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Santam-owned Kandua launches South Africa’s first Ai-powered home companion

Kandua, a wholly owned Santam subsidiary, has announced the launch of Jess, South Africa’s first Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered home companion, which is aimed at improving trust, safety and certainty in...

IITPSA ICT Skills Survey to delve into burning questions around AI’s impact on jobs

The Institute of Information Technology Professionals South Africa 2026 IITPSA Skills Survey has gone live, this year with a strong focus on the impact of AI on recruitment, jobs...

Datacentrix launches enterprise CPaaS platform to simplify business communication, enhance customer engagement

Effective communication has become the backbone of every successful business, critical to both operational efficiency and customer experience. Recognising this shift, leading hybrid ICT systems integrator Datacentrix has officially launched its Communication...

Master Power Technologies unveils R50m state-of-the-art Customer Experience Centre at new Midrand premises

Master Power Technologies (MPT), a leading pan-African provider of turnkey data centre and critical power solutions, has unveiled its hi-tech Customer Experience Centre, also home to its new regional...

The AI replacement myth: Why the future of work is about reinvention , not redundancy

As artificial intelligence (AI) advances at remarkable speed, concerns about job displacement continue to dominate global discussion. However, the focus should not be on replacement, but reinvention. A narrative of...

Why South Africa’s data centre boom is the key to its AI future

South Africa is rapidly positioning itself as the infrastructure backbone of digital economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa. With the local data centres reaching capacity and many new facilities planned,...

ISO 42001 helps organisations prepare for the realities of AI governance

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is already embedded in many business environments through public tools like ChatGPT and through AI functionality built into existing software platforms. While adoption is accelerating, governance...

Healthtech is only as strong as the hands that shape it

Healthcare is investing heavily in technology, but outcomes do not always improve at the same rate or deliver the desired effect. The issue is rarely a lack of tools....

Moving from crisis mitigation to long-term AI sovereignty in South Africa

For today’s executives in South Africa, Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents a delicate balancing act. On one side lies the immense pressure to harness AI for economic growth, rapid decision-making,...

Inside four walls: Fibre and economic creativity in the townships

Fibre has the potential to produce Africa’s new generation of gamers, content creators and digital earners, says Sandile Mkhwanazi, Head of Community Relations at Frogfoot RISE There’s a persistent assumption...

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. And that uncertainty comes at...

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 intelligence (AI), but according to...
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Why omnichannel communication is becoming a critical defence against digital fraud

Digital payments may be accelerating the growth of West Africa’s economy, but with new fraud tactics emerging, organisations are increasingly relying on omnichannel communication...

South Africa doesn’t need another 4IR debate. It needs builders.

I still remember the first time someone asked me whether South Africa was “ready” for the Fourth Industrial Revolution. I remember it because I...

When the cyber lock fails, what happens next?

For years, cybersecurity strategies have focused on a single goal: keeping attackers out. Firewalls were strengthened, access controls were tightened, and policies were stacked...

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...

Manufacturing SMEs can adopt AI at the pace they want, with the right funding approach

South Africa’s manufacturing sector contributes close to 11% of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) and was one of only three industries to add jobs in...
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