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Net 1 starts to turn around SA operations
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SA consumers switch to digital payments
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Data, analytics drive digital transformation initiatives
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Young scientist revolutionises blood glucose test
A young scientist who developed a way to test blood glucose levels without using the traditional way of pricking the finger, will compete against more than a thousand scientists in the world's largest science fair, the 2021 Virtual Regeneron International Science and...
Global offshore wind goals stymied by poor infrastructure
Rapid advances in offshore wind technology, making turbines bigger and more powerful, are currently outpacing the infrastructure capacity needed to install them. This is one of the findings in a new report from the Clean Energy Technology service at IHS Markit....
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