October marks record month for vehicle sales in SA
South Africa recorded its highest monthly new-vehicle sales total of the year in October, with 61 890 vehicles sold locally - sales edged up by 234 vehicles, or 0,4%, from September’s revised total of 61 656, and were 10,4% higher than October 2025. The National...
Check before you bet
Local punters placing bets online may be gambling on illegal offshore websites without even realising it, says the South African Bookmakers’ Association (SABA). And the organisation is using Responsible Gambling Month this November to highlight a simple precaution...
Shiprazor adds Courier Guy Lockers ahead of Black Friday
Logistics platform Shiprazor is integrating The Courier Guy Locker into its platform ahead of Black Friday. This gives participating online retailers a collection option for shoppers who cannot be home to receive their orders. The integration will give merchants...
Privacy concerns intensify as AI turns wearables into personal assistants
A wave of AI-powered wearables is turning body-worn devices into personal assistants just as concerns mount over how much they can see, hear and know, according to new research from GlobalData. The company’s latest report - AI is Moving Wearables from Personal...
WIF looks to unlock capital for development
A proposed global initiative at the ninth World Investment Forum to share investment risks, new tools to attract financing for artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure, and principles to modernise investment treaties is targeted to help developing countries secure...
Mixed messages in META tech distribution
Technology distribution across the Middle East, Türkiye and Africa is showing an increasingly uneven performance, with the UAE and Türkiye leading infrastructure growth while Saudi Arabia remains below last year’s levels, according to the latest research from Context....
FNB crowned Africa’s best consumer digital bank
Global Finance has named FNB Africa’s Best Consumer Digital Bank for 2026, highlighting its ability to deliver simple, secure and useful banking solutions to its customers. Giuseppe Virgillito, FNB’s Digital Interfaces head, says the recognition reflects the bank’s...
Make your AI policy fit for purpose
Kathy Gibson reports – Somethings artificial intelligence (AI) makes mistakes – and the consequences could be dire. But when this happens, organisations can’t simply pass off the mistake as a technical error and move on. Because when the AI messes up, the...
The future of customer service is automated, but it must retain a human heart
Customer self-service is not a new phenomenon; it’s just much easier than in years gone by. By Kelvin Brown, customer operations executive at Telviva Yet, despite this, everyone reading this will relate to being “trapped” in a seemingly never-ending loop in contact...
Banks are still missing the links between fraud and money laundering
Financial institutions are increasingly integrating their fraud and anti-money laundering (AML) systems, but intelligence and governance gaps remain. New fraud and AML convergence research from Datos Insights, commissioned by data and AI leader SAS, finds 86% report...
Binance breach will usher in new phase for protecting wealth
The $6,3-billion Binance hack opens a new chapter in the fight to protect wealth, with AI handing criminals the speed to empty an exchange in minutes, warns Nigel Green, CEO of deVere Group. His comments come as Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, reveals...
PMI improves, but recovery is uneven
The seasonally adjusted Absa PMI increased by 0.9 points to 49.6 in October, from a revised 48.7 in September, marking a second consecutive monthly improvement. Encouragingly, all five components of the headline index recorded gains during the month. However, the PMI...