81 Image: FlySafair FlySafair is turning to artificial intelligence to bolster its low-cost business model – and to deliver a more personalised customer experience usually associated with full-service airlines. Kirby Gordon, chief…
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CambriLearn launches IEB grade 10 in 2026 as families lock in fees
66 South African parents are planning for the next academic year earlier than ever. CambriLearn, the number one-rated online school offering multiple recognised curricula, has officially announced its registration with the Independent…
Webinar | The big shift in CX
90 With the ability to deliver exceptional customer experience (CX) becoming a crucial part of modern business strategy, many organisations are discovering that traditional customer service models no longer serve their needs…
Legal guardrails needed for smart ID roll-out in South Africa
61 South Africa’s public sector is rapidly adopting biometric and algorithmic tools to improve service delivery. From home affairs’ smart ID roll-out to the South African Social Security Agency’s recent mandatory biometric…
Ethos-backed Optasia to float on JSE in major fintech IPO
73 Optasia CEO Salvador Anglada. Image: Supplied Optasia, a fintech company partly owned by Ethos Capital, plans to list on the JSE and raise up to R6.3-billion by selling a combination of…
Windows 10 ‘end of life’ is here, forcing tough business choices
81 As Windows 10 support end-of-life draws near, companies are faced with difficult decisions about whether to incur the huge costs it will take to upgrade their IT estates to Windows 11-combatible…
the chip that Intel can’t let fail
67 Intel plans to release technical details about its forthcoming chip for laptops, known as Panther Lake, on Thursday, four sources briefed on the plans have said. It is part of an…
Starlink says it wants to go big in South Africa
200 Starlink will comply with South African black economic empowerment legislation, is ready to launch services in the country and will spend R2.5-billion in the country doing so, a company executive said…
Qualcomm buying Arduino in push beyond smartphones
58 Qualcomm on Tuesday said it has acquired Arduino, an Italian not-for-profit firm that makes hardware and software for developing prototypes of robots and other electronic gadgets. San Diego-based Qualcomm is a…
scientists honoured for turning quantum weirdness into tech reality
55 John Clarke, MichelDevoret and John Martinis have been announced as this year’s Nobel Prize winners in Physics. Image: Christine Olsson via Reuters US-based scientists John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis…