Transport roundtable highlights governance and skills as key to economic growth
How can South Africa translate transport infrastructure investment into greater economic opportunity? This question framed the recent ASSAf–SAAE transport roundtable titled “Can South Africa Turn Transport Infrastructure into Economic Opportunity? Safer Mobility,...
Investing in employee experience could be the true driver of customer success
For businesses looking to build loyalty among their customers, success ultimately doesn’t hinge on marketing or advertising campaigns or on automation, AI bots and customer experience (CX) platforms, but on the quality of engagement provided by their customer service...
What the future of risk can teach us about building resilient leaders
South African businesses are no longer dealing with isolated shocks. They are operating in a permanent risk environment, and leadership models need to catch up. By Izabela Stofberg, chief underwriting officer at Santam Re. BDO’s 2026 Global Risk Landscape report...
Sophos launches AI Defense
Sophos has announced the general availability of Sophos AI Defense, which finds the AI tools employees and applications are using, including the ones security teams never approved, and enforces policy wherever they run. Every AI tool an organisation can’t see is a...
The invisible shopper needs visible accountability
A recent NielsenIQ study says that 51% of US consumers now use artificial intelligence (AI) to shop. Earlier this year, Deloitte released a study of 13 500 European consumers, which found that more than half already use AI for shopping, another 27% intend to, with...
Teach360 consolidates legacy EdTech platforms
Teach360, a classroom learning solutions provider that has partnered with more than 1 000 schools across South Africa, is consolidating several long-running education platforms into a connected EdTech environment for 2027. The programme will bring together systems...
Vertiv helps enterprises move from AI pilots to production
Vertiv and Deloitte Centre for Integrated Research have introduced a collaboration to help enterprises address a critical challenge in moving artificial intelligence from experimentation to production: determining where AI workloads should run and whether the...
Southern Africa private capital fundraising surges by 162%
Southern Africa’s private capital industry is showing renewed confidence, with new survey findings revealing a significant uptick in fundraising led by South African institutional investors and increased exit proceeds, despite slower investment activity. The SAVCA...
The mid-career reset: Why 40-somethings are returning to study
The linear career path is dead. For generations, the trajectory was predictable: study, graduate, land an entry-level job, climb the corporate ladder, and eventually retire. Today, rapid technological shifts, artificial intelligence, and shifting workplace dynamics...
Nvidia launches OpenShell reference architecture for safe agents
Nvidia has announced the Nvidia OpenShell Reference Architecture, which enables building, containing, observing and enforcing safe agents on enterprise infrastructure and edge systems. The OpenShell Reference Architecture builds on the foundation of Nvidia OpenShell...
SA can benefit from efficient data centres
South Africa needs energy-efficient data centres to pull inefficient business computing out of local offices and homes and funnel it towards better-optimised environments. That’s according to Adriaan Venter, CEO of Cube ICT Solutions, ahead of tomorrow’s International...
IT spend will breach $7trn for the first time in 2027
Worldwide IT spending is expected to reach $7,35-trillion in 2027, up 15% from 2026, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. “Collectively, the market forces are reinforcing spend around AI infrastructure, AI-enabled cloud platforms, and advanced software...