by nouman | Jul 16, 2026 | AI and machine learning, Amazon, Anthropic, Chamath Palihapitiya, Dario Amodei, DeepSeek, Demis Hassabis, Elon Musk, Google, Google DeepMind, Howard Lutnick, Microsoft, News, OpenAI, Sam Altman, Satya Nadella, Sections, Sriram Krishnan, Tang Jie, Tom Wheeler, xAI, Zhipu AI
Frontier labs have backed Demis Hassabis’s call for a self-regulator, but critics warn it hands Washington the off-switch.
by nouman | Jul 15, 2026 | Amazon, Amazon Leo, Elon Musk, HeroTel, Icasa, Maziv, News, Satellite communications, Sections, Solly Malatsi, SpaceX, Starlink, Trevor Vieweg, Van Zyl Botha
Starlink has 10 000 satellites and a six-year head-start, yet rival Amazon Leo may beat it to market in South Africa.
by nouman | Jul 15, 2026 | Amazon, Amazon Leo, Estiaan Ferreira, HeroTel, Icasa, Internet and connectivity, Maziv, News, Sections, SpaceX, Starlink, Trevor Vieweg, Van Zyl Botha, Vodacom, Vumatel
Herotel will distribute Amazon Leo satellite broadband in South Africa – sidestepping the licensing trap snaring rival Starlink.
by nouman | Jul 15, 2026 | Amazon, Boeing, Dutch East India Company, EasyEquities, Elon Musk, Investment, Nasa, News, Sections, SpaceX, Starlink, xAI
Four centuries separate the VOC and SpaceX, but both asked the public to fund a frontier.
by nouman | Jul 14, 2026 | Afrety, Amadou Diallo, Amazon, Aramex, e-commerce, Francis Dufay, Jumia, MasterCard, MyUS, News, Retail and e-commerce, Sections, Senegal, Shein, Shop and Ship, Souane Diop, Takealot, Temu, Walmart
Big e-commerce brands are largely absent from Africa – but intermediaries are bringing their goods to shoppers anyway.
