Customers are not forgiving of chatbots after a negative experience
Customers say they are open to using customer service chatbots, but only 27% of customers say they would be willing to try a chatbot again after a negative experience, according to a Gartner survey. Eric Keller, senior director analyst in the Gartner Customer Service...
Intra-African trade a continental priority
Boosting trade flows amongst African countries remains a key economic priority, writes Kanayo Awani, executive vice-president: Intra-African Trade & Export Development Bank at African Export-Import Bank. There is significant opportunity to accelerate the growing...
China’s AI hardware export boom offers Wall Street hedge
China’s new wave of AI hardware exports offers investors a hedge against Wall Street’s “dangerously circular” artificial intelligence trade, says a leading global financial advisor. Nigel Green, CEO of deVere Group, says that as fresh analysis maps out a new...
Stokvels could help improve healthy eating
South Africa’s stokvels could become an important platform for improving nutrition and food security in low-income communities, but their collective buying power is currently used largely to purchase foods chosen for affordability, quantity, and shelf life rather than...
SA companies are shunning public cloud for AI workloads
South African organisations are shifting AI workloads out of the public cloud faster than their counterparts anywhere else in the world, according to new global research commissioned by Cloudera. The Great AI Re-Architecture Survey, conducted by Wakefield Research...
Cyber resilience now a critical priority for manufacturing
As 60% of manufacturers race toward full digitalisation, cyber risk is increasingly manifesting as a business risk, according to a new global report by Kaspersky and VDC Strategy. This means cybersecurity is not merely a compliance function, it is a cornerstone of...
Top 20 African Business Heroes advance to semi-finals
The Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH) Prize Competition, a philanthropic initiative of Alibaba Philanthropy, has announced the 20 entrepreneurs who will advance to its 2026 semi-finals in Nairobi later this week. The top 20 were selected from an expanded top 100 cohort...
Anthropic to add watermarking to Claude content
Future Claude models will generate text that contains a watermark. This feature complies with the EU AI Act, and will help to determine the likelihood that Claude was involved in writing the text. All artificial intelligence (AI) vendors will have to provide a similar...
Massive growth ahead for humanoid robot market
The global humanoid robot market size is expected to reach $40,5-billion by 2033, registering a CAGR of 38,2% from 2026 to 2033, according to a new report by Grand View Research. The global market for humanoid robots is poised for substantial growth due to rapid...
As debt soars, know what your total exposure it
South Africa is seeing a marked rise in civil debt litigation, with new case data pointing to sharply higher volumes of default judgments, consent orders and summonses for consumer debt. According to Hammond Pole Attorneys, the trend reflects mounting financial...
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Digital laggards will lose ground
The digital economy is entering a tougher phase, and businesses that fail to modernise properly risk losing ground. Future growth will depend less on simply having digital tools in place and more on whether organisations can turn connectivity, trust and customer...
Payments are modernising faster than most businesses realise
Just a few years ago, most South African businesses largely thought about payments in fairly simple terms: cash or card. That no longer feels true, even for relatively small merchants, many of whom now have to accommodate QR payments, digital wallets, real-time...
AI makes it profitable to find and serve those invisible to legacy lending
The credit market is the engine room of the South African economy, but for many financial institutions and aspiring business owners alike, that engine is currently running on a partial cylinder. By Eshmael Mpabanga, regional head: southern Africa and senior...
Three steps to AI readiness for SA businesses
AI deployments do not usually fail on the technology. They fail on what was already broken before the technology arrived: data that nobody fully trusts, governance that exists on paper but not in practice, and teams that were never brought along. For most...
Fuel price volatility adds new cross-border challenge for SMEs
South Africa's latest fuel price adjustment, which saw petrol prices increase while diesel prices declined, highlights the volatility that continues to shape business operating costs. For small and medium enterprises (SMEs) involved in cross-border trade, however, the...
