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How to raise funds, then scale your African start-up

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African startups look to new investors

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Pilot to production: the challenge of African developers

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Bitcoin dip expected before it soars further

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Very few customers have used a chatbot recently

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Mobile computing sales set for double-digit fall

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AMD adds EPYC CPUs, AI features

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Retail workers want technology to ease workloads

Most South African retail workers are feeling overworked but the vast majority believe technology is the answer to their situation, a Microsoft-sponsored IDC study has revealed. "We often refer to them as 'the deskless workforce' - our economic lifeline during the...

JSE expands colocation services offering

Through an international tech collaboration, the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) will soon launch Colo 2.0, a managed infrastructure as a service (IaaS) solution that will provide JSE clients with cloud-based colocation services. "The launch of Colo 2.0 will further...

Liquid deploys undersea cable connecting Mauritius and SA

Liquid Intelligent Technologies has successfully installed the Mauritius Telecom T3 subsea cable connecting Mauritius to South Africa. The cable has been deployed at Liquid's landing facility in Amanzimtoti, south of Durban. The move will bring a much-needed boost to...

Rootkit detections in SA up by 74% so far in 2023

Kaspersky reports that the number of Rootkit detections targeting businesses in South Africa grew by 74% in the first five months of 2023. In Kenya, the figure is 52% and in Nigeria 139%. Rootkit is a malicious software or a collection of software programs used by...

Dell Technologies launches full APEX suite in South Africa

Dell Technologies (NYSE:DELL) announces that Dell APEX Data Storage Services is now available in South Africa. Dell’s APEX as-a-Service hyperconverged, storage and data protection solutions are powered by Intel hardware. A recent survey conducted by Enterprise...

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