South African startups to watch in 2026
Six promising local startups destined for greatness in 2026.
Entries for the Rising Stars, as part of the Wired4Women Awards 2026, must be in by 8 February.
It can be tricky to decide which colocation provider to use in South Africa.
For almost a century, we’ve been promised a commute with more clouds than congestion.
With an imminent end-of-support deadline, SAP would like nothing better than for all its customers to move to S4. And fast.
Some upcoming titles that reflect the gaming industry’s ongoing mix of innovation, nostalgia and risk.
Nominations for the Wired4Women Awards 2026 must be in by 8 February.
Khomotso Molabe reveals how he turned around Standard Bank’s core SAP system.
AI is changing the world. But that doesn’t mean it knows where it’s going.
The excitement around AI's ability to completely change the world is bound to hit some speedbumps.
Tando Luyaba is determined to drag South Africa’s public service into the digital age.
Here are some remarkable innovation breakthroughs that didn’t make the headlines.
What happens when a name becomes a symbol? Yolandi Burger’s research explores how Nelson Mandela’s legacy is written into the landscape.
There are plenty of programmes in the pipeline, but the pipe appears to be blocked.
How to navigate cyber in the new age of AI.
Cassava Technologies is betting that African enterprises will want to make use of its local AI-enabled datacentres.
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Good Governance Africa’s CIO Tshepang Molefe sees AI as a way to improve accountability, rather than a threat that could collapse the systems.
What happened to SA Connect, the 12-year-old “strategy” that aimed to connect every single school, hospital and government building to the internet by 2020?
The latest health tech trend in South Africa isn’t about steps or calories; it’s about how well you sleep, and who gets to see that data.
AIs often don’t recognise African faces, voices or languages, so they can’t be trusted to understand us or communicate with us.
2025 was a year of unequalled turmoil, which looks set to deepen.
Sensible systems integration
A startup is prioritising the public sector and taking on the big guns in the private sector.
For those who own crypto, payments represent the second wave of adoption.
The thought of migrating workloads to the cloud still weighs heavily on the minds of local decision-makers.
Endpoints are where work happens and risk begins.
