166 The South African Reserve Bank has raised its benchmark repo rate by 25 basis points to 7%, breaking a run of stability as a deepening Middle East crisis drives oil prices…
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Workday Horizon returns to South Africa
214 Workday is pleased to announce that Workday Horizon Johannesburg, its flagship annual event for South Africa, will take place on 2 June 2026. The event will convene chief human resource officers,…
Connectivity is now a boardroom issue, not an IT afterthought
162 There was a time when connectivity was seen as infrastructure or, worse, as background noise for the IT department while business leaders focused on weightier matters. Those days are long gone….
IBM commits $5-billion to secure open-source software
203 Hollie Adams/Reuters IBM said on Thursday it has committed US$5-billion (R82-billion) to an initiative that will deploy engineers and AI tools to help companies better secure open-source software. The initiative, called…
The human side of AI takes centre stage at ASUS Business breakfast
188 ASUS Business South Africa recently hosted an executive breakfast event, Human Advantage: Leading Business in the Age of AI, bringing together mid-market business leaders and decision-makers from across the hospitality, retail,…
South Africa’s education sector needs more than digital transformation
161 South Africa’s education sector is under extraordinary pressure. Even as digital transformation accelerates across schools, universities and technical and vocational education and training (TVET) colleges, the country’s deep structural divides, including…
Meet the CIO | Absa CITO Johnson Idesoh on AI, cyber and the future of banking
174 Absa Group CITO Johnson Idesoh Johnson Idesoh, group chief information and technology officer at Absa, says AI in all its forms – generative, agentic and the AI now being wielded by…
Memory makers SK Hynix and Micron join the $1-trillion club
195 SK Hynix topped US$1-trillion in market value for the first time on Wednesday, joining its memory chip rivals Samsung Electronics and Micron Technology in reaching the milestone on an AI-driven rally….
Mobile operators locked out as Icasa opens 900MHz of spectrum
209 Communications regulator Icasa has gazetted the final regulations on the use of “innovation spectrum”, formally settling one of the most contested questions in South African spectrum policy. In terms of the…
South Africa’s right-to-repair vacuum
234 More than two years after South African industry groups began pressing for right-to-repair rules in consumer electronics – the EU has adopted a binding directive and six US states have enacted…