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How residential demand management could reshape South Africa’s energy system

Balwin Properties and Plentify tackle South Africa’s ‘hidden’ energy distribution crisis As South Africa navigates ongoing energy constraints and rising electricity costs, attention is increasingly turning to a less visible...

Why unified IT is the future of enterprise operations

For years, enterprises have solved IT problems by adding tools. A new security gap? Deploy another platform. A monitoring blind spot? Install another dashboard. A collaboration challenge? Introduce another...

Behind South Africa’s research system: the skills shaping academic credibility

The specialist skills behind peer review, research governance and evaluation often operate behind the scenes – yet they are central to maintaining credible research systems as South Africa’s research landscape develops. A...

The Agentic AI Era demands new entry-level roles. Are SA companies creating them?

With all the speculation about AI eliminating entry-level jobs, it is no wonder young South Africans are anxious about launching their careers. This anxiety is entirely understandable. According to the...

AI Fraud Industrialises as INTERPOL Warns of Global Crime Networks, South African Businesses Urged to Rethink Detection

Certified AI Access and Reality Defender position real-time detection as critical infrastructure as deepfake-enabled fraud becomes a scalable business model Fraud has entered a new phase. What was once opportunistic...

TransUnion Africa Appoints Annemie Botha to Lead Legal, Risk and Compliance

TransUnion Africa, a global information and insights company, announced the appointment of Annemie Botha as General Counsel, effective 1 February 2026. In her role, Botha will lead TransUnion Africa’s Legal,...

South Africa’s AI moment will be shaped by the strength of its networks

Trying to scale AI on outdated digital foundations is like playing Jenga on a wobbly table: early wins stack up quickly, but as ambition grows, every underlying weakness is...

The CFO’s New Mandate for AI Assurance

Artificial intelligence (AI) influences forecasts, accelerating reconciliations, shaping decisions made on working capital and generating real-time insights. What began as a simple way to automate tasks quickly evolved into...

New SA platform takes on AI’s biggest classroom problem – students getting answers without understanding them

South Africa’s newest AI tutoring platform is designed to help students think, understand, and grow – rather than simply find answers. Ask any South African teacher about their biggest concern around...

While the world is still debating how digital assets fit into financial systems, Africa is showing how they work

This year, the digital asset industry will no longer be divided by ideology, but by execution. The question will not be whether digital assets belong in the financial system,...

Bridging The Cio And Cfo Divide: How South African Business Can Approve AI With Confidence

South African businesses are not short on AI ambition but many are struggling to move from conversation to execution, or from proof of concept into production. While CIOs increasingly...

Hackers don’t wait – why your cybersecurity strategy shouldn’t either

The old playbook of periodic vulnerability scans and annual security audits no longer suffices when attackers operate in real time, using automation and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to exploit the...
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AI is changing the rules of trust and identity

For years, we have relied on familiar signals to establish trust online. A recognisable face on a video call, a familiar voice on the...

The next challenge for AI-built businesses is getting paid

AI is changing who can build digital products and how quickly they can bring their ideas to life. The latest Africa MSME Pulse survey,...

SAS predictions: 2027 is the year of AI consequences

For years, AI has shown enterprises what’s possible. In 2027, they’ll demand proof that it delivers. As AI moves deeper into business operations and gains...

Your employees are using AI. Have you given them a safe way to do it?

An employee is preparing for a customer meeting and wants an AI assistant to summarise a lengthy proposal. They paste the document into a...

South Africa’s insurers enter the age of agentic AI as CX becomes the new battleground

Despite South African insurers investing significantly in digital transformation over the past decade, many customers still experience fragmented and slow journeys that rely heavily...
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