Miriam Altman, a commissioner on the National Planning Commission, joins TechCentral editor Duncan McLeod for a discussion on the Covid-19 lockdown, its impact, and how to save the economy.
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Teraco Data Environments plans to invest R4-billion in Africa to meet rising demand for data as the continent’s governments battle the coronavirus.
The rapid emergence of the pandemic defaulted policy to intervene first and ask questions later. But the dust is now settling, and the strategic endgame can and should be made transparent.
Twitch, the online video site popular among gamers, plans to fund a slate of original, unscripted series that would be live and interactive, airing two to three times a week.
Telefonica and Liberty Global have agreed to create the UK’s largest phone and Internet operator, a deal that threatens its rivals and marks another industry-defining merger for billionaire John Malone.
South Africa’s biggest business grouping has urged the government to accelerate its phased approach to restarting the economy, days after the state began easing a strict nationwide lockdown.
Microsoft will launch its family of Surface devices in South Africa “later this year”, the US technology giant said on Wednesday.
Teraco Data Environments has announced plans to build another major data centre facility, this time in Cape Town, as it predicts continued soaring demand for cloud computing infrastructure.
Uber Technologies will eliminate 3 700 jobs and permanently close 180 driver service centres, the first in a series of cost-cutting measures to be announced in the next two weeks.
It’s been left for dead more than once. Yet bitcoin is once again staging a comeback reminiscent of the token’s glory days, with evangelists pegging their hopes on a technical event as the new catalyst.