers to use land around its coal-fired power stations to build solar farms.
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Airbnb has lined up $1-billion in debt, adding to last week’s same-size haul and boosting a financial cushion it can use to grow and pay bills as the global coronavirus pandemic crushes demand for travel.
That the US’s biggest companies are technology firms whose businesses stood up to lockdowns has been good news for its stock market. For the Nasdaq 100 Index, it’s been salvation.
Apple and Google have addressed questions about their upcoming Covid-19 smartphone contact-tracing solution, providing details about a partnership that has raised concerns among privacy experts.
Global PC shipments dropped the most since 2013 in the first quarter, after the Covid-19 pandemic ensnared the Chinese supply chain and created production problems for major hardware companies.
The Gauteng provincial government has revealed more details about its plans to wire up the province to broadband. It is starting the project by connecting its core sites to a 1 600km fibre network. The province has also announced plans
Microsoft, fresh from concluding its acquisition of Nokia’s devices and services business, has announced it will discontinue the handset maker’s Asha and S40 feature phones, as well as, perhaps less surprisingly, the Nokia X Android phones, over the next 18 months. Feature phones and particularly the Nokia
