The most expensive metre in retail is the one that leads to the till

There are three questions that preoccupy South Africa’s retailers in 2026. How do you get customers through the door, how do you keep them there, and how do you persuade them to spend? By Dieter Oelofse, POS systems architect at Ecentric Payment Systems, and Shaun...
Stress-test now for Black Friday

Stress-test now for Black Friday

I find myself having the same conversations with business owners in late November – always too late to make a difference – writes Sahil Affriya, founder and CEO of Shiprazor. They typically have three strong trading days as customers work through their...

The rise of AI-native government

Across Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Türkiye and Africa (CEEMETA), the public-sector AI conversation has changed dramatically, writes Mohammed Amin, senior vice-president: CEEMETA at Dell Technologies. Just two years ago, the government was focused on...

Is AI lying to us?

AI has shifted from “People trying AI” to “People depending on AI regularly”. It is commonplace now that emails and documents are drafted by AI, without adequate human oversight – leading to embarrassing real-life consequences. ChatGPT grew from 100-million active...
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...