Technical debt is now a boardroom metric, not an IT one
As AI ambitions collide with ageing architecture, technical debt is becoming a business risk that boards can no longer leave to IT to quietly manage.
For years, technical debt was...
Standard Bank Hackathon 2026 showcases Africa’s next wave of AI and banking innovation
Record 1,208 ideas submitted as 50 teams prepare to turn bold concepts into practical solutions
DATES
15–17 September 2026
VENUE
Global Leadership Centre
LOCATION
Morningside, Johannesburg
More than 300 innovators from across Africa will gather at...
GSMA Intelligence highlights $3.5 trillion opportunity in closing the Digital Literacy gap
More than one in three (38%) people remain offline despite being covered by mobile broadband, with a lack of digital literacy skills among the key barriers, according to new...
Building South Africa’s digital future starts in the classroom
As South Africa marks National Coding Week (14–20 September) and Education Technology Day (23 September), the spotlight is on an increasingly important question: Do young people have the digital skills they need to...
Why it’s important for AI to speak our language
When farmers take a photo of unfamiliar spots on a crop and ask a question on their phone, they’re not thinking about digital systems or models. They are looking...
Worried about payroll security? Creating a single data source is your answer
Cloud-native platforms make it easier to manage payroll data, stop fraud, and deter cybercrime.
Companies worry that criminals are targeting their payroll data. Studies into stolen data reveal that 80% of...
Kaspersky unites over 100 partners across the META region to showcase cybersecurity innovation and celebrate shared success
Kaspersky, a global cybersecurity and digital privacy company, gathered over 100 partners from 22 countries of the Middle East, Turkiye and Africa region at the META Partner Conference 2026,...
Urssaf uses Red Hat technologies to speed up the modernisation of its digital infrastructure
Red Hat, the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced that Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Red Hat OpenShift have been selected by Urssaf as the standard...
When the hype around GenAI settles, where will the value begin?
A few years ago, Artificial Intelligence (AI) was mostly an experiment. Companies saw it as futuristic, expensive, and typically only accessible to big tech firms. Then Generative AI (GenAI)...
The real test of agentic AI is accountability, not autonomy
When businesses talk to me about agentic AI, the conversation usually starts with efficiency. They want to know whether an agent can take enough repetitive work off an overstretched...
South Africa doesn’t have an AI problem – it has a readiness problem
South African organisations are showing strong enthusiasm for artificial intelligence, but the rush to adopt AI risks overlooking a more fundamental question: are businesses actually ready to use it...
Building the leadership pipeline for Africa’s digital future
Africa has the youth population and emerging digital sector to become a serious global force in the digital economy. However, realising that potential will require the continent to continue...
