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      MTN and Vodacom dwarf South Africa's listed tech sector

      MTN and Vodacom dwarf South Africa’s listed tech sector

      20 March 2026
      SA firm opens Africa's largest space hardware factory

      SA firm opens Africa’s largest space hardware factory

      20 March 2026
      OpenClaw fever grips China

      OpenClaw fever grips China

      20 March 2026
      OpenAI plans desktop 'super app'

      OpenAI plans desktop ‘super app’

      20 March 2026
      How a WhatsApp bundle exposed a fault line in SA mobile

      How a WhatsApp bundle exposed a fault line in SA mobile

      19 March 2026
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      Mystery Chinese AI model revealed to be Xiaomi's

      Mystery Chinese AI model revealed to be Xiaomi’s

      19 March 2026
      A mystery AI model has developers buzzing

      A mystery AI model has developers buzzing

      18 March 2026
      Samsung's trifold gamble ends in retreat

      Samsung’s trifold gamble ends in retreat

      17 March 2026
      Nvidia targets $1-trillion in AI chip sales as inference demand surges - Jensen Huang

      Nvidia targets $1-trillion in AI chip sales as inference demand surges

      17 March 2026
      Peter Thiel's secretive Rome conference draws Church attention

      Peter Thiel’s secretive Rome conference draws Church attention

      16 March 2026
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      Sentech is in dire straits

      Sentech is in dire straits

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      How liberalisation is rewiring South Africa's power sector

      How liberalisation is rewiring South Africa’s power sector

      21 January 2026
      The top-performing South African tech shares of 2025

      The top-performing South African tech shares of 2025

      12 January 2026
      Digital authoritarianism grows as African states normalise internet blackouts

      Digital authoritarianism grows as African states normalise internet blackouts

      19 December 2025
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      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
      TCS | Sink or swim? Antony Makins on how AI is rewriting the rules of work

      TCS | Sink or swim? Antony Makins on how AI is rewriting the rules of work

      5 March 2026
      TCS+ | Bolt ups the ante on platform safety - Simo Kalajdzic

      TCS+ | Bolt ups the ante on platform safety

      4 March 2026
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      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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      The AI fraud crisis your bank is not ready for

      18 February 2026
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    Lebanon pager attacks: the weaponisation of everything has begun

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    In times of dramatic and rapid change in AI, drones, robots and cyberattacks, the only certainty is uncertainty.

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    Exploding pagers expose dark corners of Asia supply chains

    By Agency Staff21 September 2024

    The lethal hack of Hezbollah’s pagers and walkie-talkies has sparked an intense search for the devices’ path.

    Are South Africa's dams safe? Government doesn't know

    Are South Africa’s dams safe? Government doesn’t know

    By Sandiso Phaliso21 September 2024

    A lack of qualified inspectors and low compliance with safety reports has raised concerns in parliament.

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    By Agency Staff21 September 2024

    Google has monopolised the technology used to buy and sell online display ads, the US government has alleged.

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    Icasa ordered StarSat to shut down its operations in South Africa by 18 September, but it seems it’s still trading.

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    By Duncan McLeod20 September 2024

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    By Duncan McLeod20 September 2024

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    Smart geysers could be a boon for the insurance industry

    Smart geysers could be a huge boon to the insurance industry

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    Mission 300: the plan to bring electricity to 300 million people across Africa

    By Agency Staff20 September 2024

    Mission 300, a World Bank-backed plan to bring electricity to 300 million Africans by 2030, has begun to be implemented.

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