How can SA plug the ICT skills gap?

Kathy Gibson reports from the IITPSA Workforce Conference – While South Africa records the highest unemployment rate in the world, there is still a dire shortage of critical IT skills. Presenting the IITPSA IT Skills Survey, Lehlohonolo  Mokenela, MD of Africa...

Is talent debt depleting your institutional knowledge?

Organisations cutting costs through workforce reduction to weather tough conditions may be trading a visible saving for an invisible liability that will cost them far more later, warns Advaita Naidoo, Africa MD at executive search firm Jack Hammer Global. “Globally,...

In 2027, AI could account for 20% of all business tech spend

In the coming year, CIOs and CISOs will face growing pressure to realise returns on their AI investments in infrastructure, security, digital sovereignty, and emerging technologies, according to Forrester’s 2027 technology and security predictions. Additionally, with...

Banks expect to hand decisions to AI – even if they can’t explain them

Banks are racing toward a future where AI no longer merely informs key credit, treasury, and risk decisions – it makes them autonomously. Yet AI governance is not keeping pace with adoption, according to new AI risk research by FT Longitude, SAS and Microsoft. Even as...

SA investors can now connect portfolios directly to AI

Fynbos Money says local investors can now use AI to better understand their investment portfolios with its new investment platform connecting customers' accounts directly to AI assistants such as ChatGPT and Claude. The integration allows customers to ask questions...

Vertiv, Nvidia target greater AI token output

Vertiv and Nvidia have introduced an AI factory approach that combines rapid configuration and virtual validation of pre-engineered reference architectures with factory-built deployment. The approach is designed to move AI factories from project kickoff to productive...

‘Volume is not value’ when it comes to AI

Only 13% of CIOs reported their enterprise has realised significant or transformational value from AI so far, according to a new survey from Gartner, which adds that while AI use cases have accelerated over the past two years, the likelihood of use case success...

Microsoft still tops brand phishing rankings

Microsoft remains the most impersonated brand in Q3 2026, accounting for 33% of all brand phishing attempts tracked and up from 23% in Q2, according to Check Point’s Brand Phishing Ranking for the period. Attackers, the security specialists say, continue to exploit...

For insurers, AI value depends on trust, transparency

For all the discourse about an AI hype bubble, many insurers are already seeing big returns from their investments. But to realise those gains, companies have to trust their AI to provide the right answers – and the AI must show that it warrants that trust. These are...

SA-founded Omnisient wins Money20/20 Banking Grand Prix

Omnisient, a consumer intelligence company founded in South Africa, has won the Banking Grand Prix at the 2026 Money20/20 Money Awards for an initiative developed to help banks assess consumers overlooked by traditional credit information. The winning initiative...

AI Academy looks to build on SA’s AI talent

Meta, in partnership with the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies (DCDT), has launched AI Academy South Africa - a programme that will equip South African developers, startups, students, and early-career professionals with practical AI skills built...

Exams are not the only challenge matric students face

During this matric exam period, thousands of learners need more than study time; they need food, transport, stationery, safe spaces, and someone to believe in them. Starting last week, more than 700 000 matriculants sat down to write the most important exams of their...

South Africans turn to AI for increasingly personal matters

AI is becoming part of consumers’ everyday lives – and users in South Africa are increasingly turning to AI services for personal matters, raising new privacy and cybersecurity concerns, according to Kaspersky. In a META regional survey, the security firm found that...

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Agentic AI is becoming a new architectural layer in business

Agentic AI is becoming a new architectural layer within the business because it can sit between people, data, applications, and workflows. It can operate inside processes, reason across information, use approved tools, interact with enterprise systems, and take action...

Rethinking risk in an unpredictable yet interconnected world

The past several years has demonstrated just how quickly separate risks can combine and amplify one another. In relatively close succession, South African businesses have had to contend with a global health pandemic, periods of widespread socio-political unrest,...

The role of AI in democratising access to justice

The South African Constitution recognises access to justice as a fundamental human right. But in reality, most South Africans lack access to the legal advice they need to protect themselves and their loved ones, writes Michael Visser, head of services at My AI Lawyer....

AI risk is the next test of ESG maturity

Artificial intelligence (AI) has moved from experiment to infrastructure. It is being built into customer service, credit processes, recruitment, operations, compliance, and strategy. By Prof Yudhvir Seetharam, chief analytics officer at FNB Business In many...

Why your employees are lying about using AI

Buried in KPMG's global AI research is a detail that gets skipped past too quickly: more than half of employees — 57% — admit they hide their AI use and pass the output off as their own work. By Gareth Redelinghuys, country MD at TrendAI Not "use AI without telling...

Why it’s important for AI to speak our language

When farmers take a photo of unfamiliar spots on a crop and ask a question on their phone, they’re not thinking about digital systems or models. They are looking for reassurance, guidance and something they can act on before the problem spreads. Moments like these are...

The end of cloud-only thinking in SA

For years, “cloud-first” has dominated enterprise technology strategy. But across South Africa, that conversation is beginning to shift. By Dean Wolson, GM: Infrastructure Solutions Group at Lenovo, Southern Africa Today, CIOs are grappling with a more complicated...

Retailers must now earn the trust of AI agents, not just shoppers

Retailers are losing direct control of the customer journey as shoppers hand the path to purchase over to autonomous AI agents. By Linda Saunders, country manager and senior director: solution engineering Africa at Salesforce Salesforce's Fourth Edition State of...

Procurement must deliver more than compliance in 2026

South Africa's micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) contribute around 40% of GDP and employ more than half the country's workforce, according to the Department of Small Business Development, Yet, questions remain about whether billions of rand invested in...

Business Analyst Senior – KwaZulu-Natal Durban Region

About the Role:Our Client is seeking a seasoned Senior Business Analyst (Finance) to drive technology and process initiatives that deliver measurable business impact. This role is pivotal in bridging business needs with system solutions, ensuring operational...

Senior Project Manager – Western Cape Cape Town Region

We're Hiring! Project Manager - Senior Level Location: Cape TownHybrid working environment About the Role Our Client is seeking skilled Project Managers to join their technology focused team. As a Senior Project Manager, you will be responsible for overseeing the...

EPM Functional Specialist

Our client is seeking an experienced Oracle EPM Cloud Functional Consultant to support a strategic Finance Transformation Programme. The successful candidate will work closely with Finance stakeholders, business process owners, project teams, and implementation...

Project Manager at Sabenza IT & Recruitment

We are seeking a Project Manager to deliver agreed IT projects on time, within scope and within budget, with a clear plan, controlled change, measured performance and an escalation path when delivery is at risk.The Project Manager plans, coordinates and delivers...

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Our client is seeking an experienced Oracle EPM Cloud Functional Consultant to support a strategic Finance Transformation Programme. The successful candidate will work closely with Finance stakeholders, business process owners, project teams, and implementation...

Senior Machine Learning Engineer – AI / GenAI at Datonomy Solutions

Role OverviewWe are looking for an experienced Senior Machine Learning Engineer to design, build, deploy and support enterprise-scale Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence and Generative AI solutions.The role is strongly focused on the productionisation and...

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