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Uhuru Marketplace brings personalised AI selling tools and services to South Africa

As South Africa’s second-hand apparel market grows towards $17.9 billion and more than 60% of the population has a side hustle, a new AI-integrated marketplace makes selling simple South Africa's second-hand apparel market is...

Multi-entity reporting in 2026: the hidden pressure on South African finance teams

Finance teams in South Africa are operating in an environment where reporting expectations are tightening while organisational structures continue to grow in complexity. Multi-entity consolidation, once a standard month-end...

Peptide-based metabolic treatment is changing how male mental health is treated

Peptide-based metabolic treatment, long used to manage type 2 diabetes and support weight loss, may also offer mental health benefits that were not fully recognised when these therapies were...

Shadow AI is the new shadow IT, and financial institutes are sleepwalking into it

The 36,000-system bank isn’t an outlier. It’s a preview. Someone at your institution is running a critical risk calculation from a laptop under a desk. You just don't know which...

The real cost of hiring: What SMEs often overlook when expanding.

South Africa’s SMEs are under increasing pressure to grow cautiously as economic volatility, rising operating costs and stubbornly high unemployment continue to reshape hiring decisions across the country’s small...

The real AI opportunity is not replacing technology, it is redefining the business

Much of the current conversation around artificial intelligence is still centred on technology choices. Which platform should we use? Which model is best? Which tools will replace the systems...

Correcting the misalignment between digital skills and business needs

The conversation around AI is often dominated by speculation about job losses. Yet this focus distracts from a more immediate and measurable challenge: South African businesses are investing in...

Over 100 Residents Receive AI-Powered TB Screening at Cape Town Health Day

 On Saturday, 16 May, The Impilo Project, a South African NGO delivering healthcare to underserved communities, facilitated a health screening day at Marconi Beam Primary School in Joe Slovo,...

ISO 27001 is becoming a baseline requirement for doing business

Cyber threats are increasing in both frequency and sophistication, and organisations need a consistent way to manage information security. At the same time, businesses are increasingly being asked to...

Smart loyalty systems fuel growth as AI-driven commerce exceeds USD700 billion: Euromonitor International

AI-influenced e-commerce is forecast to reach over USD700 billion by 2029 Loyalty becomes a strategic growth engine that shapes consumer decisions 84% of Millennial consumers join free loyalty programmes, but engagement remains uneven AI-influenced...

InterSystems to spotlight AI-ready healthcare systems at HISA 2026

Healthcare technology conversations in Africa are shifting from ambition to implementation, and InterSystems is heading to the Healthcare Innovation Summit Africa (HISA) 2026 to help drive that discussion forward.  On...

Beyond the checkbox: why compliance is becoming a cyber imperative

Regulatory compliance in cybersecurity is no longer an administrative chore that organisations can treat as an afterthought. As digital ecosystems expand and threat actors leverage automation, AI-driven reconnaissance, and...
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Building enterprise environments capable of handling real-time AI change

South African organisations are navigating an AI environment that’s evolving faster than any implementation roadmap can accommodate, says Andrew Rushworth, Practice Head of Microsoft...

SAS, FACTS Consulting urge organisations to detect procurement fraud before losses escalate

 Organisations need to move procurement fraud prevention closer to the point where suspicious activity occurs, rather than relying primarily on investigations after money has...

Women Shaping AI Global Creative Work From South Africa

As generative AI transforms marketing, South African women are helping redefine how creative work gets made for global South African women are helping shape...

South Africa: AI in the workplace – Labour Relations Act considerations

Where AI systems are used to recommend employees for promotion or to identify employees for training and development opportunities, decisions that are arbitrary, irrational,...

People take more care of their smartphones than their PCs, Kaspersky’s latest survey shows

Kaspersky has compared the most popular digital hygiene habits for smartphones and PCs and found that cleanup actions differ according to the device. On...
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