Reserve Bank outlines vision for inclusive payments
As the Reserve Bank looks to digitalising payments, it also aims to the system more inclusive for all users. Governor Lesetja Kganyago, yesterday told delegates to the South African Reserve Bank’s Payments Conference 2026 that the institution aims to make the payments...
Call for unity to put SA youth into digital jobs
Digital jobs are a national priority, says Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, Solly Malatsi, and delivering them will take government, business, funders, and education providers acting together. The minister was addressing delegates at the...
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...
AI agents are testing corporate governance
AI-related incidents are reaching boardrooms across Europe and the Middle East, but governance capabilities and risk accountability are not keeping pace with adoption of the technology. Eight in 10 executives surveyed in a new IBM study say an AI-related incident –...
Massive surge in high-capacity DDoS attacks
There has been a significant shift in how attacks are launched and sourced, according to the https://www.netscout.com/threatreport/ from NetScout Systems. With more than 9,1-million DDoS attacks recorded globally by NetScout between January and June 2026, the report...
Executive pay rises across JSE Top 200
Median total remuneration for CEOs of South Africa’s largest listed companies rose 9% to R23,191-million in 2026, and 7% to R13,489-million for CFOs, with the increase driven primarily by performance-linked incentives rather than fixed pay, according to PwC’s 19th...
Workers’ overall wellness is not good
Employee well-being remains a significant concern for organisations, as fewer than 35% of employees report good levels of overall wellness, according to Gartner. The Gartner survey of 11 838 employees conducted in 1Q26 found that while many employees agree that AI is...
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Aweh Mobile launches in SA
South Africa’s telecommunications landscape has welcomed a new player with the official launch of Aweh Mobile. Aweh Mobile places the household at the centre of its value proposition, as mobile services are increasingly shared across multiple members of the same...
Gen Z sees education transforming to digital classrooms, AI tutors
Ahead of World Teachers’ Day, commemorated annually on 05 October, Kaspersky reveals that Gen Z is particularly aware of emerging AI trends in education and sees the sector as a promising area for AI technologies. According to new global research by Kaspersky’s...
Can flexibility and ingenuity rewrite the economics of township fibre?
South Africa still has several million homes that remain unserved by fibre or other high-speed fixed access connectivity services. Sandile Mkhwanazi, head of community relations at Frogfoot Rise, on why the economics of township fibre deployment change when...
Africa’s AI future depends on what we choose to own
Africa does not need to build the world’s largest AI model to shape its place in the AI economy. Our more urgent task is to decide where control must sit as AI moves from pilots into live services. By Brian Pinnock, go-to-market executive of The Cloud Crew Policy...
Businesses should prepare for the AI security gap employees may unwittingly create
There’s no denying that employees are increasingly relying on AI tools to support their workloads and tasks. AI saves time and, in many cases, improves clarity and speed when used correctly. By Ramprakash Ramamoorthy, director of AI research at ManageEngine However,...
Cloud has grown up. Now businesses need to grow smarter
A short time ago, the main issue in cloud computing was this: How fast could we migrate? By Avinash Gupta, head of centre of excellence at In2IT Technologies In every sector of the business world, moving applications and data into the cloud came to mean digital...
MTN Ghana gets 700MHz, 3GHz spectrum
MTN Ghana, also trading as Scancom, has received a notice from Ghana’s National Communications Authority for the award of spectrum in the 700 MHz and 3 GHz mid-band frequencies for the provision of 5G and mobile broadband services. The spectrum licences will have a...
The hidden travel challenges behind Africa’s iGaming boom
When we talk about economic growth in Africa, people's thoughts go to the traditional sectors of mining, oil, gas and agriculture. But, according to Mordor Intelligence, the African gambling and iGaming market is set to grow at a CAGR of 12.32% between 2026 and 2031....
What human tutors still do better than AI
Only time will tell if the recent alignment of the world’s most powerful AI leaders around Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s call to rein in the pace of advanced AI development will have any protective effect. After all, US President Donald Trump quickly rejected industry...
Building Africa’s next broadband economy beyond just connectivity
Broadband connectivity has become a foundation of Africa’s digital economy. But as the continent enters its next phase of digital development, the question is no longer simply how to connect more people. It is how to provide connectivity that is affordable, abundant,...
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