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Source: Supplied. Aaron Harris, chief technology officer at Sage.

Trends

Building a global coalition for ethical AI in finance

Aaron Harris 29 Apr 2025

Fuel & Energy

Chery to unveil 19 hybrid car models in 2025, launching Super Hybrid brand

22 Apr 2025

US group opens R950k grants for SA universities

Higher Education

US group opens R950k grants for SA universities

22 Apr 2025

Smartfill wins Startup World Cup UK event at Reset Connect in London, advancing to global Grand Finale

Design

Smartfill wins Startup World Cup UK event at Reset Connect in London, advancing to global Grand Finale

Issued by DY/DX 27 Jun 2024

DeepSeek opens AI's doors to smaller businesses

4th Industrial Revolution

DeepSeek opens AI's doors to smaller businesses

Harshwardhan Dixit 7 Apr 2025

Research visit to continue digitisation work and enhance skills of local project team

Higher Education

Research visit to continue digitisation work and enhance skills of local project team

Issued by North-West University (NWU) 3 Apr 2025

Sub-Saharan startups invited to apply for Meta's $20,000 Llama Impact Grant

Funding

Sub-Saharan startups invited to apply for Meta's $20,000 Llama Impact Grant

2 Apr 2025

Source: © 123rf In partnership with IFICA, Publicis Groupe Africa has launched Africa’s first industry-wide internal communications benchmark survey

PR & Communications

Publicis Groupe and IFICA launch Africa's first internal communications benchmark report

19 Mar 2025

Food, Water & Energy Security

Mondi commits R13 million to water stewardship over 3 years

Issued by WWF South Africa 3 Jun 2024

Huawei swoops in to continue the AI race at MWC

Cloud

Huawei swoops in to continue the AI race at MWC

Lindsey Schutters 5 Mar 2025

The PR industry’s open-source problem: The unpaid pitch

PR & Communications

The PR industry’s open-source problem: The unpaid pitch

Issued by Brandfundi 27 Feb 2025

Michael Langeveld is head of technology and business development, HPE Emirates and Africa

4th Industrial Revolution

Ask these questions when integrating AI into your business

Michael Langeveld 21 Feb 2025

The wall fan cooled hall at ADC's CPT 1 facility in Cape Town, with a graphic of Africa overlaid. Source: Lindsey Schutters.

4th Industrial Revolution

Open source models could light African AI fire

Lindsey Schutters 20 Feb 2025

Image supplied.

Retail

Old Khaki and The Street Store join forces to promote sustainable fashion

13 Feb 2025

DeepSeek forced Nvidia stock plunge sparks market panic

4th Industrial Revolution

DeepSeek forced Nvidia stock plunge sparks market panic

Lindsey Schutters 28 Jan 2025

Image provided.

Artificial Intelligence

VML tackles representation with Africa-focused AI image generator

21 Jan 2025

Source: © Goods Fox Tomorrow, Friday, 10 January, representatives of TikTok's parent company ByteDance will plead to the US Supreme Court to halt the decision of a looming ban later this month

Social Media

Implications of the banning of TikTok in the US

Danette Breitenbach 9 Jan 2025

What is Bluesky? Why 10s of millions of people are heading for a ‘decentralised’ social media platform

Social Media

What is Bluesky? Why 10s of millions of people are heading for a ‘decentralised’ social media platform

Jean Burgess 27 Nov 2024

Unlocking the future of retail with geospatial data

Research

Unlocking the future of retail with geospatial data

Craig Schwabe 26 Nov 2024

The Finternet: A new global financial system could be closer than we think

Fintech

The Finternet: A new global financial system could be closer than we think

Briana Marbury, Issued by Semaphore Communications 19 Sep 2024

Source: © 123rf This month AI in Advertising examines a key topic in AI: the state of regulation and all the legal issues that this topic raises

AI in Advertising

AI in Advertising: How AI regulation is shaping the future of advertising and its impact

Jarred Cinman 16 Sep 2024

Eduvos has space in 2024 for Matric rewrite candidates

Higher Education

Eduvos has space in 2024 for Matric rewrite candidates

Issued by Eduvos 20 Aug 2024

Source: © The Bookmarks These second IAB South Africa Bookmark Awards Finalists’ Showcase discussed artificial intelligence (AI), audacity and creative collaboration featuring host and moderator Ann Nurock

