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Electricity and energy minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa last week helpfully set out the shareholder’s expectations for what he called “Eskom 2.0”.…

South African organisations are no longer debating whether to adopt artificial intelligence. Across Africa, 64% of employees now report using…

The professionalisation of the civil service is a key matter for organised business in our effort to support improved service…

Smallholder farmers and the broader informal workforce play a vital role in ensuring food security and economic stability in Africa.…

South Africa faces a new challenge in staving off another potential visit to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) grey…

South Africa still has several million homes that remain unserved by fibre or other high-speed fixed access connectivity services. While…

The South African Constitution recognises access to justice as a fundamental human right. But in reality, most South Africans lack…

Retailers are losing direct control of the customer journey as shoppers hand the path to purchase over to autonomous AI…

OnlyFans was established in 2016 as a platform for content creators to post images and videos or host live streams…

Cyber insurance has typically been a grudge purchase, but it is rapidly becoming something businesses cannot operate without. While it…

The Association of Comms and Technology (ACT) wants a five-year exemption from parts of the Competition Act so that six…

Something is happening in the South African market that doesn’t always surface in the enthusiasm around AI. Customers are investing.…

AI is already here. Not just in business, in the political and electoral landscape too. And right now, the referee…

Artificial intelligence has moved beyond the hype and is now delivering real business value, as companies across the world use…

Meta has agreed to pay up to US$17 billion over 10 years to settle claims brought by a bipartisan coalition…

The partnership announcement was led by DIRCO, not DTIC, which suggests it is politics rather than economics that leads South…

There is a quiet architect in South Africa’s corporate landscape who is methodically constructing something that looks eerily familiar. His…

It’s the moment so many entrepreneurs dream of: the final term sheet is signed and the bubbly can be taken…

Let me introduce you to *Vino Skhosana. In the dusty streets of eMba, Secunda – the town dominated by Sasol…

The International Civil Aviation Organisation, a specialised UN agency responsible for developing standards, oversight and monitoring, is leading the advancement…

Last week, the next phase of the business-government partnership was launched, with over 30 CEOs committed to driving growth across energy…

by Ziv Epstein, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); Farnaz Jahanbakhsh, University of Michigan, and Michael Bernstein, Stanford University Do your…

In the boardroom, cybersecurity is almost universally treated as a technical problem. When a breach occurs, the immediate reflex of…

The clock is ticking for South Africa’s major mobile network operators to fulfil their legal obligation of zero-rating information and…

Think back to life before smartphones. We carried cash and bank cards in our wallets, printed boarding passes before heading…