199 In this thought-provoking episode of TechCentral’s TCS+, Mpho Chitapi sits down with Dr Josefin Rosén, principal trustworthy AI specialist in SAS’s Data Ethics Practice and co-author of the influential report Constraint…
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AI is coming to your accounting software
251 London-listed accounting software firm Sage has launched an AI platform it said will ease the administrative burden on small business owners across Africa and the Middle East. But it enters a…
AI is dumping 150-page complaints on finance ombud’s desk
177 What used to take a paragraph or two now comes in book-sized tomes, often with fake legal cases as references. The idea that artificial intelligence (AI) will ease workloads is certainly…
New policy direction targets South Africa’s municipal broadband logjam
216 Communications minister Solly Malatsi. Photo: Lerato Sepotokele/DCDT Communications minister Solly Malatsi on Thursday published a draft policy direction aimed at cutting the red tape that has long frustrated network operators trying…
Vox Kiwi: a wireless solution promising a fibre-like experience
205 Access to stable, reliable, high-speed internet is crucial to participating in the modern economy. Although fibre connectivity offers the highest speeds and reliability, fibre penetration rates unfortunately remain relatively low in…
India could surpass SA as Sanlam’s top earnings driver – CFO
159 Scale of Shriram ecosystem highlights long-term growth potential beyond the group’s mature home market. India could eventually surpass South Africa as the largest contributor to earnings at Sanlam, showing the significant…
How electronic warfare is threatening ships and their crews
203 The war in Iran has dominated headlines with reports of airstrikes and escalating military activity. But beyond the immediate devastation, the conflict has also illuminated a quieter and rapidly growing danger:…
Rand slumps for second week
185 The rand weakened on Friday, heading for a second consecutive week of losses as surging energy prices fuelled by conflict in the Middle East rattled global markets and heightened inflation concerns….
Motsepe and other mining giants to benefit from the Middle East conflict
193 Gold and PGMs form a meaningful part of South Africa’s export basket. The longer the Middle East conflict lasts, the more pressure South African households are likely to feel on their…
Parliament opens nominations for Icasa council seats
184 Parliament has called for nominations to fill four vacant positions on the council for communications regulator Icasa, the department of communications & digital technologies said on Thursday. An Icasa spokeswoman told…