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Teraco in world first with 120MW solar power plant
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Massive growth in mobile banking malware
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Open banking market size to reach $135,17bn
The global open banking market size is anticipated to reach $135,17-billion by 2030, according to a new report by Grand View Research. The market is anticipated to expand at a CAGR of 27,4% from 2024 to 2030. The market growth can be attributed to several factors,...
Data management workloads continue to drive enterprise IT infrastructure spend
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Google and AU partner to celebrate Africa
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Wind energy keeps the lights on in 3,6m households
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Registry Africa signs .africa for another 10 years
Registry Africa, the registry operator and administrator of the .africa domain name, is celebrating 10 years in the domain name industry and has renewed its Registry Operator Agreement with ICANN for a further 10 years. ICANN is the Internet Corporation for Assigned...
Massive growth forecast for AI
The global artificial intelligence (AI) market size is expected to reach $1,811-trillion by 2030, according to a new report by Grand View Research. The market is anticipated to grow at a CAGR of 36,6% from 2024 to 2030. AI denotes the concept and development of...
Hubble hunts visible light sources of X-rays
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the dwarf galaxy IC 776. This swirling collection of new and old stars is located in the constellation Virgo, in the Virgo galaxy cluster, 100-million light-years from Earth. Although IC 776 is a dwarf galaxy, it's...
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Huawei’s Tech4All project in Africa wins GSMA award
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Vodacom aims to accelerate digital inclusion with Virtual Classrooms
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Salesforce announces sub-Saharan partner award winners
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MWR is back as F-Secure SA splits from F-Secure Group
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Digicall completes acquisition of majority stake in Africa Assist
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Rapid growth in chat commerce helps SA brands deliver on customer service
South African companies are inherently innovative and many local brands are keen to engage with new technologies to better serve their customers. Mobile communications and chat commerce specialist, Clickatell, looks at the rapid growth of chat commerce in South Africa...
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