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When is a monopoly not a monopoly?

With antitrust, can we still blame regulators, prosecutors and judges who don’t understand the technology?

Drive like no one’s watching

The MG Cyberster is not meant to be practical; it’s meant to be fast.

Technology
Nafisa Akabor

The contender

Emile Burger has presided over 40% year-on-year growth at Tarsus. How did he manage this?

Cover story
Matthew Burbidge

Do you want to pay for those rusks with Bitcoin?

An innovative technology is making it easier for consumers to make payments with crypto.

Business
Tamsin Mackay

How much for that AI?

If you use AI often, prepare for a day when free models start charging.

Innovation
James Francis

Remarkable robots

From book scanners to robotic horses, the machines are rising in unexpected ways.

Innovation
James Francis

Payback, one artefact at a time

A game for anyone who has ever felt the need to loot Western museums and bring home African artefacts.

Innovation
Tiana Cline

Hitting the payments sweet spot in Africa

Payment gateways are creating a grassroots financial revolution on the continent.

Business
James Francis

More power to ya

As AI services ramp up, where are datacentres going to get their power?

Technology
Matthew Burbidge

Counting the cost of microplastic pollution

As tiny plastic fragments move through Gauteng’s rivers, they’re beginning to expose how fast fashion, ageing infrastructure and policy are connected.

Verticals
Tiana Cline

Technology never stands still. Neither does Sarah Blignaut.

SARS’ deputy CTO on the value of hard work, integrity and compassion.

Innovation
Romantia Mashabane

Mining data, saving lives

The CIO of Platinum Health, Quantin van Rensburg, is thriving on the opportunity to overhaul the company’s IT.

C-Suite
Lesley Stones

Model of security

CISOs and their teams must protect their critical assets, while keeping ahead of regulatory imperatives. Meanwhile, cloud, supply chain and GenAI are increasing the attack surface. Cyber platforms may offer a solution. What are you asking of your cyber vendor?

Roundtable
Matthew Burbidge

How to choose the right partner

The foundation for any relationship is trust.

Roundtable
Matthew Burbidge

Local AI startups take aim at US market

The weak rand means local startups can turbo-boost earnings servicing clients overseas.

Business
Stephen Timm

In search of life-long learning

How are local institutions using their learning management systems?

Roundtable
Matthew Burbidge

On the frontline

Companies are waking up to the fact that their frontline workers need to be digitally included.

Reportback
Matthew Burbidge

Teaming up with Gemini

Google named its AI model Gemini because it merged its DeepMind and Google Brain teams. What happens when it’s paired with a company?

Innovation
Tamsin Mackay

The death of the wallet

Wallets are now an endangered species, helped by the imminent demise of physical credit cards.

Business
Alistair Fairweather

This supercomputer has seatbelts

On being a passenger princess in a Zoox, Amazon’s autonomous robo-carriage.

Technology
Tiana Cline

With AI tools, don’t lose your humanity

In the age of the Dead Internet, being alive is the ultimate competitive advantage.

Technology
Samantha Perry

Shopping without borders

Most South Africans don’t care which platform they’re buying from, they just care about price.

Business
Nafisa Akabor

AWS goes all in on agentic AI

Amazon spent $34.2bn on chips and datacentres in the last quarter. It’s now paying off.

Event Archive
Matthew Burbidge

Why is edtech failing in South Africa?

While edtech solutions promise to address long-standing challenges in the education system, a lack of contextual awareness and support means that many fail to deliver.

Features
Joanne Carew

With enterprise security, speed kills

If the enterprise will not slow down, security has to change. The question is how.

Features
Tiana Cline

Your call is important to us

AI’s immersion into the contact centre may be the turning point for companies wanting to humanise connections and build better customer relationships.

Features
Tamsin Mackay