African startups look to new investors

Kathy Gibson reports from AI Everything and Gitex Kenya in Nairobi – Africa’s exciting and innovative start-ups are attracting interest from investors in the Middle East, Europe and Asia. Investors from these regions are arguably more aligned to the continent’s...

Pilot to production: the challenge of African developers

Kathy Gibson reports from the AI Everything Summit in Nairobi – Africa has no shortage of ideas, use cases and innovation when it comes to developing AI applications. But having a great idea, or an elegant algorithm, doesn’t necessarily translate into a bankable...

As economies shift, Africa urged to follow the money

Kathy Gibson reports from the AI Everything Summit in Nairobi – Africa is enjoying a renaissance as it embraces technology and artificial intelligence (AI) to drive its future growth. But there is a danger that the continent will remain a mere consumer of the...

SA holds its own as global AI adoption accelerates

Worldwide adoption of artificial intelligence continued to rise in the first quarter of 2026, according to Microsoft’s Global AI Diffusion Q1 2026 Trends and Insights report from its AI Economy Institute. During the quarter, AI usage increased by 1,5 percentage points...

NTT Data acquires Alchemy Technology Services

NTT Data has acquired Alchemy Technology Services, a specialist insurance technology consultancy. In addition to strong consultancy and Guidewire credentials, Alchemy has expertise in the specialty insurance market, particularly in supporting complex and regulated...

To succeed, security must align to the business

Kathy Gibson reports - Artificial intelligence (AI), security and governance are all critical if digital transformation is to succeed. But sometimes technology leaders frame the cybersecurity conversation in a way that doesn’t resonate with boardroom decision-makers –...

Arctic winter sea ice hits record low level

Winter sea ice cover in the Arctic was the lowest it’s ever been at its annual peak on 22 March 2025, according to NASA and the National Snow and Ice Data Centre (NSIDC) at the University of Colorado. Ice cover ebbs and flows through the seasons in the Arctic (left)...

The myths that are hampering employee productivity

HR leaders must address four emerging myths around employee productivity that could impact their organisations’ ability to achieve desired growth, according to Gartner. A November 2024 survey of more than 450 actively employed CEOs and other senior executive business...

Cloud infrastructure spending surpasses most positive expectations

According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Enterprise Infrastructure Tracker: Buyer and Cloud Deployment, spending on compute and storage infrastructure products for cloud deployments, including dedicated and shared IT environments,...

April Fool joke or a cyberattack? How to avoid both

A recent survey by Kaspersky shows that 21,3% of employees and business owners using computers in South Africa faced a situation when colleagues (12,8%), friends or relatives (8,5%) made jokes with their unlocked computer. These jokes include sending funny messages or...

Does the current geopolitical turmoil mean China is back?

The current pace and flux of geopolitics continues to disrupt markets - keeping investors across the globe on tenterhooks. By David Rees, head of global economics at Schroders The US/China relationship in particular is the most consequential bi-lateral relationship in...

Musk sells X to xAI

Elon Musk has sold X, his social media platform, to xAI, his artificial intelligence start-up. The all-stock deal valued xAI at $80-billion and X at $33-billion, according to Musk. He paid $44-billion for X in 2022; while a December 2024 valuation of xAI put it at...

These are the top commercial threats facing sales leaders

As the global marketplace evolves at an unprecedented pace, Gartner, Inc. has identified the top seven commercial threats facing chief sales officers (CSOs) in 2025. The numerous challenges facing CSOs could significantly impact their strategic priorities and...

AI features big in African businesses’ plans

New research reveals widespread artificial intelligence (AI) ambitions across Africa’s business landscape. A survey of 750 CEOs, CTOs, and CIOs across South Africa, Kenya, Egypt, Morocco, and Algeria demonstrates that 85% of companies have already invested or planning...

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Why virtual agents make sense to customers and the FD

When it first became clear that various AI-enabled tools would play an important role in customer self-service, most prominently in the shape of chatbots, there was a lot of hope that they'd have a positive impact on company finances. Not only would they provide a...

Big data and telematics reinvent road safety

The vast storage and processing capabilities of the big data era have taken vehicle telematics to a new level, allowing drivers and fleet owners to create a far safer driving environment, writes Cliff de Wit, chief technology officer of Netstar. The science of...

Open-source intelligence a new dimension in cybersecurity

When rebels shot down commercial passenger aircraft Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in 2014, amateur online sleuths used social media posts to pinpoint the perpetrators and even the missile system used in the attack. More recently, at the start of the pandemic, a story...

MFA helps to secure online systems

The approach of the New Year is the ideal time to start investigating multifactor authentication (MFA), a layered approach to electronic security that requires two or more credentials to verify identity. South Africa's Internet Service Providers' Association (ISPA)...

Challenges and solutions around cybersecurity talent in Africa

Africa faces a significant challenge when it comes to the availability and distribution of cybersecurity talents and secure IT infrastructures. By Conrad Steyn, chief technology officer and head of engineering: sub-Saharan Africa at Cisco This is important because as...

Only technology can save the tedious, costly insurance industry

Aging insurance companies have a customer experience problem, but hope is on the horizon, writes Wojtek Gudaszewski, founder and chief operating officer of Nsure.com. When new technology disrupts a legacy industry, it's usually consumers who demand and drive the...

Is your data analytics adding value or just creating more work?

In the last decade or so, there has been an explosion of business intelligence (BI), power BI and analytics platforms, and there are tens of thousands of data companies around the world. By Andrew Dawson, MD of MACmobile The aim of all of this is to mine, extract and...

Making logistics 4.0 a reality

As businesses debated what the new normal will look like in the aftermath of the pandemic, it has become clear that digitalisation and digital transformation have become imperative. By Liam Connors, director: digital logistics at BT This is certainly true for...

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