217 South Africa’s data centre industry has cautiously welcomed the government’s move to designate data centres as critical infrastructure, though key details – including what incentives will be offered and how the…
Category: Tech
The gap between AI hype and CX reality is widening
177 Tech companies are under intense pressure. Renewals are harder to secure, customers expect instant solutions and AI-native competitors are moving fast. Customer experience and customer success teams are tackling more complex…
Nvidia beats again – but Wall Street has stopped cheering
267 Dado Ruvic/Reuters Chip maker Nvidia posted better-than-expected results for the January quarter on Wednesday and forecast current-quarter revenue above market estimates, betting on Big Tech’s unabated spending on its AI processors….
fix your legacy systems or your AI investments will fail
273 Accelera Digital Group’s Kim Schulze South African companies are coming under immense pressure to roll out artificial intelligence technology before they get left behind. Google Cloud 2026 AI agent trends shows that…
The AI-driven talent and operating model transformation
254 The authors, Maud Botten and Biase De Gregorio A subtle but vital shift is under way in how artificial intelligence is embraced and treated in most large businesses and organisations. If…
Lithium prices soar after Zimbabwe suspends exports
260 Dado Ruvic/Reuters Lithium prices in China surged on Thursday after Zimbabwe suspended raw mineral exports, sparking concerns over supply disruptions, at a time when growing energy storage demand is projected to…
Samsung S26 launch – rand helps shield South Africans from bigger price hikes
267 The ongoing RAM shortage, driven by suppliers shifting their production lines to higher-margin high-bandwidth memory used for AI workloads in data centres, is already affecting the smartphone market as the Samsung…
Treasury moves to bring crypto under exchange-control rules
325 South Africa is tightening the regulatory net around crypto – this time targeting cross-border capital flows. In an effort to safeguard the financial system while encouraging legitimate investment and capital inflows,…
Dennis Venter resigns as iOCO co-CEO
316 Dennis Venter Dennis Venter has resigned as co-CEO and board member of JSE-listed IT services group iOCO with immediate effect. In a statement to shareholders after markets closed in Johannesburg on…
Treasury grants Sentech R700-million special allocation
290 The Sentech television broadcasting tower in Auckland Park, Johannesburg Finance minister Enoch Godongwana announced in his budget speech on Wednesday a special appropriation for the department of communications & digital technologies…