Browsing: South Africa

When people think about artificial intelligence (AI), they may have visions of the future. But AI is already here. At…

South Africa’s delegation at the recently concluded Annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Switzerland, affirmed that the country…

Mama Money, a rapidly growing fintech that offers cross-border money transfer and banking services has partnered with AFC Commercial Bank,…

It’s hard to imagine that the sustainable development goals (SDGs) and the fourth industrial revolution can be part of the…

The South Africa National Department of Health announced on Sunday that it was closely monitoring the Covid-19 situation in China…

Huawei this week further cemented South Africa’s reputation as a leading destination for data centres on the African continent, announcing…

Synatic, SA’s data integration and automation business, has secured an additional $2.5 million or R42 million in a seed extension…

ICT skills development is critical for South Africa to participate in the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) and reap the benefits…

 Jailed Polish national Janusz Waluś – the man who killed anti-apartheid hero Chris Hani nearly three decades ago – has…

Black Friday and Cyber Monday are just a few days away, so Ookla –  which owns and operates the popular…

Nigeria’s prison population is more than 76,000, housed in 240 correctional centres. About 70% of these inmates are still awaiting…

Super app Yassir, the most valuable startup in North Africa, has announced that it will soon be launching its on-demand…

There is a widespread view that labour has become irrelevant as a force for change. The argument goes that the…

The US embassy in South Africa has twice raised the alarm recently about terrorism in the country. On 26 October…

President Cyril Ramaphosa says the time has come for the African continent to integrate and work more closely together. The…

President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that Kenyans will now be able to enter South Africa visa free for a period…

Liquid Intelligent Technologies, which is owned by Strive Masiyiwa, is spending more than R350m into delivering Software Defined Network (SDN)…

South Africa’s 28-year-old, continuously transforming multiparty democracy was reminded of its own fragility when, in September, a coalition running its…

In the 2002 movie Minority Report (based on a short story by Philip K Dick), director Steven Spielberg imagined a…

IQbusiness, the largest South African management, and technology consulting firm, on Thursday, announced that it was embarking on a pilot…

South Africa’s major cities in the Gauteng Province – the country’s economic heartland – are experiencing major water shortages. In…

Financial inclusion is severely skewed in South Africa, with higher income groups having more access to a range of financial…

It has been seven years since students in South Africa began protesting in a bid to “Africanise” the country’s university…

By Zimbali Mncube The first two articles in this series focused on defining a Universal Basic Income Grant (UBIG) and explaining its impacts…