With office vacancies at a six-year low, workplace data matters more

South Africa’s office market is showing encouraging signs of recovery. According to the South African Property Owners Association’s (SAPOA) Q2 2026 Office Vacancy Survey, the national office vacancy rate declined to 12%, its lowest level since early 2020. By Mark...
Stop renting intelligence. Start building it

Stop renting intelligence. Start building it

South African CEOs are under pressure. Competitors are announcing AI wins, boards are demanding productivity gains, and the fear of missing out is driving hasty investments in tools and tokens. By Ravi Bhat, commercial solutions and AI officer at Microsoft South...

AI confidence starts with trusted data

Organisations are moving quickly from AI ambition to AI use cases. Employees are already using AI tools in their daily work, while leadership teams want practical ways to improve efficiency, customer experience, decision-making, and competitiveness. “AI confidence...

From fragmentation to integrated decision-making

The impact of market movements can be significant. A rate change can start with deposit pricing, change customer behaviour and funding mix, and then impact up in liquidity, net interest income, credit risk, capital planning, and strategy. By Martim Rocha, senior...
The insight economy is over: AI commoditised consulting advice

The insight economy is over: AI commoditised consulting advice

For decades, the consulting industry sold two things: access to benchmarked intelligence, and access to bright, relentlessly hardworking talent. Clients paid premium rates to know what their competitors were doing and to borrow the brainpower to figure out how to...