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Stuff magazine has once again acknowledged the best gadget and apps at its annual Gadget and App Awards...read |
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MTN faces renewed competition in Nigeria, its biggest market, where a smaller competitor has set its sights on growing its network following a change in ownership...read |
Ilse van den Berg Following revelations that Cambridge Analytica exploited the personal data of millions of Facebook users, the social network is finding itself in a remarkably anti-social predicament...read |
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| Andy Walker So people are talking about Facebook a lot this week. You know, that social network that only Baby Boomers seem to use now? It somehow has more than two-billion users at present, and that number for data collection firms is a goldmine just waiting to be ravaged... read |
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| A lot has been written about the impact of the looming VAT increase on the ordinary South African, but not so much on how this will affect technology vendors, particularly point-of-sale developers... read |
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| Jaguar Land Rover will be fast-tracking applications for undergraduate and postgraduate placements for computer science, electronics, or software engineering students to work on its autonomous, connected, electrified, and shared (Aces) strategy... read |
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| DevConf has announced that initially confirmed keynote speaker, international software expert David Hussman, has had to withdraw due to ill health... read |
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| Issued By Hetzner Hetzner has decided to absorb the increase in VAT and not pass it onto their customers, keeping their pricing unchanged for as long as possible. read |
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| Tigo Tanzania and Uber partner to offer exciting new offers to customers in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania... read |
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| Tom Jackson Google has announced the 12 startups that will participate in the first Google Launchpad Accelerator Africa class at an event held in Lagos, Nigeria... read |
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| The Stellenbosch University LaunchLab is inviting entrepreneurs to pitch their startup business ideas in multiple industries and stand the chance to win incubation support to the value of R50,000... read |
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| Tom Jackson Which African tech startup ecosystem is the most viable for launching a business or making investments? read |
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| Gabriella Mulligan There are 442 spaces actively supporting tech startups across Africa, according to research by the GSMA Ecosystem Accelerator... read |
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| Leigh Andrews There's been much outrage among the social media set this week - not just over the Cambridge Analytica scandal, but also over the severe lack of knowledge of female tech leaders... read |
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| Matthew Kibby African countries from South Africa to Ethiopia to Nigeria are pinning some of their hope for economic growth and job creation on industrialisation... read |
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| Russia's Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled the popular Telegram messenger app must provide the country's security services with encryption keys to read users' messaging data, agencies reported... read |
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| PARIS, France - The maker of France's iconic TGV trains Alstom and German industrial leader Siemens have signed an agreement on creating a global leader in the rail industry... read |
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| Cari Coetzee The QSL Members Club will be an incubator for Africa's leading lights, an organic platform for ideas to be birthed, connections to be forged and for plans to be set in motion... read |
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