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Business & Technology

South African business and technology: the companies, the software, the deals and the people building them - including the firms taking local products to international markets.

NEWS BRIEF

Volkswagen may put Chinese car software in European models, leaving its R96bn Rivian deal stranded

Volkswagen is weighing whether to build its next European mass-market cars on the software it already runs in China, a report says, a step that would undercut the R96.51bn Rivian partnership at the centre of its software plan.

The Enquirer Business & Technology Desk ·
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Your AI prototype is not a product yet, and South African firms are being paid to finish it

Codehesion is pitching South African businesses on finishing the AI prototypes they have already built, from architecture and testing to project management. The pitch rests on an awards title it says it has held three years running.

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  2. 02 R1.2 billion a day: South Africa pays R441.5 billion to service its debt Business & Technology ·
  3. 03 NEWS BRIEF Printing CVs and two-round interviews: the hidden bill that keeps young South Africans out of work Business & Technology ·
  4. 04 Fund managers win the right to go 100% offshore, and the JSE says R10 trillion could follow Business & Technology ·
  5. 05 Rand firms and bond yields fall as Treasury trims weekly bond sales Business & Technology ·

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Reserve Bank moves to let fintechs process payments without going through a bank

Aspen takes a seat as medical schemes confront what members can still afford
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JSE closes higher as oil price climbs

Nedbank buys into East Africa for R13.9bn as Vodacom lights up 17 Mpumalanga municipalities

Electric car push stalls on demand as skills gap looms, industry warns

Reserve Bank moves to let fintechs plug straight into payments, ending the bank-only gate
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TP-Link wins MyBroadband networking award for a third straight year as South Africa still waits for Wi-Fi 7