May 12, 2026
Ozow has announced a new partnership with Happy Pay that will enable its merchants to offer buy-now, pay-later (BNPL) at checkout, without requiring any additional integration. South Africa’s BNPL market was projected to grow to over $815-milliomn (approximately...
May 11, 2026
Screen time is bad for children, right? Artificial intelligence (AI) is killing critical thinking, correct? I beg to differ, writes Kate Groch, CEO of the Good Work Foundation. In the rural areas where I’ve worked as an educator for the past 20 years, technology is...
May 8, 2026
Across the world, governments are accelerating their digital transformation agendas. From modernising service delivery to building resilient digital infrastructure, public sector institutions are investing in technologies that can improve efficiency, transparency, and...
May 8, 2026
The South African Reserve Bank’s Payments Ecosystem Modernisation Programme (PEM) is reconfiguring the country’s entire clearing and settlement architecture, with new payment institution licences expected in early 2026. The goal is to deliver fast, simple,...
May 6, 2026
For years, retail strategy debates have asked whether online commerce will replace physical stores. Minesh Manga, executive: enterprise and retail at NEC XON, who has spent two decades working at the intersection of retail and technology, says that debate is...
May 4, 2026
Experian has launched Experian Agent Trust, a framework that establishes a secure, verifiable link between consumers and AI agents. As AI agents begin to search and transact autonomously, they introduce a fundamental challenge for businesses: how to trust an action...
