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The Association of Comms and Technology (ACT) wants a five-year exemption from parts of the Competition Act so that six…

Something is happening in the South African market that doesn’t always surface in the enthusiasm around AI. Customers are investing.…

AI is already here. Not just in business, in the political and electoral landscape too. And right now, the referee…

Artificial intelligence has moved beyond the hype and is now delivering real business value, as companies across the world use…

Meta has agreed to pay up to US$17 billion over 10 years to settle claims brought by a bipartisan coalition…

The partnership announcement was led by DIRCO, not DTIC, which suggests it is politics rather than economics that leads South…

There is a quiet architect in South Africa’s corporate landscape who is methodically constructing something that looks eerily familiar. His…

It’s the moment so many entrepreneurs dream of: the final term sheet is signed and the bubbly can be taken…

Let me introduce you to *Vino Skhosana. In the dusty streets of eMba, Secunda – the town dominated by Sasol…

The International Civil Aviation Organisation, a specialised UN agency responsible for developing standards, oversight and monitoring, is leading the advancement…

Last week, the next phase of the business-government partnership was launched, with over 30 CEOs committed to driving growth across energy…

by Ziv Epstein, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); Farnaz Jahanbakhsh, University of Michigan, and Michael Bernstein, Stanford University Do your…

In the boardroom, cybersecurity is almost universally treated as a technical problem. When a breach occurs, the immediate reflex of…

The clock is ticking for South Africa’s major mobile network operators to fulfil their legal obligation of zero-rating information and…

Think back to life before smartphones. We carried cash and bank cards in our wallets, printed boarding passes before heading…

Look across Africa’s technology sector today, and you’ll find women shaping its future from every direction. They’re running technology and…

South Africa’s coal-fired power stations are retiring. The country must replace a huge amount of electricity over the next two…

Buying property abroad is widely seen as a lifestyle or investment milestone, and it’s easy to see why. The idea…

The dreadful unemployment figures released by STATS SA last week signal a worsening crisis, especially for our young people. It…

There’s a current common narrative in the business world: digital is everything, and physical presence is living on borrowed time.…

It’s 2 a.m., and a teenage girl, worrying about a friend issue, lies awake. Rather than wake her parents, she…

Financial markets are on the verge of their most significant infrastructure transformation since the shift from paper-based trading to electronic…

In the final quarter of 2025, South Africa received R41.3 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI). That investment went everywhere…

The prolonged disruption of shipping through the Strait of Hormuz has exposed how vulnerable Africa’s economies are to geopolitical shocks.…

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