AI’s growing influence in safeguarding banks and customers

Flashy artificial intelligence (AI) applications like generative art and self-driving cars might dominate today’s headlines. Ut ai and machine learning (ML) are playing a quiet background role in our lives, writes James Saunders, co-founder and chief technology...

Navigating SA’s national payment system regulatory framework

In meeting its policy commitments and addressing the regulatory challenges that come with the rising prominence of non-bank payment operations, the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) published two draft documents in the first quarter of 2025. By Lerato Lamola, partner...

Can IT save the planet (and your bottom line)?

The digital age’s insatiable demand for computing power has collided with an urgent and pressing need for sustainability. By Vishal Barapatre, group chief technology officer at In2IT Technologies As data centres and AI workloads consume unprecedented energy, IT...

Solar’s second act begins

Renewable energy is no longer about a few rooftop panels; businesses that want to reap the benefits must diversify. By Sakhile Ngcongwane, business development manager at SolarAfrica As the energy landscape shifts and policy signals grow increasingly mixed, many are...
Outdated systems are a hacker’s dream

Outdated systems are a hacker’s dream

Cybercrime is evolving faster than systems can keep up, so if your business is still sitting in the past, it’s sitting with vulnerabilities, writes Richard Frost, head of innovation and technology at Armata Cyber Security. According to the ‘Connected Business: digital...

Communication needs practice, not just tools

It’s been a few years since the height of the pandemic, but many of us are still recalibrating not just how we work, but how we connect. By Bernadette Froelich, chief HR officer at DAC Systems The long stretch of isolation during Covid and the fragmented shift to...