Customer service leaders under pressure to implement AI
Customer service and support leaders are facing increased executive expectations to invest in AI, according to a survey by Gartner. Ninety-one percent of service and support leaders surveyed reported pressure from executive leadership to implement AI – marking a sharp...
Second cyclone slams into Madagascar
NASA captured images of the second powerful tropical cyclone in two weeks to strike Madagascar. On 31 January, Fytia battered the remote northwestern coast of the island with destructive winds and torrential rains that displaced thousands of people. Less than two...
What Amazon’s CTO expects in 2026
Amazon chief technology officer Werner Vogels has released his annual technology predictions for 2026 and beyond, offering insights into how emerging technologies will reshape industries and daily life. From AI companions combating loneliness to the urgent need for...
Modernising automation could boost industrial competitiveness
Closed industrial automation systems are quietly eroding competitiveness, costing mid-sized organisations an average of 7,5% of their revenue. This is the headline finding from new Schneider Electric research, “Open versus Closed: The $11.28M Question for Industrial...
AI-powered warehouses drive supply chain productivity, accuracy
Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are no longer experimental tools but core drivers of productivity, accuracy and workforce evolution in the warehouses powering today’s global supply chains. As retailers brace for the annual surge of Black Friday...
Follow Joel Stransky’s Hope Ride live
The Hope Ride from Durban to Swakopmund is now officially live, and supporters across South Africa can track every kilometre of Joel Stransky and the team’s 2 500km journey in real-time. Britehouse, which built the Tour de France operations app, has created a...
SA faces cybercrime surge as shopping season begins
As South Africa prepares for Black Friday and the festive season, law firm Cox Yeats is issuing an urgent warning about the escalating threat of cybercrime. The firm’s business rescue, restructuring, Insolvency, and Insurance team has observed a dramatic increase in...
$150m facility takes aim at African decarbonisation
British International Investment (BII), the UK’s development finance institution and impact investor, and the FirstRand group have announced a $150-million financing facility to accelerate Transition Finance projects across Africa. Transition Finance plays a vital...
Cell C debuts on the JSE
Cell C Holdings Limited today listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) under the ticker CCD. The listing closed at R26.50 per share, valuing the business at approximately R9-billion with 340-million ordinary shares in issue. The offer included 102-million sale...
Confidence in business data is key
Business data has never been as available – perhaps even as unavoidable – as it is today, with every expense tracked, every transaction sliced and diced, and every client described down to the finest nuances of their purchasing history and personal preferences. In...
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Overcoming legacy systems for public security
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Cyber recovery needs a different approach to disaster recovery
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Is AI a game-changer for cyberthreats in Africa?
As the African continent continues its digital transformation, cybercriminals are becoming increasingly sophisticated, with AI emerging as a tool for more strategic and effective attacks - including distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) strikes. Bryan Hamman, regional...
CMC Networks achieves B-BBEE Level 1 status again
Global Tier-1 service provider CMC Networks has secured the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) Level 1 status for the fifth year running. The Level 1 B-BBEE status provides several benefits for CMC Networks’ stakeholders in South Africa, including a...
2025 SAPICS conference set to be greenest ever
Supply chain sustainability is one of the important topics on the agenda at this year’s 47th annual SAPICS Conference. But industry body SAPICS, which hosts the annual gathering in Cape Town, is doing more than including the global sustainability imperative in the...
2025 a tipping point for AI-powered accounting efficiency
2025 will be the year that small and medium businesses (SMBs) as well as accounting practices in South Africa start to tap into the power of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) technologies to unleash higher levels of productivity and uncover fresh data-driven...
Now is not the time to neglect DEI Initiatives
Within his first four days in office, US President Donald Trump, issued executive orders that ban diversity and inclusion (DEI) programmes in the US federal government that will overturn much of the work done in the past four years to increase diversity in the US...
Navigate responsible AI adoption in a rapidly transforming world
In 2016 Klaus Schwab, executive chairman of the World Economic Forum reflected on the intersection of technology and humanity, writes Ntsako Baloyi, senior manager in the technology business at Accenture, Africa. Schwab expressed concern about how technology like...
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