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| António Nunes In 1994, there were more telephone lines in New York City than there were in the entire continent of Africa. read | | |
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| Colin Thornton In the midst of an excruciatingly tough economic year, SMMEs are undoubtedly in survival mode. No matter their size or sector, South African businesses have to scrutinise their balance sheets and find any cost savings - and efficiencies - that they possibly can. read |
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| Ilse van den Berg The burgeoning demand for data analytics in the digital economy far exceeds current supply. The Explore Data Science Academy, which recently launched in Cape Town, aims to meet this demand... read |
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| Seda - through the Seda Technology Programme (STP) - has aligned with a portfolio of high-impact partners including incubators, accelerators, academic institutions, and other development experts, to support small to medium business interests... read |
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| Seaborn Networks and IOX Cable have entered into a joint provisioning agreement to provide the first next-generation subsea fibre optic route between the US and India that will interconnect in South Africa and Brazil... read |
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| Earlier this year, Vodacom opened a laboratory to facilitate the development of propositions and applications relating to Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) technology. Its first commercially available NB-IoT network is now operational... read |
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| Juanita Pienaar Cell C has announced the launch of a "revolutionary entertainment offering", named Black, which allows consumers to rent, buy or subscribe to movies and series on up to five devices... read |
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| Gabriella Mulligan Networking and business card replacement app Veza has launched in South Africa, aiming to make it easier to follow up with new contacts from business events... read |
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| Tom Jackson South African startup MySidekick has launched its free Android-based shopping app across the country, offering users special deals from retailers such as Clicks, Dis-Chem and Volpes... read |
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| International telcos and service providers looking to grow their client bases are starting to look to South Africa's telecoms market... read |
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| Tom Jackson Zambian fintech startup Zazu has secured GBP166,000 ($218,000) after running an oversubscribed crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs in order to launch a digital bank... read |
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| Peter Horszowski, Issued by Pert Industrials South African vocational training institutions face real challenges with limited resources, large learner numbers and serious skill deficits. To address this, maybe we have to start thinking inside the box: specifically a VR console, with all the possibilities of this wondrous new technology... read |
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| Rob Lith We live in a text-first society. If one of your customers has a problem, your website is generally the first place they'll go. A customer resorting to a voice call should be a warning that their patience is really running thin... read |
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| With human error behind 75% of marine liability losses, there are hopes that autonomous vessels and crewless ships can improve shipping safety... read |
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| Leon Breytenbach Drones, also known as remote piloted aircraft or RPAs, have become increasingly popular in recent years, both recreationally as well as commercially... read |
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| Vukani Mngxati Global healthcare leaders have learned that the three pivotal pillars of healthcare - accessibility, effectiveness and affordability - all have information technology at their core.... read |
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| Cell C says consolidation among SA's telecommunications operators is "a real possibility", hinting that the mobile network operator may play a part in possible mergers or acquisitions... read |
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| MTN Group, facing the prospect of a damages claim from rival Turkcell more than four times the size of the 1bn (R14.4bn) settlement it reached last year with Nigerian authorities, is hoping the case will be thrown out by the High Court in Johannesburg on its merits before it is even heard... read |
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| US business schools are beefing up training in the software that underlies digital currency bitcoin... read |
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