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Recruiting teams don’t use all the data to shape talent strategies
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SMEs hope US tariff rulings will bring relief
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Internet blackout as Uganda heads to the polls
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Free Starlink for Iran amid Internet shutdown
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Internet censorship affected 4,6bn people in 2025
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CNAPP set to $12,9bn by 2030
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Convergence will decide customer ownership, warns Deloitte
Technology-driven convergence across banking, telecoms, retail, and insurance is reshaping who really “owns” the customer relationship in the African insurance and savings markets. A new article by Deloitte highlights that traditional insurers and savings product...
Concern over poor results in gateway subjects
As South Africans celebrate a record-high matric pass rate, concerns over poor returns in gateway subjects like Mathematics remain. Siviwe Gwarube, minister of basic education, explains that just 34% of candidates wrote Mathematics, while most wrote Mathematical...
Matric pass rate at record high
The Department of Education has announced an 88% matric pass rate for the class of 2025, with more than 656 000 learners achieving the National Senior Certificate. More than 900 000 candidates wrote at about 6 000 centres, says Siviwe Gwarube, minister of basic...
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NEC XON, Palo Alto Networks unite to unlock ROI
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Check Point delivers brand office firewall
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Schneider Electric launches 2025 Go Green Competition
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