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Africa Tech Festival 2024: Putting African tech on the global stage

Africa Tech Festival showcases how tech and strategy are transforming Africa’s diverse industries, from telecoms and financial services to healthcare and retail

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South Africa’s mobile network users will join consumers in leading global markets with access to next generation networks as domestic mobile network operators (MNOs) prepare to switch off legacy 2G and 3G for more advanced 4G and 5G technologies. Photographer: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images

SA must tread carefully as it leads Africa to next generation network technology

Poorer South Africans will not be able to upgrade to smartphone devices without state assistance

  • Eyaaz
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