BingX, a leading global cryptocurrency exchange, has announced the expansion of its educational platform, BingX Academy, with the launch of a dedicated learning hub focused on tokenized stocks, known as XStocks. This new initiative aims to provide traders and investors with comprehensive resources to better understand how blockchain-based stock products work and how they differ from...
Year: <span>2025</span>
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Technology: Heritage, identity, and the risk of digital mimicry
Criminals consistently flock to where public interest is highest, and the increased social media activity around Heritage Day makes it a prime hunting ground As South Africans recently celebrated a day of communal braais and shared national pride, our digital lives inevitably mirrored our physical ones. We posted family photos, shared traditions, and celebrated our...
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The Next Decade of Inclusion: From Access to Acceleration writes Andris Kan̄eps
Ten years ago in Mombasa, our work began with a simple but ambitious question: What would happen if more people in the informal economy had access to the tools they needed to earn a stable income? The answer, as we have learned over the past decade, is not merely individual benefit. It is an economic...
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Former Bloomberg Media COO Julia Beizer to join Microsoft, Lead AI News Division
The chief operating officer of Bloomberg Media, Julia Beizer, is leaving the company after eight years to join Microsoft. Beizer will lead Microsoft’s AI news product and work under Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman, according to a person with direct knowledge of the move. Beizer confirmed to ADWEEK that she is leaving Bloomberg Media this...
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W&RSETA launches 66-Hour Innovation Hackathon to Combat Duplicate Registrations Across SETAs
The Wholesale and Retail Sector Education and Training Authority (W&RSETA) has officially launched a high-impact, 66-hour Hackathon aimed at solving a persistent challenge across South Africa’s SETA landscape: the detection and prevention of duplicate registrations, commonly referred to as double dipping. Running from 11 to 14 December 2025, the Hackathon brings together tech innovators, industry...
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W&RSETA Launches 66-Hour Innovation Hackathon to Combat Duplicate Registrations Across SETAs
The Wholesale and Retail Sector Education and Training Authority (W&RSETA) has officially launched a high-impact, 66-hour Hackathon aimed at solving a persistent challenge across South Africa’s SETA landscape: the detection and prevention of duplicate registrations, commonly referred to as double dipping. Running from 11 to 14 December 2025, the Hackathon brings together tech innovators, industry...
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Empowering resilience: Corteva’s drive for climate-smart farming
As South Africa confronts the realities of a changing climate through erratic rainfall, rising temperatures and increasing water scarcity the agricultural sector faces unprecedented pressure to adapt. In this challenging environment, Corteva Agriscience stands as a formidable force in agricultural innovation, leading the transformation toward climate-smart farming. It is delivering integrated solutions through its science-driven...
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How Netflix acquired the Unseen footage at the center of “Sean Combs: The Reckoning”
Unseen footage at the center of “Sean Combs: The Reckoning” is raising new questions about how the documentary came together — and who really controls Diddy’s story.According to new reporting by Atlanta Black Star, filmmakers hired by Combs to document his final days in New York never got paid or contracted, and the footage ultimately...
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An easy, secure and private way to accept contactless payments
KPay Group, a one-stop financial management and business operations platform, now enables its Hong Kong merchants to seamlessly and securely accept in-person contactless payments with Tap to Pay on iPhone. Tap to Pay on iPhone enables businesses to accept all forms of contactless payments, including contactless credit and debit cards, Apple Pay, and other digital wallets, using...
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Why Most Tech Products Should Start as a Web App
When planning a new digital product, one of the first major decisions is whether to build a web app or a mobile app as the initial release. While both have clear strengths, the choice can significantly impact your speed to market, overall development cost, and ability to validate your idea early on. Across the tech...