How to have your cake … and eat it
New courier data from inDrive suggests South Africans are using on-demand delivery services for a far wider range of everyday needs than one might expect. An analysis of roughly 5 000 inDrive.Courier orders placed in South Africa during the first half of 2026 found...
Ericsson and MTN modernise MoMo platform
Ericsson and MTN Group Fintech have completed the Mobile Money (MoMo) Evolved Migration across key African markets including Eswatini, Ghana, Rwanda, and Uganda. Building on these latest deployments, the two companies are advancing similar evolution initiatives in...
Women get fussy over the tech in their homes
Women are becoming more deliberate about the technology they bring into their homes - prioritising products that solve practical, recurring problems rather than simply adding more technology for technology’s sake, according to new research from Solenco. Comparing data...
Digital Skills Impact Fund now open for year-round applications
Collective X has scrapped the fixed application windows on its Digital Skills Impact Fund and made R200-million available for the next year to employers of entry-level digital skills and digital skills training providers providing recognised digital qualifications...
Young SA entrepreneurs looking for similar talent after successful VC funding round
South African-founded AI startup Verascient has raised $1,2-million (R19,5-million) in its first funding round to help companies build faster and more capable teams with AI. The oversubscribed round was backed by Founder Collective (an early investor in Uber, Airtable...
Security governance is not just a leadership problem. It is a personal one
There is a comfortable version of security governance that many boards have already adopted. Name an executive to own the risk. Add cyber to the audit committee agenda. Report annually. Job done. By Hendrik Kruger, chief technology officer (CTO) and CISO, Cloud On...
CX and fan engagement are finally converging
Fan engagement is undergoing a pivotal shift. In a year when billions of fans are glued to the biggest football stages on earth, too many brands are still treating them as anonymous audiences instead of active participants in the action. By Filip Filković, sales...
AI has improved execs’ work – but they don’t know how
Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer an emerging technology confined to research laboratories or technology companies. Dr Shaheen Khan, senior academic and programme co-ordinator at Regent Business School) It has become an integral part of managerial...
When one click costs thousands
For most South Africans, digital banking has become second nature. We pay accounts from our phones, shop online, book holidays, transfer money to family and friends and invest through banking apps - all in a matter of seconds. Unfortunately, criminals have become just...
What happens when your AI assistant learns your bad workplace habits?
An employee under pressure at a logistics firm finds a productivity boosting shortcut. Instead of manually parsing a 40-page supplier contract, they paste the confidential PDF into a public generative AI tool for a quick summary. It saves a couple of hours of reading....
How to assess whether your business is ready for AI
When business leaders ask me where to start with AI, I often find that the pressure to act has arrived before the plan, writes Charmé van der Westhuizen, new business development manager at IPT. They have seen what Microsoft 365 Copilot can do, employees are already...
AWS, Learn Fresh, NBA Africa team up on maths education
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced a commitment of AWS AI and cloud technology to support the growth of NBA Math Hoops, a basketball-based educational program that empowers youth ages 8-14 to develop foundational maths and social-emotional skills. AWS will...