South Africa’s draft AI policy admits the country’s dependence on rival superpowers leaves it exposed.
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Telecoms lobby group ACT has warned of security vulnerabilities and accused Icasa of dodging the real broadband bottleneck.
Chinese EV giant BYD is shunning launch discounts in South Africa, betting brand-building beats short-term sales gains.
DataGroupIT CEO Werner Lindemann on AI-powered phishing, shadow AI and the looming quantum threat to African businesses.
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Many DStv subscribers never watch sport. The cross-subsidy funding SuperSport is getting harder to sustain.
ACT has abandoned its court case against home affairs after mobile operators decided to pursue direct negotiations.
AI skills are no longer niche in South Africa’s jobs market, but verifying real proficiency remains a challenge.
Investors question OpenAI’s $852-billion valuation as the ChatGPT maker pivots to enterprise to counter Anthropic.
Telkom is targeting start-ups and seasonal operators with a prepaid fibre product running on Openserve’s footprint.
Six months on from the Canal+ takeover, the question is: what kind of company is MultiChoice now?
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Meta will dethrone Google as the world’s biggest digital advertising player by the end of 2026, Emarketer says.
A hacker group has pulled a GTA-style heist on Rockstar, claiming 78.6 million records lifted via third-party Anodot.
Social media platforms need to stop young users wasting hours doomscrolling, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said.
Meta, Amazon and Google are bankrolling advanced nuclear reactor projects to secure power for AI data centres.
