South Africa is training a group of teachers to learn how to code and how to teach coding. The subject will be piloted at a thousand schools across five provinces, starting in the 2020 academic year. Can it work?
Top South African businessmen called upon to help save ailing state-owned companies are abandoning their posts, frustrated by indecision and political interference.
Facebook plans to attach its name to Instagram and WhatsApp, branding them “Instagram from Facebook” and “WhatsApp from Facebook”.
The Competition Commission plans to engage with Icasa on the planned licensing of 4G/LTE and future 5G spectrum to ensure there is “not only universal coverage but also (affordable) access”.
Naspers has corrected a problem that forced Africa’s biggest company to delay a planned listing of Internet assets in Amsterdam, sending mail to the right addresses to reach shareholders.
Google will require rivals to bid in order to become listed as alternative search providers on Android smartphones, a move to try to keep additional antitrust scrutiny at bay.
In the race for tech supremacy, China is betting it can seize the lead by building the world’s biggest 5G wireless networks.
Facebook has announced the removal of hundreds of accounts from the social network originating in the Middle East.
Public policy engagements have traditionally been seen as the realm of well-established businesses. Start-ups – and tech start-ups in particular – need to start engaging sooner because there may not be time to “figure it out later”. By Gwen Ngwenya.
Apple said on Thursday it is suspending its global internal programme for “grading” a portion of user Siri commands after some consumers raised concerns.