Africa moves from AI ambition to action
AI has moved from potential to proven economic value and while ambition setting is near universal across economies, execution speed is the differentiator, according to Boston Consulting Group’s The AI Maturity Matrix 2026: AI Is Transforming How Economies Develop and...
AI governance in Africa must reflect the continent’s realities
Artificial intelligence (AI) is being deployed across Africa faster than some countries can introduce the regulatory frameworks needed to manage its risks and fully realise its benefits and, according to Vodacom, AI governance must reflect the continent’s unique...
SMEs have clear expectations and voting intentions ahead of local elections
South African small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have entered the local government election period with clear expectations around the conditions needed to operate, invest and grow. Municipal service delivery, good governance and the effective management of illegal...
OEMs roll out Nvidia RTC Spark laptops
Nvidia has announced the availability of Nvidia RTX Spark laptops, bringing together RTX graphics and Nvidia’s full-stack AI platform in slim, premium Windows PCs for accelerated creation, immersive gaming and powerful local AI — rolling out from ASUS, Dell, HP,...
Intel throws support behind Meta’s Muse Spark Open
Intel has enabled day-0 support for Meta’s Muse Spark Open across Intel Xeon processors and Intel data center GPU platforms, Intel GPU D-series, through targeted low-bit model quantisation. Meta’s official open-weight release of Muse Spark Open, an...
AI course enrollments up 75%
AI course enrollments in South Africa increased 75% year over year, while enrollments in critical thinking courses rose 132%, according to Coursera’s Global Skills Report 2026. South Africa also ranks second among the 11 sub-Saharan African countries covered and 73rd...
Global recognition for SA-built AI platform
A South African-developed artificial intelligence (AI) platform designed to help researchers prepare clinical trial databases faster has placed second in the 2026 CDISC AI Innovation Challenge. Leova was created by Johannesburg-based clinical data management...
SITA ups its game
The State Information Technology Agency (SITA) has achieved an unqualified audit opinion. Presenting its 2025/26 Annual Report to the Portfolio Committee on Communications and Digital Technologies in Parliament, SITA outlined important progress in strengthening...
Changing structures will not fix governance without changing behaviour
The reported withdrawal of the National State Enterprises Bill and government's consideration of a new model for overseeing state-owned enterprises (SOEs) presents another opportunity to address the governance challenges that have affected these institutions for many...
MeerKAT and Webb measure farthest fast radio burst
First discovered in 2007, fast radio bursts are enigmatic, millisecond-long flashes of radio emission from the distant universe. Their origin remains uncertain, particularly since most are seen once and never again. Now, astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space...
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Learning Curve appointed as African reseller for Canva
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Swan goes live on SSP Pure
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Mastercard partners with Mojaloop and AfricaNenda for trusted payments
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