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Data without diversity is dangerous

Women technologists pool their collective wisdom about how best to derive value from AI.

Roundtables

In the CISO we trust

A bank CISO will need to build on their cyber practices of the past, while focusing on emerging risks.

At your service

How can organisations adapt their strategies to ensure they buy the right technologies so they deliver quality experiences for their employees?

Roundtables

What are you doing with your seat at the table?

Women continue to orchestrate transformation and growth across South African industries, and, at the Vodacom Women’s Day Breakfast, they opened up about connections, shared insights and discussed the future of women in business.

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You will meet a tall, dark stranger...

Can astrology help AI secure its future?

James Francis

If the door is locked, make your own

Some of South Africa’s leading women in technology, business and innovation joined a conversation about the role of AI and the value of women.

Event Archive

Free games, some assembly required

Four storefronts, a handful of new logins and an afternoon of admin. Here's what Luna actually gets you in South Africa.

Hungry Lion’s appetite for innovation

With bold expansion plans on the cards for Hungry Lion, efficiency is a non-negotiable for the fast food brand.

Joanne Carew

How AI systems stay on track

Building proprietary harnesses is a way that humans can work with AI rather than against it.

Alistair Fairweather

The idea factory

Figma is a collaborative design platform that has gained momentum and designer loyalty since its launch in 2012.

What if your grocery basket could think for you?

Three big retailers are using AI to improve the shopping experience, but in different ways.

Hilton Tarrant

The cloud as commodity: So what’s the secret sauce?

Cloud adoption is becoming ubiquitous. How do cloud service providers ensure they stand apart?

James Francis

The city's invisible borders

If South Africa's municipal boundaries don't match how people actually live, what exactly is being planned for?

With a Fold, who needs a laptop?

Eight generations in, Samsung’s once-upon-a-time proof of concept foldable is all grown up.

Nafisa Akabor

Betting on stablecoins

This startup allows customers to accept payments and deposits in crypto and stablecoins with its Ezeebit API.

Stephen Timm

A giant awakes

How a fintech behemoth emerged in plain sight in the informal market.

Hilton Tarrant

The cost of confidence

Financing third-party resilience beyond checklists.

Bernard Munyaradzi Chadenga

Hacking back

White House clears way for private cyber firms to hack foreign actors, and Amazon breaks ground on a massive new off-grid AI datacentre.

How I learned to stop worrying and love my Waymo

What it’s really like when there’s nobody sitting in the driver’s seat.

No clear policy punctures EV ambitions

Local NEV policy is long overdue, considering the automotive sector contributes up to 5% of the country’s GDP.

Nafisa Akabor

There will be blood

A visual and auditory masterpiece that leaves you terrified and delighted at the same time.

How to fix the SABC

Providing news and entertainment to the millions who can afford nothing else is important, but the SABC cannot be allowed to wallow in sclerosis indefinitely.

Alistair Fairweather

A room of one's own

A commonality among effective teams is a quiet place to do focused work.

Adam Oxford

Dis-Chem does some self-diagnosis

For Aliyah Allie and her team at X, bigly labs, the focus is on fixing the retail chemist's technical foundations so the business thrives.

Joanne Carew

Bad memory: How to manage the storage crisis

Is software-defined storage a real way through the memory crisis, or does it just move the problem somewhere else?

Features

The AI will see you now

AI is rewriting the HR rulebook, changing everything from recruitment through to exit. But this innovation is not without its risks.

Features

Joanne Carew

A false sense of security

As ransomware evolves, backups have become the last line of defence, and the hardest to get right.

Features