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n a quiet corner of the South African construction sector, Nzwalo Investments (Lumacon) is serving as a case study for the future of technical work. While global industry reports often treat gender diversity as a numerical target to be met, Lumacon has built a culture where nearly 80% of the organisation is female. And now it is a high-performance engineering firm where technical mastery happens to wear a different face. As we celebrate International Women’s Day, the stories of three women at different career markers – a senior leader, a project manager, and a junior engineer – reveal a shift…

iStore, South Africa’s only Apple Premium Partner, has announced the launch of MacBook Neo, an all-new Mac designed to bring powerful Apple silicon performance to more customers than ever before. Starting from R11 999, MacBook Neo combines Apple silicon performance, a colourful aluminium design and a brilliant 13-inch Liquid Retina display — making it ideal for students, professionals, and small businesses. Available in four vibrant colours, MacBook Neo is powered by the A18 Pro chip, delivering fast performance for everyday tasks such as managing spreadsheets, editing photos, streaming content and running business applications. With up to 16 hours of battery life, MacBook…

Axiz, the leading value-added distributor in sub-Saharan Africa, has launched its 2026 Graduate Programme in collaboration with SUSE, a global leader in enterprise open-source solutions. The strategic collaboration combines Axiz’s established distribution reach with SUSE’s enterprise-grade, open-source technologies and training expertise to develop production-ready ICT professionals for the regional market. The 2026 cohort will begin a 12-month structured development cycle in mid-February, specifically engineered to produce specialists in enterprise Linux, cloud-native infrastructure and cybersecurity. This initiative addresses a critical market mismatch: the high demand for cloud and DevOps professionals versus the shortage of practical, workplace-ready experience among graduates. Sustaining the…

iStore, South Africa’s only Apple Premium Partner, has announced that iPhone 17e is now available for pre-order, giving customers a more affordable way to experience iPhone. Customers can purchase iPhone 17e from R14 599, or from only R7 099 when trading in their current iPhone through iStore’s trade-in programme. With market-leading trade-in offers, flexible upgrade options and added protection included, iStore continues to offer the most value when upgrading to iPhone. More ways to get the new iPhone 17e at iStore: iStore offers some of the highest trade-in values in South Africa, helping customers pay significantly less for their new iPhone.…

The trailer and poster for “Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice” are now available to download and share. The original R-rated action-comedy from 20th Century Studios will debut 27 March, streaming exclusively on Disney+ internationally. “Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice” stars Vince Vaughn, James Marsden, Eiza González, Keith David, Jimmy Tatro, Stephen Root, Lewis Tan, Ben Schwartz, Emily Hampshire, and Arturo Castro, and is written and directed by BenDavid Grabinski, produced by Andrew Lazar, p.g.a., and executive produced by Richard Middleton and Vanessa Humphrey. The film is a hilarious, stylized, R-rated action-comedy about two gangsters and the woman they love trying to survive…

Huawei released a series of all-scenario U6 GHz products today at MWC Barcelona 2026 to help carriers unlock the full potential of 5G-A and set the stage for a seamless transition to 6G. The company also launched enhanced AI-Centric Network solutions that will help carriers prepare for the agentic era by enabling intelligent services, networks, and network elements (NEs). Huawei is also showcasing its SuperPoD cluster for the first time outside China, which they have created to offer “a new option for the intelligent world”. The theme of Huawei’s booth for this year’s conference is “Advancing All Intelligence”, reflecting the…

Otinga, a new AI-powered innovation partner for enterprise businesses, has officially launched with a clear mission: to help organisations run impactful, practical and scalable innovation programmes that deliver measurable business value. Built for large enterprises navigating constant disruption, Otinga helps organisations move beyond “innovation theatre” and into structured, outcomes-driven innovation. Through AI-powered hackathons, innovation challenges and human-centred programmes, Otinga enables businesses to unlock internal creativity, align innovation to strategy, and turn ideas into real business outcomes. “We believe innovation should not feel chaotic or disconnected from the business,” said Francois van der Merwe, Founder and CEO of Otinga. “People are…

During MWC Barcelona 2026, Huawei released 115 industrial intelligence showcases, together with its customers, during Industrial Digital and Intelligent Transformation Summit 2026. The summit, titled Advancing Industrial All Intelligence, was held by Huawei to explore new practices in industrial intelligence with its customers, partners, and peers. In addition, Huawei also announced the launch of upgrades to its SHAPE 2.0 partner framework. Huawei also showcased 22 new industrial intelligence solutions with partners, for the electric power, manufacturing and retail, finance, transportation, oil and gas, ISP, media, public service, and smart city sectors Huawei proposed the ACT Pathway: A replicable intelligence framework…

Today, the Huawei Cloud Summit, themed “Huawei Cloud: Solving Industry Challenges with AI”, took place in Barcelona. At the summit, Huawei Cloud unveiled its Industry AI Foundry, introduced the next-generation hybrid cloud offering Huawei Cloud Foundation (HCF), and showcased CodeArts, an AI-powered coding agent, for customers across industries to thrive in the AI era. Prioritizing Strategic Investments to Boost Value Creation In his opening remarks, Dr. Peter Zhou, CEO of Huawei Cloud, emphasized that cloud and AI stand at the core of Huawei’s strategy, driving steady investment in R&D and innovation. Over the past year, Huawei Cloud has achieved remarkable…

Ecommerce in South Africa is on a rapid growth trajectory, transforming how consumers shop and how businesses operate – and South African ecommerce platform Bob is positioning itself to meet this surge with the appointment of a new Chief Executive Officer. A 2025 report by World Wide Worx shows how rapidly South Africa’s online retail market has grown over the past few years. Ecommerce made up less than 1 percent of total national retail sales in the early stages of development. By 2023, that share had increased to 6 percent, with online turnover reaching R71 billion. Growth accelerated in 2024,…