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AI-backed platform targets inequality in South Africa’s early learning system

South Africa's early childhood development (ECD) sector is facing mounting pressure to improve learning outcomes amid persistent educational inequality and a deepening literacy crisis. In response, The Unlimited Child,...

AI is changing the role of the enterprise resource platform

Legacy ERP infrastructure is becoming an active constraint on the company’s ability to invest in, and benefit from, AI’s capabilities, says Courtney Hounsell, Client Experience Manager at Braintree. Migration is...

Kaspersky has detected a multi-stage phishing attack targeting manufacturing facilities in Europe, Asia and the Middle East

Kaspersky experts have uncovered a phishing campaign targeting manufacturing facilities in multiple countries across Europe, Asia and the Middle East. The attackers are sending English-language emails, allegedly from potential customers...

TikTok expands AI transparency and literacy efforts across Sub-Saharan Africa

As part of the AI for Good Global Summit hosted in Geneva, TikTok has announced a series of initiatives globally designed to strengthen AI literacy, improve transparency around AI-generated...

Why emotional intelligence is becoming a business skill schools cannot ignore

Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing the skills students need when they enter the workplace. This means that tertiary institutions must prioritise to prepare graduates to use AI with judgement,...

Why enterprise technology leadership can no longer operate in silos

South African companies must be able to modernise legacy systems, control costs, strengthen cybersecurity, improve collaboration, support hybrid work, prepare for AI, manage data more intelligently, and keep core...

AI can strengthen storytelling, but human experiences must remain at the heart of film.

As artificial intelligence rapidly reshapes the global film industry, emerging South African filmmaker Oratile Prudence Sesinyi is encouraging creatives to embrace the technology without losing sight of the people and experiences...

AWARE.org and JMPD launch six-month Drive Sober, Stay Alive initiative to tackle drunk driving in Johannesburg

Drinking and driving remains one of South Africa's most persistent and preventable road safety challenges. Reducing drinking and driving requires coordination, shared accountability and a commitment to learning. To...

A tap to the left: South Africa’s digital payment revolution

South Africa’s online payments ecosystem has moved through four distinct eras over the past 10 years. QR code wallets, screen scraping instant EFTs, secure direct bank APIs and now,...

USP&E brings advanced AI Digital Twin technology to African power projects

Addressing what happens when that same capability is re-engineered, end to end, for the conditions African power projects actually face. As artificial intelligence and data-centre growth place new pressure on...

Cloud security enters reality check as companies rethink accountability

For years, cloud adoption was positioned as a fast track to agility, scalability and digital transformation. Today, as organisations operate increasingly distributed environments, many are entering a new phase of...

From hearing aids to smart wearables: the digital evolution of hearing devices

From bulky early devices that simply made all sound louder, many hearing aids today have evolved into sleek, virtually invisible wearables powered by personalised, adaptive AI. These devices go...
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Nobody explains your benefits on the way out. That silence is worth R88 billion.

South Africa holds roughly R88 billion in unclaimed financial assets and National Treasury is now consulting on a cut-off date after which some claims...

Future of HR Conference 2026 returns to help HR Leaders solve the problems they can’t ignore

HR leaders are being asked to solve some of the toughest challenges facing organisations today: skills shortages, retention, AI disruption, leadership gaps and shifting...

Stop buying AI. Start redesigning work.

Operating model, capability and process, not technology alone, will decide who turns AI investment into measurable value. Every executive conversation about AI eventually arrives at...

Majority of transport & logistics operators face compound human, technical and regulatory challenges

Kaspersky warns that in transport & logistics, a sector built on interdependence, the blast radius of a cyberattack extends across supply chains, borders and...

AI investors are buying professional services firms: this is what South African businesses can learn from the global trend

As investors begin to back accounting and IT services firms, Specno, South Africa’s leading product consultancy firm, states that SA businesses should also turn...
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