146 The author, Maud Botten South Africa’s structural challenges run deeper than those of most economies. We face a multi-generational unemployment crisis in one of the most unequal and poverty-stricken countries in…
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The real prize is a competitive electricity market
167 South Africa cannot afford for Johannesburg to fail, and the city’s electricity supply is now genuinely at risk. The R5.3-billion debt that the city owes to Eskom is not being resolved…
SK Hynix ends Samsung’s 26-year reign at the top
152 SK Hynix on Monday overtook Samsung Electronics to become South Korea’s most valuable listed company, marking a dramatic reversal of fortunes for a chip maker that two decades ago nearly collapsed…
WhatsApp starts charging South Africans
207 WhatsApp Plus, Meta Platforms’ optional paid subscription for its messaging app, is now available to South African users at R28.99/month, with the first month free. The tier is part of a…
The role of edge infrastructure in South Africa’s AI leap
154 The future of AI in South Africa won’t be decided in far-off hyperscale clouds, but in local, distributed infrastructure closer to where data is created and used. While global headlines fixate…
CloudZA and AWS chart the road from AI pilots to production
165 CloudZA, an AWS Advanced Tier Services Partner with specialised designations in generative AI and agentic AI, recently co-hosted a closed-door AI executive roundtable with Amazon Web Services. Aimed at South African…
Another windfall for Datatec shareholders
161 Datatec CEO Jens Montanana Datatec is bringing in General Atlantic – a major global growth equity firm – as a minority investor and lender in Westcon-Comstor, its networking and cybersecurity distribution…
BBD’s new FinOps white paper: your road map to kill cloud waste
178 Driven by an early industry rush to prioritise agility over efficiency, massive cloud infrastructure scale has left behind a costly legacy of financial fragility. Addressing this widespread corporate vulnerability, international software…
AI agents are coming to your Visa card
216 Visa is preparing the rails for AI agents to shop and pay on South Africans’ behalf – and a deepening global partnership with OpenAI has added fresh impetus to that effort….
Naspers signals core earnings surge ahead of results
189 Naspers and its Amsterdam-listed subsidiary, Prosus, have told shareholders to expect a sharp rise in core headline earnings for the year to 31 March 2026, in what the group has described…