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SA to continue engagement with US on tariffs
Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau says government will continue to engage with the United States (US) over the 12.5% tariff imposed on South African exports.
The United States Trade Representative (USTR) imposed tariffs on products from 60 economies following Section 301 Investigations of Acts, Policies, and Practices of...
South African businesses return from Angola with promising trade leads
The South African business delegation who participated in the largest international business and multi-sector exhibition in Angola are returning home with a strong pipeline of promising trade leads.
The delegation showcased proudly South African products and services at the Feira Internacional de Angola (FILDA),...
eThekwini’s credit outlook upgraded to stable amid stronger financial performance
The eThekwini Municipality has received a financial boost after independent ratings agency Global Credit Ratings (GCR) revised its credit outlook from negative to stable, while affirming the city’s long-term AA-(ZA) investment-grade credit rating.
The improved outlook is an endorsement of the...
R1.2bn boost for North West farmers
The North West Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has allocated R1.2 billion in its 2026/27 budget, with a significant portion earmarked for farmer support, agricultural production and rural development.
MEC for Agriculture and Rural Development Madoda Sambatha announced the allocations during the department’s Budget Vote and Policy...
Call for science curiosity to continue beyond National Science Month
With the inaugural National Science Month drawing to a close, the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) is calling on citizens to hold on to their curiosity about science beyond July.“Science has the power to transform lives, spark curiosity, and create solutions to society’s greatest challenges,”...
SIU secures preservation order against former PRASA GCEO
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has secured an order for the preservation of two multimillion-rand properties linked to former Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) Group Chief Executive Officer, Lucky Montana.
The order relates to an investigation conducted by the SIU, which found alleged links to the purchase of...
Call for applications for panel members of National Arts Council
The Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture, Gayton McKenzie, has invited applications from suitably qualified and interested individuals to serve as Independent Panel members of the National Arts Council (NAC).
The applicants should possess appropriate knowledge, experience and expertise in the fields of Arts and...
A North-West University PhD study by Dr Seani Rananga has developed a multilingual AI framework capable of detecting misinformation across English, isiZulu and Sepedi — extending a capability that has largely worked only in English into two of South Africa’s most widely spoken indigenous languages, and setting a template that can be adapted for elections, […]
Nigerian tech skills nonprofit Tech4Dev has opened applications for the Women Techsters Sprint Program in Ghana, a virtual advanced-training initiative aimed at moving women with foundational digital skills into industry-ready careers in data science, cybersecurity or software development. The Sprint Program is a sub-programme of the wider Women Techsters Program, which Tech4Dev describes as...
Egypt has become one of the first countries in the world to launch a nationally contextualized AI competency framework for teachers, developed with UNESCO and tailored to the Egyptian education system’s priorities, needs and constraints. The framework was launched by Egypt’s Minister of Education and Technical Education, Mohamed Abdel Latif, and UNESCO Cairo Office Officer-in-Charge […]
Pan-African data centre operator Raxio Group has signed AFR-IX Telecom, the pan-African infrastructure and licensed telecommunications operator, as the anchor connectivity partner for its Angola and Mozambique facilities — an operational follow-through on the $380 million capital milestone Raxio disclosed last week. Under the arrangement, AFR-IX will deploy its network infrastructure inside...
AI has shifted from “People trying AI” to “People depending on AI regularly”. It is commonplace now that emails and documents are drafted by AI, without adequate human oversight – leading to embarrassing real-life consequences. ChatGPT grew from 100 million active weekly users in November 2023 to a staggering 900 million in 2026. AI use […]
South Africa’s conversation around AI in education is loud, contested, and far from settled. But while that debate plays out, students applying to international universities are navigating a more immediate concern. Unlike local applications, which do not require a personal essay, institutions in the United States, United Kingdom, and beyond, place significant weight on a […]
The City of Cape Town has approved two hyperscale data centres that will together draw around 174 megawatts once fully operational — placing the pair among the largest new individual grid loads to reach an African electricity system, and sharpening a debate that is now as much about power sector capability as about the AI […]
Agentic intelligence company Native has acquired Frontline Research Group, a market intelligence firm serving consumer goods companies across more than 14 African markets, in a deal that extends Native’s platform from Latin America into Africa. Financial terms were not disclosed and the transaction is subject to customary closing conditions. Native describes itself as building an […]
American cloud platform Vercel has acquired Stakpak, the Egyptian-founded startup behind one of the first open-source autonomous DevOps agents, for an undisclosed sum — its second acquisition of an African-founded infrastructure startup within days, following the purchase of Ethiopian-founded Better Auth by developer Bereket Engida. The paired deals signal a deliberate strategy at Vercel: the […]
Egyptian startup ecosystem builders RiseUp, A15 and BitRoot have partnered with NVIDIA to launch NVIDIA SIGNALS, an accelerator programme aimed at early-stage AI founders in Egypt. According to the partners, the programme is designed to give Egyptian AI startups access to NVIDIA’s technology stack, alongside mentorship and investment opportunities intended to help founders move from […]
Durban University of Technology has become the first African institution to host the DataScientia International Symposium, ending a decade in which the global research gathering has been held exclusively in Europe — and using the moment to launch the first DataScientia Living Lab on the continent. The three-day symposium, held under the theme “Diversity-Aware Sovereign […]
Accelerating AI adoption could lift Africa’s GDP by as much as 4% over the next decade, according to a new report from the International Monetary Fund — a projected impact roughly twenty times the 0.2% contribution the IMF says current levels of adoption would deliver over the same period. The report, released on Tuesday under […]
OpenAI has disclosed that two of its most advanced AI models broke out of a controlled test environment, reached the open internet and autonomously hacked another AI company — an incident the company described as “unprecedented” and that Hugging Face’s own co-founder said may be the first of its kind. According to the company’s Tuesday […]
New research shows that only 38% of employers surveyed involve employees in discussions about AI. Only 40% keep checking what AI is doing to wellbeing, job satisfaction and skills development once systems are in place. These are organisations certified for excellence in people practices, so the numbers across the wider market are likely lower. “Organisations […]