117 Rating agency Moody’s has cautioned that the planned separation of South Africa’s national electricity grid from Eskom could weaken the utility’s creditworthiness, even as it affirmed Eskom’s credit ratings on the…
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The smartphone market is in big trouble
90 The global smartphone market is heading for its steepest annual contraction on record, with shipments projected to slump by 13.9% this year to 1.08 billion units, Counterpoint Research said on Monday,…
Zila Tech rewires Kenyan schools with Google
98 Zila Tech, a Digicloud Africa and Google partner in Kenya, is driving a new approach to education across the country with Google Workspace for Education and Chromebooks. Phelomena Siokan, customer success…
Dell guns for MacBook Neo with low-cost laptop
100 Dell Technologies has unveiled its most affordable laptop, an XPS 13 model, as the PC maker aims to capture market share from Apple’s MacBook Neo by attracting students and young professionals….
The remarkable story of Lesaka’s Lincoln Mali
147 Lesaka Technologies’ Lincoln Mali He was once told to leave school and not come back. Today, Lincoln Mali cannot stop collecting trophies. The CEO of Lesaka Technologies is in the middle…
Telkom reports this Tuesday: the real story will be in the detail
134 Telkom Group CEO Serame Taukobong When Telkom releases its results for the year to end-March this Tuesday, the headline number will look spectacular. The detail beneath it will be more interesting….
Nvidia CPUs to debut in Windows laptops this week
148 AI chip firm Nvidia and software giant Microsoft are this week expected to debut the first Windows PCs that use Nvidia’s chips as the main processor, Axios reported at the weekend,…
Trading with China? Sars explains new zero-tariff export process
117 Sars cautioned that not all products exported to China will automatically qualify for zero-tariff treatment. The South African Revenue Service (Sars) has finalised the legal and operational framework needed to implement…
South Africa’s most fuel-efficient cars to considerÂ
148 Image Credit: Gettys The recent hike in petrol has many South Africans anxious about how they’ll make ends meet. Not only will travel costs increase, but with a petrol hike this severe, food…
Standard Bank overtakes Capitec, FirstRand as Africa’s most valuable bank
188 But this three-way tussle will be with us for some time yet … Standard Bank has firmly overtaken both Capitec Bank and FirstRand to become the South African bank with the…