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US funding cuts put R2.5bn SA sci-tech research at risk (opens the original)
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The US funding cuts to the national system of innovation have exposed South Africa’s over-reliance on foreignresearch funding and limitations to its science, tech and innovation (STI) funding model. This, as nearly R2.5 billion in research activities and more than 2 000 research positions remain at risk, following last year’s withdrawal of the US federal research funding. This is based on the Ministerial Working Group on STI funding report that has been released for public comment, following app
Nutun eyes global deployment of AI debt collector (opens the original)
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Global business process outsourcing (BPO) and credit-lifecycle management company Nutun is readying its agentic artificial intelligence (AI) debt collector Zoey for global deployment in November. This, after the South African operations served as an innovation sandbox to develop the automated tool, revealed Hans Zachar, Nutun group CTIO and CEO-designate. Yesterday, Nutun and industry body Business Process Enabling South Africa hosted media at the company’s office in Sandton, Johannesburg. The e
New FPB council members appointed (opens the original)
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The Film and Publication Board’s (FPB’s) nine-member council has been officially appointed for a five-year term, communications minister Solly Malatsi has announced. The new members are: Lungelo Dhladhla Nxele, Mariann Maartens, Ditaba Lucy Maraka, Dr Phosa Jan Mashangoane, Zandile Gail Mpungose, Dr Seithati Maria Motebang, advocate Lindelwa Ndziba, Melanie Roy and professor Siyasanga Tyali. Tyali has been appointed as chairperson, says the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies (
Wireless open access network licensing direction withdrawn (opens the original)
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Government has formally abandoned the policy reservation for a wireless open access network (WOAN), freeing the affected spectrum for licensing by the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA). The policy on high-demand spectrum and policy direction on the licensing of a WOAN were published in 2019. Seven years later, the WOAN has never been licensed, leaving the identified spectrum substantially unassigned, says the communications department. In a statement issued on Friday,
PICS: ITWeb visits Vivo’s headquarters in China (opens the original)
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Nestled within the leafy suburbs of China’s Shenzhen is the newly-opened global headquarters and campus of smartphone manufacturer Vivo. Shenzhen is considered China’s trading city and is home to some of the country’s major IT firms and brands, including Huawei, Honor, Oppo and now Vivo. ITWeb was invited to attend Vivo’s product experience and the launch event of the X500 series in Shanghai, China. These are the latest flagship handsets that will also be launched in South Africa later in the ye
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