
AFC commits $100-million to African tech funds
Africa Finance Corporation has committed up to $100-million to tech fund managers to deepen local venture capital.
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Africa Finance Corporation has committed up to $100-million to tech fund managers to deepen local venture capital.
John Lennon’s last interview — just hours before he was shot on December 8, 1980 — has become a documentary directed by Steven Soderbergh, debuting Saturday at the Cannes Film Festival. In a new interview with the Associated Press, Soderbergh defends the film’s limited use of AI to visualize concepts from that two-hour interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono:Soderbergh was resolved to let...

Local organisations renew calls for equitable, resilient and affordable connectivity, and highlight the need for “digital lifelines”.

Before vaccines, some parents intentionally exposed their children to the virus. In the internet age, that thinking is resurfacing.

Google I/O is back with updates to Search, Android, Gemini, and a fresh peek at upcoming Android XR smart glasses. Here’s how to watch the announcements live and what to expect.

Participants who got single dose of psilocybin were more likely to abstain from cocaine than those who got placebo
Results from a new clinical trial show that a single dose of psilocybin could be an effective treatment for cocaine addiction.
The study, published in Jama Network Open this month, showed that 19 participants who received a single dose of psilocybin were more likely to abstain from...

Fragmented data, weak governance and siloed systems continue to derail many enterprise artificial intelligence initiatives.

CAR-T cell therapy is already a potent treatment for certain cancers. Now, a small study is showing early promise for managing HIV.

The science, tech and innovation department looks to make big gains, as it secures R10.4 billion for the 2026/2027 financial year.

Africa Bitcoin Corporation, formerly Altvest Capital, is moving its JSE listing from AltX to the main board.

Apparently anyone can vibe code anything these days. So Claude and I tried to make a database for tracking the petty grievances of the masses.

The rollout will tackle rising costs, improve driver safety and support job creation, as SA’ e-hailing sector shifts towards electric mobility.

Paddy Rodgers said the Observatory’s rich history showed the power of human knowledge and the need to avoid “dependence” on AI.

As a business grows, keeping track of every conversation, commitment, and follow-up becomes increasingly difficult. Many small teams rely on memory, personal inboxes, or loosely maintained spreadsheets — an approach that works well enough, until it doesn’t. Contacts slip through the cracks, follow-ups get missed, and customer trust quietly erodes. Teams often start by tracking […]

David Norman, a former Phoenix police officer who’s described himself as “a fucking savage,” now runs a company that provided training to Homeland Security’s Special Response Teams.

Campaigners want a major Cape Town data centre plan blocked until its water and power impact is disclosed.

One of the biggest risks of SaaS-based supply chain attacks is that they exploit trust rather than technical weaknesses, says CG Selva Ganesh, VP and CEO SA at In2IT Technologies.

Solid8 will participate at both the Cape Town and Johannesburg events with partners Saviynt, Semperis and Ping.

Too often, cloud decisions are still made as technical choices rather than business-critical investments, says Resilient Innovations.

Microsoft estimates 23.1% of working-age South Africans use generative AI – well ahead of the rest of the continent.

The attack has been successfully mitigated and full network functionality has been restored, says 1-Grid.