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      MTN lobs a grenade into SA's mobile market with Pi launch

      MTN lobs a grenade into SA’s mobile market with Pi launch

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      FNB CEO Harry Kellan steps down after just two years

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      Starlink fires back after Namibia rejects licence bid

      Starlink fires back after Namibia rejects licence bid

      30 March 2026
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      The last generation of coders

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      Sentech is in dire straits

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      10 February 2026
      How liberalisation is rewiring South Africa's power sector

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      The top-performing South African tech shares of 2025

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      Meet the CIO | HealthBridge CTO Anton Fatti on the future of digital health

      Meet the CIO | Healthbridge CTO Anton Fatti on the future of digital health

      23 March 2026
      TCS+ | Arctic Wolf unpacks the evolving threat landscape for SA businesses - Clare Loveridge and Jason Oehley

      TCS+ | Arctic Wolf unpacks the evolving threat landscape for SA businesses

      19 March 2026
      TCS+ | Vox Kiwi: a wireless solution promising a fibre-like experience - Theo van Zyl

      TCS+ | Vox Kiwi: a wireless solution promising a fibre-like experience

      13 March 2026
      TCS+ | Flipping the narrative on AI in the Global South - Josefin Rosén

      TCS+ | Flipping the narrative on AI in the Global South

      13 March 2026
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      The conflict of interest at the heart of PayShap's slow adoption - Cheslyn Jacobs

      The conflict of interest at the heart of PayShap’s slow adoption

      26 March 2026
      South Africa's energy future hinges on getting wheeling right - Aishah Gire

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      10 March 2026
      Hold the doom: the case for a South African comeback - Duncan McLeod

      Apple just dropped a bomb on the Windows world

      5 March 2026
      VC's centre of gravity is shifting - and South Africa is in the frame - Alison Collier

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      3 March 2026
      Hold the doom: the case for a South African comeback - Duncan McLeod

      Hold the doom: the case for a South African comeback

      26 February 2026
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    Amazon plans high-end Echo, ramps up work on Alexa home robot

    By Agency Staff12 July 2019

    Amazon.com is developing a higher quality version of the Echo speaker and ramping up work on its home robot.

    Trump rails against Facebook’s libra, says bitcoin ‘is not money’

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    President Donald Trump on Thursday night warned Facebook over its plan to create a digital currency, the libra, a move that poses a new obstacle to the company’s cryptocurrency ambitions.

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    By Duncan McLeod11 July 2019

    The South African Civil Aviation Authority on Thursday moved to downplay an e-mail in circulation that claims it has been the subject of a ransomware attack, describing the e-mail as “a misrepresentation of facts”.

    South Africa must not choke off Uber and the gig economy

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    A flaw found in the Apple Watch app could have allowed someone to listen to another person’s iPhone without consent.

    Cell C moves to delay debt payments

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    Cell C has begun talks to delay debt payments and hired consultants to probe its business practices and advise on a restructuring.

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    By Jamie Harris11 July 2019

    Google is expanding the number of languages its camera translation app is capable of understanding.

    Eskom gets rescue option as PIC proposes debt-equity swap

    By Agency Staff11 July 2019

    A proposal by the biggest owner of Eskom’s debt to convert its R88-billion holding into equity has become a rescue option as South Africa seeks to restructure the troubled power utility.

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