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South Africa is a leading country in the innovation investment ecosystem across Africa, but the current rate of investment is…

The World Economic Forum last week focused attention on the risks facing the global economy. Extreme weather events driven by…

1 in 3 people are lonely. Will AI help, or make things worse? Shutterstock Michael Cowling, CQUniversity Australia; Joseph Crawford, University…

Concern about generative artificial intelligence (AI) technologies seems to be growing almost as fast as the spread of the technologies…

What does 2024 have in store for South Africans? What will the political landscape look like, will our economy strengthen,…

Debuting at CES 2024, the latest Dell Alienware innovations in laptops, monitors and peripherals were developed to appeal to all…

Impostor Syndrome, a psychological phenomenon characterised by persistent self-doubt and the fear of being exposed as a fraud, affects many…

Moving to the cloud is essential. Businesses that don’t move to the cloud can, to some degree, add complicated layers…

BY Anjana Susarla, Michigan State University; Casey Fiesler, University of Colorado Boulder, and Kentaro Toyama, University of Michigan 2023 was…

by Hovig Tchalian, University of Southern California When a rare bottle of Scotch whisky sold for $2.7 million or R50.5…

The information and communication technologies (ICT), finance, and real estate sectors, while not the largest industries in South Africa, are…

In this latest analysis, Opensignal explores the substantial disparities in the mobile experience of our smartphone users between South Africa’s…

Fuelled by digital technology and connectivity, video-based learning has emerged as a transformative force reshaping education and training to transcend…

After a year’s hard work, it comes as no surprise that employees, small business owners and companies at large, look…

In Europe, the Caribbean, India and elsewhere the “fair share” debate between data-hungry Over-The-Top (OTTs) operators and network providers is…

Education is a cornerstone of our country’s future success, yet the burden of tuition fees, combined with the current cost-of-living…

Many consumers are open to receiving more than just rands and cents-based transactional communications from their favourite brands. While transmitting…

by Christopher Adam, University of Oxford The high cost of making cross border payments on the African continent has driven…

BY Alexander Claus Winkler, Rhodes University “Drone fishing” is a relatively recent innovation in the use of unmanned aerial vehicles.…

Two weeks ago, Telkom revealed its plan to sell its masts and towers business, Swiftnet. The giant telco said it…

The term “range anxiety” has been affixed to electric vehicles (EVs) as if it was never an issue previously. It’s…

The Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for the Investigation, Search, Access or Seizure of Articles in terms of section 26 of…

As biometric identity becomes a central tenet in secure access to finance, government, telecommunications, healthcare services and more, 2024 is…

In response to the growing threat in South Africa, the term SOCaaS (security operations centre as a service) is gaining…

Right now, public discourse around artificial intelligence (AI) is centred on speculation about who will win the AI race. But…