NTT Data and Cursor in strategic alliance
Looking to strengthen its engineering and delivery model, NTT Data has announced a strategic partnership with Cursor - one of the world’s leading multi-model platforms and which was recently acquired by SpaceX. The collaboration marks a strategic advancement in NTT...
Scammers as keyed up as players for this World Cup
The soccer World Cup 2026 kicked off on June 11 and alongside it the number of scammers attempting to exploit fan excitement has also increased, says Kaspersky, noting that at least 336 unique domains mimicking official World Cup resources have been detected. In...
Polluted air puts newborns at risk
Pregnant women exposed to indoor air pollution and tobacco smoke may be putting their babies at greater risk of poor growth and breathing difficulties at birth, according to new research by paediatricians at the University of Cape Town (UCT). Published in BMJ Open...
WEF: Scale innovation into growth, jobs and competitiveness
Under the theme Innovating at Scale at the World Economic Forum’s “Summer Davos”, leaders and entrepreneurs explored how technology can be harnessed as a strategic opportunity - and how its benefits can be shared widely and contribute to resilient growth. With more...
How businesses modernise their IT for an AI-powered future
Modernisation is a discussion that every business’s IT team has at some point. Ten to fifteen years ago, those discussions centred on cloud computing and how hyperscale cloud environments and tools could usher in a new era of agility, security and scalability. By...
It may be easier to talk to AI about overdue credit accounts
A phone call regarding an overdue account is generally one of the most dreaded conversations a consumer can have. Even when a missed payment is merely an oversight, the interaction feels deeply personal and embarrassing. Yet, as South Africa grapples with an...
Your business doesn’t need more data. It needs a strategy for information advantage
Businesses are surrounded by data. Every sale, invoice, customer query, late payment, abandoned cart, product return and service complaint leaves a trail. By Professor Yudhvir Seetharam, chief analytics officer at FNB South Africa Together, these signals should help a...
Risks posed by agentic AI must be confronted before benefits can be realised
Agentic AI adoption is moving faster than many organisations are prepared for, and while the technology promises major productivity gains, the risks need to be carefully weighed. Cliff de Wit, chief innovation officer at Accelera Digital Group (ADG), says businesses...
Your workforce may be biologically unsuited to AI oversight
It’s becoming a mistake to believe that a "human-in-the-loop" (HITL) strategy for managing the risks of agentic artificial intelligence (AI) within organisations is viable. As agentic AI expands, integrates and improves, relying on HITL oversight to avoid disastrous...
AI is changing teams, but human connection still drives performance
Artificial Intelligence (AI) may be transforming the workplace at record speed, but according to leadership and communication specialists, the organisations that will thrive in the years to come won’t necessarily be the ones using the most advanced AI tools, but the...
Agility is less about speed then preparedness
Many businesses confuse agility with speed. They assume that if they can react quickly, change their priorities, or bring in additional capacity at short notice, they are agile. By Frik van der Westhuizen, CEO of EQPlus But true agility is not measured by how quickly...
Bring dark data into the light before AI can deliver value
With artificial intelligence (AI) moving rapidly from experimentation to strategic priority, today’s businesses are collecting more information than ever before. By Shakeel Jhazbhay, GM: digital business solutions at Datacentrix However, many are overlooking a...