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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MTN South Africa is aiming to reach 25% coverage of South Africa’s population with next-generation 5G services by the end of the year, and 60% by 2025.
One of South Africa’s largest credit bureaus, TransUnion, has been hacked. The attackers are seeking an extortion, the company said.
African Rainbow Capital is switching to investing in digital banks and financial start-ups, while shunning mining stocks, saying the boom in commodity prices maybe overdone.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed off on the creation of a Critical Infrastructure Council, meant to help counter threats to key infrastructure in South Africa.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has promised to address South Africans in the coming days on ending the two-year-old national state of disaster.
Chinese authorities are considering requiring Tencent to include WeChat Pay in a newly created financial holding company.
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Justin Trudeau’s industry minister said Canada won’t be strong-armed into a decision on restricting a Chinese technology giant’s access to next-generation wireless networks.
Concerns over the coronavirus are putting an end to some of the biggest business conferences of the year. IBM is the latest to cancel its main annual event, which was scheduled to draw 30 000 people.
Huawei pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to racketeering charges filed last month by US prosecutors who accused the Chinese telecommunications equipment giant of a 20-year pattern of corporate espionage.
Apple has warned retail employees about shortages of replacement iPhones, another sign the coronavirus outbreak is straining the company’s supply chain.
Business Connexion CEO Benjamin Mophatlane, 41, has died. “The Business Connexion Group board and exco announces with profound regret and sadness, the passing of our chief executive officer, Benjamin Mophatlane,” the company said in an internal e-mail. “Benjamin was in a meeting with
Vumatel, the company that recently won the project to deploy fibre-to-the-home broadband in Parkhurst in Johannesburg intends rolling out fibre to as many as 200 000 homes in the next three to four years at a cost of between R2bn and R3bn. The company, which is led by CEO Niel Schoeman
