Successful business transformation is an endurance race, not a sprint
For many organisations, enterprise transformation begins with technology. Yet despite significant investment in ERP platforms, AI initiatives and digital modernisation, many transformation programmes continue to fall short of delivering their intended business value....
AI doesn’t know the truth, it just sounds like it does
A growing portion of the digital content we consume on a daily basis is AI-generated. By Richard Firth, CEO of MIP Holdings From articles and code, to customer interactions and even images and video, it’s getting harder to identify what is created by humans and what...
AI is forcing banks to rebuild their cyber architecture
Artificial intelligence (AI) is forcing financial institutions to rethink the foundations of cybersecurity as increasingly sophisticated AI-generated fraud exposes the limitations of traditional security systems. While deepfakes have dominated public attention,...
African cities need intelligence, not just smart city infrastructure
I am less interested in whether a city can call itself smart than whether it can act intelligently when something goes wrong, writes Reshaad Sha, executive chairman of Sentiv. Too many smart city conversations still begin with the visible symbols of progress, for...
Your IT team doesn’t need another dashboard. It needs breathing room
I do not think most IT teams need another dashboard, writes Michael Currie, director at The Cloud Crew. Many mid-market IT teams already have enough places to look. The real pressure starts after the dashboard lights up. Someone still has to decide whether the alert...
Your self-driving car owes a debt to military technology
Every time your phone reroutes you around traffic, you are using a Cold War weapons system. By Dr Dithoto Modungwa, defence and security researcher at CSIR GPS began as NAVSTAR, a US Department of Defence positioning network built for missile guidance in the 1970s and...
SA’s infrastructure investment opportunity hinges on execution, not capital
Capital is not the constraint; project readiness is, writes Anusha Naidu, CEO of SAVCA In his keynote address at the recent BlackRock South Africa Infrastructure Investment Summit, President Cyril Ramaphosa positioned South Africa’s ongoing reform agenda as a credible...
Huawei SA Connect 2026 tackles infrastructure for the AI era
As the age of agentic AI dawns, with autonomous systems set to reshape industries from mobile apps to intelligent vehicles, Huawei is set to host its premier annual event, Huawei South Africa Connect 2026. The conference takes place on 23 July at the Sandton...
Cloud-ready BMS is reshaping building operations
Buildings may be getting smarter, but too many control rooms are still anchored to yesterday’s technology, such as on‑site servers, rigid architectures and a patchwork of interfaces that are expensive to run and painfully slow to evolve. By Charles Coetzee, buildings...
SA businesses cannot afford the hidden tax of ageing technology
South African businesses are under growing pressure to reduce costs, improve efficiency and remain competitive in an increasingly uncertain economy. In response, many organisations are delaying technology modernisation, choosing instead to extend the life of legacy...
Smells like team spirit
By Barry Buck, with Claude Opus 4.8 - Kurt Cobain named his most famous song after a deodorant. Teen Spirit was something teenagers sprayed on every morning to mask a smell rather than fix its source. Which, I've come to realise, is also a perfect description of the...
This is the year of enterprise AI
The recently launched Evident Insights 2026 AI Index for Banks, which assessed 25 institutions across the Middle East and Africa, suggests that artificial intelligence in banking has reached the point where it can be usefully benchmarked and compared. By Dr Mark...