AI entrepreneur wins Mr Price’s R1m Bindzu Youth Fund prize
The Mr Price Foundation has awarded its R1-million top Bindzu Youth Fund prize to Gauteng entrepreneur Kamogelo Selepe, founder of AI-powered marketing technology business ArcaneEdge, following a national entrepreneurship programme that attracted 1 692 applications...
Intel aims to enable AI from chip to system
Intel has unveiled new development that address customers’ chip-to-systems-level AI needs with solutions tailored to address their specific industry challenges. The new offerings include: New rackscale AI infrastructure: Intel announced rackscale AI infrastructure for...
Youth Capital calls for labour market refunding
This week’s release of Statistics South Africa's Quarterly Labour Force Survey for Q1:2026 should end any remaining pretence that South Africa's labour market is in a slow recovery. It is not recovering. It is being hollowed out, hitting young people first and the...
AI, emerging tech can shape smarter, resilient, sustainable cities
As urbanisation accelerates and cities face growing challenges, 20 United Nations organisations and a group of leading urban experts have called on governments, mayors, and the private sector to unlock the transformative power of artificial intelligence (AI) and...
Economic activity moderates amid rising fuel pressures
Reflecting mounting economic pressure, the PayInc Economic Index declined in April 2026, signalling the impact of the fuel price adjustments on households and businesses. The index tracks the value of all electronic transactions cleared through PayInc, together with a...
SA skills gap: Where talent supply and employer demand collide
South Africa faces a persistent disconnect between the talent available in the labour market and the qualifications that employers are seeking, according to the latest Pnet Job Market Trends Report for April. Around half (54%) of job adverts posted in the last 12...
Unemployment stats reflect market pressures
The Quarterly Labour Force Survey for the first quarter of 2026, released yesterday by Stats SA, points to an unemployment rate now standing at 32,7%. Frank Blackmore, lead economist at KPMG, points out that employment, like GDP, tends to fluctuate seasonally, so some...
Company culture drives performance in SA business
Nearly half (49%) of an organisation’s ability to execute and innovate is driven by culture - positioning it not as a “soft” business factor, but as one of the most measurable drivers of performance. New research from The Human Edge identifies four cultural...
Local e-commerce starting to shift from pricing to trusts
South Africa’s e-commerce sector has entered a decisive new phase with growth no longer driven by aggressive pricing and scale alone, but by operational efficiency, customer trust, and precise market positioning. This is according to the newly released South Africa...
National infrastructure failure is now a core business risk
From floods in the Capes and KZN to Joburg water shortages, South Africa’s infrastructure breakdown is no longer just environmental – it is an existential business continuity crisis. Infrastructure failures including unreliable electricity, transport breakdowns, and...
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Investors enter 2026 carrying the scars of a volatile year, writes Etienne Viljoen, chief investment officer at Aurora Capital. Markets have moved rapidly between fear and optimism. Policy signals have shifted. Narratives around inflation, interest rates, AI, and...
Rethinking wide-area surveillance for Africa
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Responsible innovation will define the next era of manufacturing
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Kaspersky launches OT calculator
Kaspersky’s new online tool has been specially developed for industrial organisations to assess the potential costs associated with insufficient operational technology (OT) security. By offering detailed financial forecasts, the calculator empowers senior management...
Digital compliance training set to dominate
Digital compliance training is expected to dominate corporate learning delivery over the next decade, as South African organisations seek cost-effective, scalable and measurable ways to build skills and meet regulatory requirements. This means the debate is no longer...
The year ahead for fintech
Looking ahead to 2026, fintech is set to transform how financial services are delivered and accessed, driven by rapid technological innovation and evolving market dynamics. By Lerato Lamola, partner at Webber Wentzel Key areas such as machine learning, payments,...
The document processing gap that’s billions in delays
There's a hospital in Gauteng where patient files still travel by trolley. Nurses wheel them between wards, doctors wait for folders to arrive before consultations can begin, and inevitably, a file goes missing. Not lost, exactly. Just temporarily unlocatable in a...
Understanding EVP beyond perks
Many organisations still misunderstand what an Employee Value Proposition (EVP) really is. Too often, EVP is reduced to a collection of perks, from free snacks to gym memberships or co-working allowances. By Kristina Gransee, head of people and operations at Change...
HP Inc CEO steps down
Enrique Lores, the HP Inc president and CEO who rose through the company’s ranks, has stepped down. Bruce Broussard, a member of the company’s board since 2021, has been appointed Interim CEO, effective immediately. The board has formed a CEO search committee to...
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