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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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Seacom’s contribution to Remgro’s headline earnings fell by 77% in the year ended December 2021, driven lower by increased operational costs and forex losses.
The Reserve Bank raised its main lending rate by 25 basis points to 4.25% on Thursday, citing inflation risks linked to the war in Ukraine.
South African technology entrepreneur Vinny Lingham has a new venture, and he believes it could serve as the antidote to boring Zoom meetings.
Communications minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni said every South African learner will get a free, government-supplied e-mail address, with the project to kick off later this year.
MultiChoice Group, seeking to end the practice of password sharing on its DStv streaming service, has begun enforcing a new rule that limits streaming to one device at a time.
Ford has unveiled its newly upgraded Silverton plant and showcased its next-generation Ranger and Everest vehicles that will be manufactured at the facility.
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Late on Friday, co-founder and original CEO Bill Gates, the man most closely identified with Microsoft, said he will leave the company’s board to devote more time to his charitable foundation
Apple has cancelled the in-person aspects of its annual developer conference in response to the Covid-19 outbreak. The conference had been due to take place in San Jose, California, in June.
SpaceX aborted a planned launch of a Falcon 9 rocket on Sunday after an abort command occurred at the point where the engines were to ignite.
Microsoft has cancelled the in-person aspect of its annual developer conference in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. The technology giant has said it will instead hold a “digital event”.
The developers of a new, small-form-factor computer aimed at South African schools hope their invention will have an impact on the quality of the country’s education. The EduCube, developed in South Africa, is aimed at pupils all the way from grade one to matric and offers a range of educational
MultiChoice is aggressively expanding its digital terrestrial television (DTT) footprint across sub-Saharan Africa. This is contributing to rapid growth in the number of pay-TV subscribers on its books outside its home market of South Africa. For the year ended 31 March 2014, the Naspers-owned company added

































