Tablets go missing from Gauteng schools

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The Gauteng education department was still determining how many tablets were missing from its schools, MEC Panyaza Lesufi said on Wednesday. A total of 89% of the tablets that were distributed as part of the information and communications technology programme

S Africans urged to fight Eskom tariff hike

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South Africans are likely to “see red” if Eskom is granted permission to increase electricity tariffs by 17%, according to AfriBusiness. “Eskom requested a 25% increase in electricity tariffs in 2015

African tech start-ups raised billions in 2015

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Technology start-ups in Africa secured total funding of more than US$185,7m, or R3,1bn, in 2015, according to new data. Research by Disrupt Africa, a website that focuses on the start-up ecosystem on the continent, found that the money was shared between 125 tech start-ups

Why Uber’s surge pricing is naive economics

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Economists love Uber’s surge pricing. But it is doomed, because customers hate it. Why? Surge pricing occurs when the supply and demand for Uber vehicles becomes unbalanced, for example, due to inclement weather, a public holiday such as New Year’s Eve

EOH rises after voluntary update

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Technology group EOH, whose share price has come under significant selling pressure in the past month as investors worry about its ability to maintain its stellar growth record, rose by almost 2% in trading on Tuesday morning after telling shareholders it is on track to report significant growth

Silvertree to invest $10m in African start-ups

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Silvertree Capital, the investment arm of Cape Town-based Silvertree Internet Holdings (SIH), plans to invest US$10m (about R170m) in consumer-focused Internet start-ups in 2016, it said on Tuesday. The company, whose business-to-consumer e-commerce investments include

Africa cloud traffic to quadruple: Cisco

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Networking giant Cisco expects cloud traffic in Africa and the Middle East to more than quadruple by the end of 2019, with 83% of all data centre traffic in the region coming from the cloud. The forecast is contained in the fifth annual Cisco Global Cloud Index (2014-2019), released

SA firm offers access to world’s TV

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Bored with South African television? Future TV, a start-up founded by Johannesburg IT businessman Steven Cohen, wants to give local couch potatoes access to the world’s streaming services without the hassle of having to jump through technical hoops to do it