💻 Tech & Innovation

Why women’s empowerment in fintech must be rooted in agency, not just opportunity (opens on the publisher’s site)

AI keeps consumer prices high in 'RAMaggedon' chip crunch (opens on the publisher’s site)

African Rainbow Minerals greenlights multi-billion rand Bokoni Project to bolster PGM production (opens on the publisher’s site)

MTN Group's share price drops despite strong performance in Nigeria (opens on the publisher’s site)

Disillusioned yet hopeful: South African youth's faith in democracy (opens on the publisher’s site)

Retailers urged to rethink plastic bags as levies and costs climb (opens on the publisher’s site)

Lesaka extends executive chairman Ali Mazanderani's contract to 2029 (opens on the publisher’s site)

I can't wait to see the next 'big fish' testifying in the Madlanga Commission (opens on the publisher’s site)

PIC welcomes appointment of new board as Mohai takes helm (opens on the publisher’s site)

Seiso Mohai: Veteran legislator tasked with restoring stability at the PIC (opens on the publisher’s site)

The future is not Artificial Intelligence. It is Augmented Intelligence (opens on the publisher’s site)

Rhino Energy powers sustainable waste management with new solar plant (opens on the publisher’s site)

SA big business warns failing municipalities are undermining investment, economic growth (opens on the publisher’s site)

Boxer Retail's share price declines as trading margins stagnate (opens on the publisher’s site)

Fixing reflections by smashing mirrors: The real reason behind all those failed enterprise AI projects (opens on the publisher’s site)

To open or close? - the big question facing AI eco-systems (opens on the publisher’s site)

Startup company reveals prototype of tsunami survival pod (opens on the publisher’s site)

LifePod says its survival device will be able to save small groups of children and adults from tsunamis and severe flooding.

Aviation couple milked millions from the National Skills Fund (opens on the publisher’s site)

In 2024, the National Skills Fund (NSF) awarded R148-million in funding to Wonderboom based Flyfofa Aviation Training to train Gauteng residents from impoverished schools. On its website, Flyfofa Aviation Training described this as offering “a life changing bursary program to... The post Aviation…

News24 Business | Musk 'sacrificed, treated very unfairly', says Trump as chief disruptor eyes exit (opens on the publisher’s site)

US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Tesla boss Elon Musk could stay working for the White House as long as he wanted but understood the tycoon wanted to get back to his businesses.

News24 Business | South Africa's 2025 maize harvest seen 14% higher than last year (opens on the publisher’s site)

April 30 - South African farmers are expected to harvest 14% more maize in the 2024/2025 season compared with the previous one, the government's Crop Estimates Committee (CEC) said on Wednesday.

Retail spending fell in March as consumers pull back (opens on the publisher’s site)

Spending at US retailers fell in March as consumers pulled back amid recessionary fears fueled by the banking crisis.

'I was up to my waist down a hippo's throat.' He survived, and here's his advice (opens on the publisher’s site)

Paul Templer was living his best life.

Here's the real reason to turn on airplane mode when you fly (opens on the publisher’s site)

We all know the routine by heart: "Please ensure your seats are in the upright position, tray tables stowed, window shades are up, laptops are stored in the overhead bins and electronic devices are set to flight mode."

Scientists identify secret ingredient in Leonardo da Vinci paintings (opens on the publisher’s site)

"Old Masters" such as Leonardo da Vinci, Sandro Botticelli and Rembrandt may have used proteins, especially egg yolk, in their oil paintings, according to a new study.