Is SA’s skills pipeline broken before it begins?

Is SA’s skills pipeline broken before it begins?

In South Africa, the conversation of skills can’t begin without addressing a basic barrier first – having a place to learn foundational skills. “Literacy is often a hard-won achievement when school children don’t have the basic tools they need to learn,” says...

The next frontier for AI in banking

Delivering on AI has become both a buzzword and a pressure point for organisations globally. There is also a gap between its adoption and its ability to deliver value. The McKinsey State of Organisations 2026 report surveyed executives across 15 countries and 16...

SA edtech makes Times 2026 top 100

South African startup Teach Me 2 has been placed in TIME’s World’s Top EdTech Companies 2026. Designed to help families find high-quality tutors, Teach Me 2 has delivered over 1-million tutoring lessons. Tutoring for Grade 1 through to university is...

How to test for AI-ready healthcare data

Healthcare AI is moving quickly from ambition to implementation, but the harder question is whether the data environment can support it in practice, writes Reven Singh, solutions engineer at InterSystems South Africa. In South Africa, healthcare information often...

What it will take to secure the foundation of digital education?

If the future of South Africa is shaped by the opportunities we create for young people today, then the promise of a digital education and the opportunities it provides is one of our most important and urgent endeavours. So too is the digital security of Gen Alpha’s...

The youth unemployment crisis is also a digital skills crisis

South Africa’s youth unemployment crisis cannot be solved without closing a parallel, faster-moving gap- – digital and AI fluency. The country’s youth unemployment rate stood at 60,9% among 15 to 24 year-olds in the first quarter of 2026 – one of the...