Murray Campbell, SVP for cloud and security in MEA at NTT DATA. Digital business and technology services provider NTT DATA has partnered with Google Cloud in a global alliance to accelerate the adoption of agentic AI and AI-powered cloud innovation in enterprises. The companies stated the collaboration combines NTT DATA’s industry expertise in AI, cloud-native…
David Solomon, CEO of Goldman Sachs, speaking on CNBC’s Squawk Box outside the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 22nd, 2025. Gerry Miller | CNBC Don’t mess with DJ D-Sol — Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon’s stage name when he’s rocking the clubs in his other life as a DJ. U.S. President Donald…
Standard Chartered has raised its year-end target for ether to US$7 500 from $4 000, citing improvement in industry engagement and uptick in holdings of the cryptocurrency in recent months. The brokerage’s new year-end target represents a premium of near 60% from ether’s more than 3-1/2 year high of $4 700 on Wednesday. The world’s second largest cryptocurrency…
Ten people were taken to hospitals Wednesday after an elementary school bus in Texas rolled over on a rural road north of Austin, officials said. The Travis County Emergency Services District said that nine of the people were students. The driver was also transported to , the agency said in a Facebook post. One of…
Blue Label Telecoms is exploring a JSE debut for Cell C as part of a broader restructuring plan. (Photograph by Lesley Moyo) The proposed separate listing of Cell C, South Africa’s fourth-largest mobile operator, on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) could mark a pivotal moment for the debt-laden telco. It has potential to cut its…
Max Matza & Christal Hayes BBC News Watch: Taylor Swift appears in Travis and Jason Kelce’s podcast ‘New Heights’ It is a first in Taylor Swift’s music career. The megastar made her podcast debut on Wednesday night, appearing on New Heights – hosted by boyfriend Travis Kelce and his brother Jason Kelce – where she…
South Africa’s energy and mobility sectors are colliding in transformative ways. Electric vehicles have become more accessible, and CleanTechnica reports that local EV sales have grown by 35% between 2023 to 2024. Yet, this exciting growth is marred by a familiar challenge: the country’s fragile, overburdened national electricity grid. Can our electricity system support this…
Air Canada preparing for potential weekend strike Air Canada preparing for potential weekend strike 00:23 Air Canada said it will start cancelling flights on Thursday ahead of a possible strike by its flight attendants, which the airline said will allow for an orderly shutdown of Canada’s largest airline. The airline said Wednesday the first flights…
SITA’s head office in Erasmuskloof, Pretoria. (Photograph by Lesley Moyo) The State Information Technology Agency (SITA) has confirmed it has today settled its municipal account with the City of Tshwane following a temporary suspension of services at its Erasmuskloof head office. In a statement, the agency says it maintains a prepaid account with the municipality,…
Peruvian President Dina Boluarte has signed into law a controversial piece of legislation that would shield the military, police and other government-sanctioned forces from prosecution for human rights abuses committed during the country’s decades-long internal conflict. On Wednesday, Boluarte held a signing ceremony at the presidential palace in Lima, where she defended the amnesty law…
