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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The state-owned power utility is burning through nine million litres of diesel a day to support the system during the current generation crisis.
In a blow to shareholders who had been hoping for an imminent “value unlock”, Telkom has elected to postpone the separate listing of Swiftnet.
Shoprite Group plans to expand its online grocery delivery service to 80 more stores in the next six months, adding to the 266 stores already in the network.
Eskom’s rolling power cuts will drag on until at least next Monday – meaning almost a full week of load shedding, after the utility started cutting the power at 5pm this past Monday.
MTN Group will look for minority investors in its African fintech unit after separating the division from its traditional telecommunications business.
MTN Group resumed annual dividends on Wednesday, declaring a higher payout than previous guidance as a divestment plan made progress and the firm reported higher profit.
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Dell Technologies has sold one of its cybersecurity units, RSA, for $2.1-billion, part of the computer maker’s efforts to streamline its business.
Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos plans to spend $10-billion of his own fortune to help fight climate change. He will start giving grants later this year to scientists, activists and nonprofits working to protect the Earth.
Apple doesn’t expect to meet its revenue guidance for the March quarter because of work slowdowns and lower smartphone demand, showing that the virus outbreak in China is taking a bigger-than-predicted toll.
Bill Gates paid Tesla a compliment for coaxing the car industry to go electric. If he was expecting kind words in return, he apparently shouldn’t have spoken about challenges that still lie ahead – or about his new Porsche.
After a lengthy pilot project, Standard Bank has commercially launched SnapScan, a smartphone-based payments system that removes the need for consumers to carry either cash or bank cards, allowing them to make payments using only their phones. Consumers from any bank, not only
Vodacom published its annual results for the 2014 financial year on Monday. TechCentral editor Duncan McLeod sat down with the group’s CEO, Shameel Joosub, after the results presentation to ask him about the operator’s offer to buy Neotel as well as its plans to relaunch M-Pesa. Joosub talks about Vodacom’s view on where
