PC shipments tank as memory crunch bites
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Battle of the AI models hots up
Meta and OpenAI have both launched new artificial intelligence (AI) models. Meta Spark is said to be better at coding than the company’s last interation released in April, performing at levels close to the offerings from rival AI companies in writing, reasoning and...
Google unveils new African investments
Kathy Gibson reports from Google Cloud Summit in Johannesburg - As artificial intelligence (AI) permeates every level of the economy, we need to guard against letting the digital divide extend to becoming the AI divide. That’s the word from James Manyika, senior...
Credit trends diverge as consumers navigate affordability
South African consumers are reshaping how they access and use credit as affordability pressures persist, according to TransUnion’s Q1 2026 South Africa Industry Insights Report. The report’s findings show that credit demand remained resilient, but diverging risk...
Ramaphosa urges Africa to take control of its AI destiny
Kathy Gibson reports from Google Cloud Summit in Johannesburg - For too long Africa has had to play digital catchup, dependent on the technologies of more industrialised nations. But the artificial intelligence (AI) era gives the continent an opportunity to take...
Urgent reform needed to unlock SA’s startup potential
South Africa’s startup ecosystem is gaining ground, but it continues to fall behind global and regional peers on regulatory efficiency, capital formation, and access to international markets. This is according to a new report by SiMODiSA, in partnership with Allan...
Vodacom takes a majority stake in Safaricom
Strengthening its position in East Africa, Vodacom has acquired a further 20% stake in Safaricom for $2,1-billion (R35-billion) – increasing its shareholding in the group to 55%. The transaction sees Vodacom acquire a 15% stake from the Government of Kenya, and an...
Visa gears up for the new phase in commerce
Recognising the dramatic shifts shaping the future of commerce, Visa has outlined a series of AI, stablecoin, and token capabilities designed to help clients across the Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East, and Africa (CEMEA) region participate in this next...
A new fraud threat for insurers – AI-generated images
Insurance fraud, unfortunately, is inevitable - a certain amount of fraud is priced into the product. But the ultimate goal for insurers is to find the right balance – focusing on fraud prevention for the biggest cases without alienating trusted customers. Having said...
AI will push cloud-managed revenue over $10-billion
Concerns about AI cybersecurity threats and a desire to focus on AI use cases will push the public cloud-managed LAN market into a phase of accelerated growth from 2026 to 2030 – to more than $10-billion - according to the Dell’Oro Group. “As vendors like Arista,...
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Africa’s energy transition to lower-carbon, more reliable and accessible power systems has the potential to reshape economies, uplift communities, and support development throughout the continent. By Shameel Joosub, CEO of Vodacom Group With abundant renewable energy...
Securing Africa’s future through a circular water economy
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Bridging Africa’s build divide with intelligent infrastructure
Africa has always found its own way around barriers, writes Andrew Bourne, regional head of Zoho South Africa. When fixed-line banking proved too slow and too exclusionary, Kenya did not wait for the infrastructure to catch up. It built M-Pesa instead, a mobile...
Why context determines digital success in Africa
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Africa’s AI ambitions face critical infrastructure questions
As artificial intelligence (AI) investment accelerates globally, Africa is increasingly being viewed as the industry’s next major growth frontier. But according to Steven Santini, vice-president for secure power: SSA at Schneider Electric, the continent’s AI ambitions...
Are supply chains ready for Africa’s cyber-fraud surge?
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Connectivity has become a board-level strategic issue
There was a time when connectivity was seen as infrastructure, or worse, as background noise for the IT department while business decision-makers focused on more important decisions. By Willem van Zyl, chief technology officer of Backspace Technologies Those days are...
When a school is offline, opportunity is not just delayed, it is denied
South Africa has approximately 23,000 public schools, yet around 17 000 remain completely offline. That means only about 6 000 have some form of internet connectivity, while roughly 74% of public schools have no access at all - not for teaching and learning, not for...
Most data strategies fail before they start
Most organisations do not have a data strategy problem, but one of visibility. Across industries, businesses continue to invest in platforms, tools, and skills to become more data-driven. Yet many of these strategies struggle to deliver sustained value. The reason is...
Your next best prompt engineer is a business analyst
In the rush to deploy AI, most organisations have been asking the wrong question. By Martin Pienaar, chief operations officer at Mindworx Academy The debate has centred on which platforms to use and how quickly engineering teams can ship. The harder question, and the...
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