IAB Bookmarks Awards

#Bookmarks2024: Finalists’ Showcase encourages AI use, audacity and creative collaboration

16 Aug 2024

Collaboration yields a growing entrepreneurial spirit for a more innovative future business owner

Higher Education

Collaboration yields a growing entrepreneurial spirit for a more innovative future business owner

Thomas Mvumvu, Issued by False Bay College 7 Aug 2024

isiXhosa.click: Student-led project makes isiXhosa vocabulary easily accessible

Skills Training

isiXhosa.click: Student-led project makes isiXhosa vocabulary easily accessible

Birgit Ottermann, Issued by North-West University (NWU) 29 Jul 2024

#SAelections24: Futurelect launches digital education campaign to boost youth voter turnout

Education

#SAelections24: Futurelect launches digital education campaign to boost youth voter turnout

16 May 2024

AfriGIS’s Peter Smythe appointed to GeoServer Project Steering Committee

Digital

AfriGIS’s Peter Smythe appointed to GeoServer Project Steering Committee

Issued by AfriGIS 14 May 2024

Why Umbraco CMS continues to rise as an enterprise CMS leader

Digital

Why Umbraco CMS continues to rise as an enterprise CMS leader

Issued by Bluegrass Digital 26 Apr 2024

Meta's latest LLM Llama 3 is taking aim at Gemini Advanced and OpenAI's GPT-4

Technology

Meta enters the advanced cloud LLM fight with Llama 3

Lindsey Schutters 18 Apr 2024

Telecoms & Networks

#MWC24: All the trends that mattered in Barcelona

Lindsey Schutters 5 Mar 2024

Image supplied. The Superbalist team turned out in numbers to ensure that the Green Point homeless community were well supported at the Street Store held on 10 February 2024

ESG

Superbalist's 3rd Street Store a triple win with triple the impact

15 Feb 2024

Sarthak Rohal, VP of IT services at In2IT Technologies

Cloud

Navigating the Kubernetes skills gap in cloud adoption

Sarthak Rohal 14 Feb 2024

DHASA 2023 highlights importance of digital humanities for inclusion

Higher Education

DHASA 2023 highlights importance of digital humanities for inclusion

Birgit Ottermann, Issued by North-West University (NWU) 26 Jan 2024

Hanno Botha says we need to balance a human centered approach with AI. Source: Supplied.

Digital

#BizTrends2024: AI will fully transform the marketing industry, says Ford SA's Hanno Botha

Hanno Botha 12 Jan 2024

Media

4 resources for journalists from the world’s top investigative conference

Daneel Knoetze 3 Jan 2024

Putting informal settlements on the map

NGO, NPO & Social Enterprise

Putting informal settlements on the map

Issued by The Social Employment Fund 24 Nov 2023

Cisco reimagines Webex with AI strategy announcement

4th Industrial Revolution

Cisco reimagines Webex with AI strategy announcement

26 Oct 2023

Source: © 123rf Ad platform integrations should be front of mind when choosing an e-commerce platform saysFrançois Jooste, +OneX

Digital

Exclusive: Why ad platform integrations should be front of mind when choosing an e-commerce platform

François Jooste 13 Oct 2023

Image supplied. The 61st D&AD Annual has launched and features a trends report

Advertising

The 61st D&AD Annual features 6 trends, with future focus on AI

27 Sep 2023

Africa's Premier Marketing Event: Nedbank IMC 2023 highlights and insights

Digital

Africa's Premier Marketing Event: Nedbank IMC 2023 highlights and insights

Issued by V5 Digital 22 Sep 2023

Image: Terry Levin. Zoe Scaman looks at where the internet is going through the lens of User Generated Content at the recent Nedbank IMC.

IMC Conference

#NedbankIMC2023: From creator economy to cosy web to a new spirit of reciprocity and generosity

Terry Levin 18 Sep 2023

Source: © 123rf An AI policy and risk management framework that will be available on an open source basis for the global PR industry has been launched by South Africa’s Razor PR agency

PR & Communications

Razor PR launches AI governance framework for global PR industry

31 Aug 2023

Bluegrass renews Umbraco Gold Partnership

Software

Bluegrass renews Umbraco Gold Partnership

Issued by Bluegrass Digital 29 Aug 2023

SADiLaR researchers inspired by 2023 SALALS Conference

Higher Education

SADiLaR researchers inspired by 2023 SALALS Conference

Issued by North-West University (NWU) 17 Aug 2023