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SA’s VC sector hits R13.35 billion with tech and health leading investment activity

Despite global economic uncertainties and constrained exit environments, Southern Africa’s venture capital (VC) sector closed off 2024 with a record R13.35 billion in active investments across 1,325 deals, up...

In a world that’s over-app’d & underwhelmed, conversation isn’t just king: it’s conversion

Cape Town, South Africa – With over 250,000 new mobile apps launched annually across Apple and Google’s app stores, and businesses continuing to push customers to download apps for single-use...

Public private partnerships unpacked at SAPHILA 2025: a conversation between SAP and the City of Johannesburg (COJ)

SUN CITY, NORTH WEST PROVINCE – Public private partnerships can work together fruitfully and successfully to replace ageing technology and harness new tools, share wisdom and work towards building a...

AI Helps Stop Billions of Harmful Ads Before They’re Seen

Today, Google released its 2024 Ads Safety Report, showing how advanced artificial intelligence is transforming the fight against bad ads, scams, and misinformation online. As scams grow more sophisticated—often...

#CuratingtheFuture: Finding Cybersecurity’s Place in the World

Johannesburg, 17 February25: We've become accustomed to passwords, fingerprint readers, and antivirus software. We use one-time pins to authenticate transactions and activate VPN software to stay safe on public networks....

Fintechs Float and Peach Payments partner to benefit consumers and thousands of merchants

Monday, 3 February 2025: Float, Africa’s first credit card-linked instalment platform, announces its partnership with Peach Payments, a leading online payment solution provider. Now thousands of Peach Payments merchants can instantly...

Frogfoot RISE fuels business growth and positive community impact at BareMetal

BareMetal is a South African company with its headquarters in Cape Town. It was founded in 2011 to offer a range of professional Information Technology services, mainly in the...
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Where should businesses draw the line when using AI to vet potential clients?

Artificial intelligence (AI) has become an indispensable business tool. From summarising information and identifying patterns to accelerating research, AI has transformed the way organisations...

One fan, one customer, one relationship: Why 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...

SA AI Association welcomes pre-eminent African law firm, Bowmans, to Advisory Board

The South African Artificial Intelligence Association (SAAIA) today announced that pre-eminent African law firm, Bowmans, has joined its Advisory Board. SAAIA is an industry body...

Nutanix puts Agentic AI into action for enterprises

MCP server for Nutanix Cloud Platform brings secure, natural-language, agentic AI automation to hybrid multicloud environments without sacrificing control Nutanix (NASDAQ: NTNX), a leader in hybrid cloud,...

Cyber resilience now a critical priority for manufacturing amid rapid digitalisation, Kaspersky and VDC report shows

As 60% of manufacturers race toward full digitalisation, cyber risk is increasingly manifesting as a business risk, according to a new global report by...
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