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      Microsoft rolls out big Copilot upgrades

      Microsoft rolls out big Copilot upgrades

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      Inside MTN's plan to turn its towers into AI hubs

      Inside MTN’s plan to turn its towers into AI hubs

      31 March 2026
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      MTN lobs a grenade into SA’s mobile market with Pi launch

      30 March 2026
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      27 March 2026
      It's official: ads are coming to ChatGPT

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      23 March 2026
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      Mystery Chinese AI model revealed to be Xiaomi’s

      19 March 2026
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      A mystery AI model has developers buzzing

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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

      The top-performing South African tech shares of 2025

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      27 March 2026
      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

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

      South Africa’s energy future hinges on getting wheeling right

      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

      VC’s centre of gravity is shifting – and South Africa is in the frame

      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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    Could your iPhone take you to the moon?

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    It’s often said that we now have more computing power in our pocket than the computer aboard Apollo 11. But is that true? And, if so, how much more powerful are our phones?

    Visa, PayPal may bear a ‘heavy burden’ with Facebook crypto plan

    By Agency Staff2 July 2019

    Visa, Mastercard and PayPal may have boosted the single, greatest risk they face – that of tougher regulation – by becoming early backers for Facebook’s new digital money, called libra.

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    Telkom roaming gets a big shake-up: this is how it works

    By Duncan McLeod1 July 2019

    Telkom customers are no longer able to force their phones to roam away from their home network after the telecommunications operator switched roaming partners from MTN to Vodacom at the end of June.

    Safaricom CEO Bob Collymore dies after battle with cancer

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    Safaricom CEO Bob Collymore, whose push into mobile payments spurred a five-fold increase in the Kenyan company’s value, died after a battle with cancer. He was 61.

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    By Agency Staff1 July 2019

    Government is putting the final touches on a R230-billion bailout package intended to get its debt-stricken state power utility back on track. Except it won’t be nearly enough.

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