Key metros still up in the air ahead of November elections

Two months before South Africans head to the polls to elect new local governments, Ipsos research suggests that electoral outcomes remain far from settled, with significant numbers of registered voters still available to be persuaded. The political landscape remains...

In the age of agentic AI, who is actually doing the shopping?

Venture money is flooding into AI shopping agents. Payment networks, browser makers and AI labs are racing to define how autonomous agents will shop, compare and buy. However, the infrastructure behind that race isn’t keeping pace with the capital says Joshua...

Nvidia and CrowdStrike strengthen agentic cybersecurity frontier

Attacks are now automated. Defense has to be, too. This is the word from Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang, telling the CrowdStrike Fal.Con 2026 conference last week that the IT industry is at an inflection point in cybersecurity. Huang joined CrowdStrike CEO and...

Incubator aims to test AI EdTech tools

Injini has launched its AI for Education Venture Builder and Incubation Program. Supported by philanthropic funder Coefficient Giving, the eight-month initiative takes pre-formed teams from the ideation stage to launching market-ready, impactful EdTech startups. The...

Scan to Pay now live in Samsung Wallet

EFT Corporation has partnered with Samsung to bring its Scan to Pay QR payment technology into Samsung Wallet, giving Galaxy device users in South Africa a fast, secure way to pay at thousands of merchant locations nationwide. Galaxy users can now open the Wallet,...
Ford SA partners with TUT for Sasol Solar Challenge

Ford SA partners with TUT for Sasol Solar Challenge

Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa will sponsor the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) SunChaser IV team in the 2026 Sasol Solar Challenge. On 10 September, TUT’s student-built solar car will cross the start line in Sasolburg, beginning an eight-day public-road...