Samsung joins SA Rugby as official tech partner

Samsung joins SA Rugby as official tech partner

Samsung has partnered with SA Rugby as the official mobile and consumer electronics partner across all national teams and the Vodacom United Rugby Championship (URC). Image supplied The agreement covers the Springboks, Springbok Women, Junior Springboks, Springbok Sevens and Springbok Women Sevens, along with the Vodacom URC. It took effect in September for the Vodacom…

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NASA astronaut joins Russian cosmonauts for Thanksgiving Day ride to International Space Station

NASA astronaut joins Russian cosmonauts for Thanksgiving Day ride to International Space Station

American astronomer-turned-medical physicist and now NASA astronaut Chris Williams joined two Russian cosmonauts aboard a Soyuz ferry ship Thursday for a Thanksgiving Day flight to the International Space Station. With commander Sergey Kud-Sverchkov at the controls of the Soyuz MS-28/74S spacecraft, flanked on his left by flight engineer Sergey Mikaev and on the right by…

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Lerato Pule joins iOCO board

Lerato Pule joins iOCO board

iOCO has appointed Lerato Pule to its board of directors. iOCO, formerly known as EOH, has announced that Lerato Pule will join its board of directors, effective 4 December. The IT solutions company says Pule will serve as an independent non-executive director, a member of the audit and risk committee, and chairperson of the social…

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Absa joins Ripple’s custody network in digital-asset push

Absa joins Ripple’s custody network in digital-asset push

Absa has announced a partnership with Ripple under which it will adopt the blockchain infrastructure specialist’s institutional-grade custody platform to offer secure storage solutions for tokenised assets – including cryptocurrencies – to institutional clients in South Africa. The move is significant as it may mark a turning point in how traditional banks in Africa engage…

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Gemini Enterprise joins the AI battle for the workplace

Gemini Enterprise joins the AI battle for the workplace

Google has launched a new AI platform for business customers called Gemini Enterprise, as the tech giant ramps up efforts to capture more corporate clients with its artificial intelligence tools. Gemini Enterprise will be powered by the company’s most advanced AI models, and will act as a conversational platform where employees can chat with their companies’…

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Alphabet joins the -trillion club

Alphabet joins the $3-trillion club

Google parent Alphabet hit a market capitalisation of US$3-trillion for the first time on Monday, riding on renewed optimism around artificial intelligence and a favourable antitrust ruling. Class-A shares of the company were up 3.8% at $250, while Class-C shares climbed 3.7% to $250.40 — both trading at record highs. Including Monday’s gains, the company’s…

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Africa: Timeline – Guinea-Bissau Joins a List of Recent Coups in West Africa

Africa: LR Committee Chairperson Joins AU in Commemorating the 26th Anniversary of Sirte Declaration

– The Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on International Relations and Cooperation, Mr Supra Mahumapelo, joins African countries in commemorating the 26th anniversary of the Sirte Declaration of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU). The resolution was adopted on 9 September, 1999, in Sirte, Libya and called for the establishment of the African Union (AU)…

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