The Sudan war has become a live laboratory for autonomous drone warfare, AI-assisted surveillance and open-source intelligence — exposing what analysts describe as one of the most consequential governance failures of the era, with no continental framework in place to regulate AI-powered surveillance or autonomous weapons in African conflict zones. The conflict, which erupted on […]
Standard Bank Group has been ranked the most AI-mature bank in South Africa and the second most AI-mature bank overall in the Middle East and Africa in the inaugural Evident AI Index for Banks, published by Evident Insights. The group was also named the most innovative bank in AI across the region. The index is […]
Legendary former England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff is named Sydney Thunder men’s head coach in Australia’s Big Bash, his first role in an overseas T20 league.
The European Union has moved forward with an overhaul of its migration policy, aiming to ramp up deportations and build detention centers abroad. Critics compared the regulation to the immigration strategy of the Trump administration.
Kasi Cloud Datacenters has held the flag-off ceremony for its Lekki campus in Lagos, marking the commissioning of what the company describes as West Africa’s first hyperscale-ready, AI-capable, carrier-neutral data centre platform. The event signals the transition of Kasi LOS1 from construction into operational readiness, opening for the first time a world-class sovereign cloud and […]
According to new data from South Africa’s leading digital assets app Luno, tokenised stocks and ETFs are attracting first-time investors to the US market. Luno has just reached 50,000 xStocks (tokenised stocks) customers since the launch in August 2025. xStocks are digital representations of popular US shares and ETFs. The top five most popular buys […]
For organisations looking to unlock the next phase of digital transformation, illuminating dark data is no longer optional, says Shakeel Jhazbhay, GM: Digital Business Solutions at Datacentrix.