Veeam adds operational privacy, AI governance for the agentic era
Veeam Software has announced new agentic AI capabilities for the Veeam DataAI Command Platform designed to help organisations operationalize governance at the speed and scale of modern AI systems. Organisations are navigating the most complex regulatory environment in...
Leadership transition for Canon SA
Canon South Africa has appointed Tunca Rodoplu as country director, effective 1 July 2026. He will lead the company’s strategy and drive growth across the Canon portfolio in southern Africa. Rodoplu has held senior positions across Canon EMEA. Most recently he served...
Smart Hands Africa adds Supermicro to growing portfolio
Smart Hands Africa has been appointed as an authorised Services Partner for Supermicro, a global leader in high-performance server, storage, AI and data centre infrastructure solutions. Recognised globally for its high-performance server, storage, AI and data centre...
Delaying IT refresh cycles could increase operational risk
Organisations that continue delaying technology refresh cycles in an effort to protect budgets may be exposing themselves to greater operational and continuity risk. This warning from Qrent comes as global hardware costs continue to rise amid ongoing supply chain...
For real cybersecurity, close off endpoint gaps
While much C-level attention is focused on Artificial Intelligence (AI) growing at a record pace, with key metrics doubling within months, there is a risk of many cyber threats going unnoticed. By Adriaan Venter, CEO of Cube ICT Solutions AI is the technological...
Back end Developer – Western Cape Cape Town
Our Company is looking for a Senior Backend Developer to design, build, and maintain scalable backend systems that power our digital banking and payment platforms. This is an exciting opportunity for a highly skilled developer with expertise in Node.js, Java, and Data...
Power Platform Developer – KwaZulu-Natal Durban
Role purpose:Our client is seeking a skilled Microsoft Power Platform Specialist to design, build, and maintain business-critical applications and workflows using Microsoft 365 technologies. The role will be central to the internal development of enterprise solutions,...
Intermediate Java Developer at Sabenza IT & Recruitment
Are you ready to take your Java skills to the next level? We are on the hunt for a hands-on Intermediate Java Developer to join our dynamic professional services team, building and integrating enterprise-scale solutions for a leading telecommunications...
Junior Full-Stack Software Engineer
Role overview:Our client is looking for a Junior Full-Stack Software Engineer to grow into this platform alongside their existing engineers, building real, production features across the API and React front ends under the guidance of more senior team members. This...
Intermediate Java Developer at Sabenza IT & Recruitment – Gauteng Johannesburg
Are you ready to take your Java skills to the next level? We are on the hunt for a hands-on Intermediate Java Developer to join our dynamic professional services team, building and integrating enterprise-scale solutions for a leading telecommunications...
Junior Full-Stack Software Engineer – KwaZulu-Natal Durban
Role overview:Our client is looking for a Junior Full-Stack Software Engineer to grow into this platform alongside their existing engineers, building real, production features across the API and React front ends under the guidance of more senior team members. This...
Learning Management System Administrator
My client based in Tygervalley, Cape Town is currently looking for a Learning Management System Administrator to join their team on a contract basis. IT / FINANCE Responsibilities Administer the LMS, including uploading SCORM packages and configuring learning items,...
Intermediate .Net Developer at Sabenza IT & Recruitment
Our client is a leading organisation within the Agri-chem sector, currently seeking two Intermediate Software Developers to join an established Agile development team on a contract basis. This is a capability augmentation opportunity where the successful candidates...
Machine Learning Engineer (Intermediate / Senior) – Remote South Africa – Western Cape Cape Town CBD
Our client is looking for a passionate Machine Learning Engineer to join a rapidly growing AI team focused on building production-ready AI solutions that deliver real-world impact. This is an exciting opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI systems, large language...
Senior Database Engineer / Specialist at Sabenza IT & Recruitment – Western Cape Cape Town
We are looking for a Senior Database Specialist to join an enterprise technology environment, with a strong focus on database architecture, performance optimisation, automation and database ecosystem integration.The successful candidate will play a key role in...
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