SA grapples with growing demand for AI and cyber security skills

SA grapples with growing demand for AI and cyber security skills

Tech professionals and educators agree that SA needs to emphasise AI and cyber security training to keep up with advances in emerging technologies. (Image source: iStock) South African organisations must intensify cyber security and AI training and strengthen collaboration between education institutions and industry to address critical technology skills shortages, cyber security professionals and educators…

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Apple iPhone Duo demand, pricing and revenue impact

Apple iPhone Duo demand, pricing and revenue impact

Apple‘s iPhone Duo, its most expensive iPhone ever, went up for preorder Friday, with launch-day pickup inventory selling out and some online delivery estimates already slipping into late January. The company said in a statement that the preorder demand was “nothing short of extraordinary.” “We are working hard to get this revolutionary new product into…

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Samsung projects historic R1.32 trillion profit as AI memory demand soars

Samsung projects historic R1.32 trillion profit as AI memory demand soars

Samsung Electronics has projected a landmark third-quarter operating profit of R1.32 trillion (₩107.4 trillion), marking the first time a global technology company has surpassed R1.23 trillion in quarterly earnings. Driven by a nearly nine-fold year-on-year surge in operating profit, the result represents Samsung’s fourth consecutive quarter of record earnings, fuelled by an escalating global memory…

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Africa: Nigeria Restates Demand for Two Permanent UNSC Seats, Veto Powers for Africa

Africa: Nigeria Restates Demand for Two Permanent UNSC Seats, Veto Powers for Africa

Mr Shettima said the Council’s present configuration no longer reflected contemporary geopolitical realities and weakened the legitimacy of global decision-making. Nigeria has demanded at least two permanent seats for Africa on the UN Security Council, with veto powers for as long as the privilege exists. Vice President Kashim Shettima made the demand while delivering President…

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Africa: Nigeria Restates Demand for Two Permanent UNSC Seats, Veto Powers for Africa

Africa: High Costs, Weak Demand Keep Nigerian Airlines Out of Africa’s Top 10

Nigeria’s nine scheduled airlines failed to make Africa’s top 10 in the 2026 Skytrax World Airline Awards, as high operating costs and weak passenger demand continue to strain the ability of domestic carriers to sustain operations and expand their networks. Aviation sector experts who spoke with LEADERSHIP said Nigerian airlines are grappling with rising operating…

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Africa: Nigeria Restates Demand for Two Permanent UNSC Seats, Veto Powers for Africa

Africa: Democracy – Faltering Demand in Africa?

Fewer than half of citizens consider their country a democracy and are satisfied with the way democracy is working. Key findings In the most recent round of Afrobarometer surveys, conducted in 38 countries in 2024/2025, fewer than half of Africans consider their country a democracy (47%) and say they are satisfied with the way democracy…

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