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InterSystems hosted its flagship READY 2025 Summit in Johannesburg, bringing together healthcare leaders, partners and innovators to discuss how data and AI are reshaping care across Africa. The company highlighted advances in its InterSystems IRIS data platform, including built-in vector search, retrieval-augmented generation, and generative AI tools that allow organisations to analyse...
More customers are arriving at meetings with financial plans created by generative artificial intelligence (AI), believing they have already mapped out their financial journey from start to finish. But beneath the neat spreadsheets and projections lie gaps: overgeneralised savings rules, overconfident return assumptions, and overlooked protections such as severe illness or estate planning....
Eight men have been arrested in Bellville after police uncovered a cache of assault rifles and pistols allegedly destined for Cape Flats gangs.
South Africa will introduce its new Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) system at the Tourism Business Council’s Leadership Conference on Sept. 18, Minister of Home Affairs Leon Schreiber announced. The ETA, still under development, is designed to digitise and automate visa applications using advanced machine learning. Officials say the system will reduce inefficiencies, curb fraud and […]
Yamify, a developer-first AI platform that allows freelancers and web agencies to deploy AI stacks in under a minute, has officially launched with $100,000 in funding from Felix Anane, an early backer of Paystack. Founded by Luc Okalobé, Yamify positions itself as the “Heroku for AI tools in Africa,” enabling users to spin up GPU-powered […]
At Meta Connect 2025, Mark Zuckerberg unveiled the next wave of innovation in AI and wearables – bringing us closer to Meta’s vision for the future of AI glasses. META CONNECT 2025 KEY HIGHLIGHTS: Next-Generation Ray-Ban Meta Glasses Building on the success of our previous models, the new Ray-Ban Meta glasses feature extended battery life, […]
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As G20 president, South Africa can highlight the importance of digital sovereignty for ensuring dignity, economic justice, and resilience. South Africa presides over the G20 at a global inflection point where artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming economies, altering labour markets and reconfiguring global influence at unprecedented speed. Yet the benefits of this revolution are not […]
For Africa, home to the world’s largest youth population (slated to double to more than 830 million by 2050), the rapidly expanding capabilities of AI present both a significant opportunity and an urgent call to action. I began a lifelong journey of learning as a young engineering student in Zimbabwe. Through a research project on […]
Three University of Sussex students have launched a technology programme in Malawi to help tackle agricultural challenges through artificial intelligence and low-cost electronics. Led by PhD student Dexter Shepherd, the team designed a two-week course teaching students and professionals how to build data-logging devices using Raspberry Pi microcomputers and environmental sensors. The devices...
Tanzania has introduced artificial intelligence into its presidential campaign season for the first time. The ruling party, Chama cha Mapinduzi (CCM), unveiled an AI chatbot called “Kijani Ilani” (Green Manifesto) to give voters quick access to its political program. The tool allows citizens to ask questions on topics such as health, education and infrastructure, and […]
Artificial intelligence is moving from hype to reality, with potential to transform health, education, livelihoods and climate resilience. Yet in Ethiopia, many communities remain underserved by both technology and policy. The EthiopiAI Programme, launched by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), aims to close that gap. With £4.6 million in grants, the programme […]
Tanzania is finalising a national guideline for the responsible use of artificial intelligence to guide adoption of the fast-evolving technology, officials announced Monday. Speaking at the opening of the 3rd Advanced AI Short Course at the University of Dodoma (UDOM), Mohammed Khamis Abdulla, permanent secretary in the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, said the […]
Green hydrogen has numerous applications across multiple industries, from decarbonising steel to fertiliser production, fuelling heavy transport, storing renewable energy for grid stability, and supplying cleaner feedstock to refineries and chemical plants. However, beyond these use cases, it also has the potential to provide a clean energy source to power future technology, with far-reaching...
A hospital cleaner in Mpumalanga has been arrested after being found in possession of human placentas, allegedly with the intent to sell them.
Strive Masiyiwa isn’t chasing the next viral app or flashy startup. The Zimbabwean billionaire, who once shattered telecom monopolies with Econet Wireless, is now building something far less sexy but infinitely more critical: Africa’s digital backbone. Through his Cassava Technologies group, he’s laying the foundation for a continent-wide digital nervous system, one that could let […]
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Bringing to an end “one of the longest manhunts” in the Eastern Cape, the Hawks have arrested a woman who made it onto the list of the “most wanted”.
Watch News24’s legal journalist, Karyn Maughan, explains the most significant developments from the first day.
AI now sits on both sides of the cybersecurity coin. Criminals use it to automate phishing, while defenders rely on it to spot the tiny anomalies humans miss. South African organisations might be tempted to jump in as quickly as possible, but questions of accountability and governance must come first. “AI isn’t going away, so […]
Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) is an essential part of sustainable business, helping organisations to manage risk, keep up to date with legislation and ensure that processes are well managed. One of the biggest challenges, however, has always been finding the right skills, as well as in adapting to the changing regulatory landscape. Artificial Intelligence […]