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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In a dramatic turn of events, Telkom has proposed withdrawing an urgent application to interdict Icasa over the licensing of broadband spectrum.
Ookla has released its fourth quarter report on South African mobile operators and Internet service providers.
A Cape Town animation studio is making waves internationally with a newly released, fully animated movie on Netflix called Seal Team.
Oracle opened a data centre in South Africa on Wednesday to provide local cloud services across Africa for the first time.
SA Taxi, a subsidiary of JSE-listed Transaction Capital and a major player in South Africa’s minibus taxi industry, has said it plans to trial electric taxis in the country.
Groups representing the descendants of South Africa’s earliest inhabitants went to court on Wednesday to try to halt construction of Amazon’s new Africa headquarters.
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Around two-thirds of the satellites orbiting Earth are dead, posing a “very big danger” to the planet, European space ministers have heard.
Ghana’s central bank is considering the issue of a digital currency to complement the growth in electronic payment systems, such as mobile money, according to the governor, Ernest Addison.
Dell Technologies lowered its annual revenue forecast after component shortages from supplier Intel blunted growth prospects despite buoyant corporate demand for new PCs.
Xerox has said it plans to go directly to HP shareholders to present its case for a tie-up, in its latest push for a combination that is also backed by Carl Icahn.
A new report by McKinsey & Company shows that use of the Internet in Africa could add US$300bn to the continent’s cumulative gross domestic product (GDP) by 2025. The report, “Lions go digital: The Internet’s transformative potential in Africa”, studies
The stage is set for a final showdown in the protracted war between broadcasters and set-top box manufacturers over the use of encryption based on conditional access (CA) in the set-top boxes that South African consumers will need to buy to continue receiving terrestrial television
