Agentic AI is becoming a new architectural layer in business
Agentic AI is becoming a new architectural layer within the business because it can sit between people, data, applications, and workflows. It can operate inside processes, reason across information,...
Standard Bank Group Technology Hackathon 2026 gets underway with challenge to solve Africa’s biggest AI opportunities
The 2026 Standard Bank Group Technology Hackathon officially got underway as more than 252 innovators from across Africa answered a challenge to harness artificial intelligence and emerging technologies to...
Tax deadline rush gives scammers an opening, warns Kaspersky
With fewer than six weeks remaining before the 23 October filing deadline for non-provisional individual taxpayers, many South Africans will be turning their attention to outstanding tax returns. SARS...
More flexibility when it matters most, FNB enhances eWallet Cash Advance and introduces FNB Connect Prepaid Advance
As household budgets remain under pressure, FNB has enhanced its eWallet Cash Advance solution and the FNB Connect Prepaid Advance, giving customers quick access to short-term credit when money is...
The Lightwell reality check
We’ve been talking with business leaders about Lightwell for the past few months, and the conversation always starts with enthusiasm. AI-driven exploits are moving at unprecedented speeds, and enterprise...
Technical debt is now a boardroom metric, not an IT one
As AI ambitions collide with ageing architecture, technical debt is becoming a business risk that boards can no longer leave to IT to quietly manage.
For years, technical debt was...
Why enterprise storage matters to South African businesses
South African organisations are entering a new era of data-driven business, with AI, private cloud and cyber resilience reshaping what they need from their IT infrastructure.
Data is no longer...
Standard Bank Hackathon 2026 showcases Africa’s next wave of AI and banking innovation
Record 1,208 ideas submitted as 50 teams prepare to turn bold concepts into practical solutions
DATES
15–17 September 2026
VENUE
Global Leadership Centre
LOCATION
Morningside, Johannesburg
More than 300 innovators from across Africa will gather at...
GSMA Intelligence highlights $3.5 trillion opportunity in closing the Digital Literacy gap
More than one in three (38%) people remain offline despite being covered by mobile broadband, with a lack of digital literacy skills among the key barriers, according to new...
