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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...

Kaspersky detected more than 92,000 malware attacks disguised as AI services in 2026

In conjunction with its participation at the AI Everything Kenya x GITEX Kenya conference, global cybersecurity company, Kaspersky, has revealed that from January to the beginning of May 2026, Kaspersky solutions...

Beyond Policing: Reclaiming the Purpose of Higher Education in an Age of AI

The major debate currently surrounding artificial intelligence in higher education asks whether AI should be policed. But in focusing so heavily on control, we overlook the culture of shame...

The growing role of data and AI in media buying

Is your digital agency keeping pace? Three years ago, media buying in South Africa looked markedly different to today, even at agencies that considered themselves performance driven. Attribution was messy,...

The end of Random Acts of AI, why most organisations are still experimenting without strategy

There is a pattern emerging across boardrooms that is starting to look very familiar. Executives are excited about artificial intelligence. Budgets are being allocated. Pilot projects are being launched....

Digital Parks Africa expands global network reach with Tier 1 carrier Cogent Communications

Global Tier 1 carrier Cogent Communications is now live at Digital Parks Africa’s (DPA) Samrand data centre, giving customers direct access to one of the world’s largest Internet Protocol...

When a school is offline, opportunity is not just delayed, it is denied

South Africa has approximately 23,000 public schools, yet around 17,000 remain completely offline¹. That means only about 6,000 have some form of internet connectivity, while roughly 74% of public...

Lulapay brings cash flow flexibility to Cloud on Demand’s reseller network

Lulapay has partnered with leading cloud distributer Cloud on Demand to introduce integrated cash flow flexibility for ICT resellers and managed service providers across South Africa. Lulapay is a...

Naked becomes the world’s first to give a final car insurance quote in ChatGPT

With the launch of what is believed to be the first South African app in ChatGPT, Naked is signalling how AI assistants could reshape financial services.  South African insurance platform, Naked,...

Adaptive Deepfake Detection Revolutionises Digital Fraud Prevention

Sumsub, a leading full-cycle verification platform that enables scalable compliance, launched Adaptive Deepfake Detector. The new model tackles the prevailing issue of traditional offline solutions being unable to detect the...
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Your vendor knows where your data lives. Do you?

Many South African companies have no clear picture of where their data lives, which jurisdiction governs it or what happens if something goes wrong....

The efficiency of belonging: Why bridge schools are the blueprint for inclusive education

In nearly any conversation on refugee education - formal or otherwise - the narrative tends to be doom and gloom, focused on deficits: missing...

Nearly two-thirds of analysed Docker Hub images contained critical vulnerabilities, Kaspersky research reveals

 An analysis conducted using Kaspersky Container Security has revealed that only 1 out of every 10 Docker Hub images analysed, including those with 10,000...

Why most AI projects fail after launch

DY|DX says the real challenge isn’t building AI tools, it’s getting people to use them South African businesses are under growing pressure to adopt artificial...

Vertiv Introduces First Converged Physical Infrastructure Digital Twin for NVIDIA Omniverse DSX

Vertiv (NYSE: VRT), a global leader in critical digital infrastructure, today announced progress on a production-grade digital twin capability for Vertiv™ SmartRun integrated in the NVIDIA Omniverse DSX Blueprint,...
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