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2 months ago

SA’s pursuit of equality through handing out screens in class risks educational quality

Cognitive research is showing that device screens are affecting reading ability among pupils, and teachers overseas are concerned about it. However, South Africa continues to push for the use of elect...

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2 months ago

Zille’s effective campaign in Johannesburg

Helen Zille, the DA's mayoral candidate for Johannesburg, has launched an unconventional campaign exposing the ANC-led metro's failure to provide basic services. She has lodged a formal complaint with...

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2 months ago

Rescuing the unrescuable — Why SA’s municipal insolvency regime needs surgery

South Africa’s local government landscape is littered with the walking dead. Municipalities that cannot pay creditors, cannot deliver water, and cannot keep the lights on – yet cannot be liquidated. T...

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2 months ago

Looting as a Consequence of South Africa's economic exclusion

Thirty-two years into democracy, South Africans grapple with unfulfilled promises. Poverty persists, and social issues manifest in movements and looting, highlighting deep-seated economic exclusion.

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2 months ago

Botswana signed the Artemis Accords – so why hasn't South Africa?

Botswana recently became the sixth African nation to sign the Artemis Accords, a US-led initiative for peaceful space exploration. However, South Africa, despite its advanced space sector and historic...

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2 months ago

Transforming South Africa’s power grid, virtually

As South Africans invest billions in rooftop solar and batteries, Virtual Power Plants (VPPs) offer a way to connect these distributed energy resources into a single, flexible power network. This inno...

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2 months ago

Formula 1's luxury makeover is about more than champagne

Formula 1 is increasingly selling luxury, a shift prominently displayed at the 2026 Belgian Grand Prix. Moët & Chandon, in its second year as title sponsor under LVMH's decade-long partnership, expand...

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2 months ago

OPay’s 2031 ambition: Can one fintech serve one billion users?

OPay currently serves 46 million users in Nigeria (according to its own estimates) — roughly 0.23% of Nigeria’s over 200 million population. Outside Nigeria, the fintech has footprints in Egypt, Indon...

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2 months ago

Marchés financiers africains : les leçons de la crise russo-ukrainienne pour mieux gérer les risques

La crise révèle le degré élevé d’intégration financière de l’Afrique, confirmant que la notion de périphérie n’a plus de sens dans un système financier globalisé.

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2 months ago

Kenya cracks down on counterfeit mobile phones, routers, modems

On Techpoint Digest, we discuss how Kenya is cracking down on counterfeit telecom devices, Esther Masese Waititu leaving Safaricom, and PesaLink competing with M-Pesa with lower-cost transfers.

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2 months ago

Why WhatsApp usernames could upset Somalia's anti-terror fight

People will be able to chat without revealing their contact number once the new feature is rolled out.

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2 months ago

Democracy doesn’t end at the ballot box: Why SA needs democratic information integrity

As South Africa prepares for another round of local government elections, we must confront a difficult question: can communities truly give free, prior and informed consent when political decision-mak...