With more than a thousand confirmed attendees, SAPHILA 2025 reaffirmed its position as the leading event for the African SAP ecosystem. Held at the iconic Sun City resort, the African SAP User Group (AFSUG) brought together technology leaders, innovators and partners for two days of insights, strategic dialogue and future-facing collaboration under the theme: “Transcend…
Asokan Moodley, head of AI and Industry Advisory for Middle East and Africa at NTT DATA, and Prashil Gareeb, VP: MEA MNCS at NTT DATA. Agentic AI can prove transformative for companies; however, to overcome the hurdles and achieve ROI, they need to partner with industry leaders that have full-stack agentic AI capabilities. This is…
Yahoo is rolling out new artificial intelligence features for its e-mail platform in an effort to better engage one of its fast-growing subset of users: gen-Z and millennials. The company on Thursday said it’s bringing AI features to its Mail service aimed at simplification. A new gamified “Catch Up” feature will provide AI-powered summaries and…
Kemp Munnik, structuring and tax strategy specialist. The world of tax consulting is on the cusp of a transformation few could have predicted just a decade ago. I recently had an in-depth conversation on this topic with Johan Steyn, a well-known artificial intelligence (AI) thought leader. AI is not only revolutionising how tax firms operate…
In South Africa, it feels like we are in a constant struggle between politics and progress. Decades of painfully slow economic growth have resulted in a mountain of regulations that hinder business development and draconian labour policies that make it difficult for companies to access the skills they need. In a country with extremely high…
Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) keynote, a perennial highlight, has revealed the next iteration of its mobile operating system. This year, the most immediate change is to the iOS naming system, aligning all Apple operating systems by year. Thus, instead of iOS 19, we jump to iOS 26, reflecting its Fall 2025 arrival. This new…
Ryan Engel, SA country manager, PayU GPO. Naspers-owned fintech firm PayU Global Payments Organisation (GPO) has appointed Ryan Engel as country manager for its South Africa operations. In addition, the online payment service provider unveiled account-to-account (A2A) payments in Nigeria, amid a rise in alternative payment methods across the region. In a statement, PayU GPO…
Partnering with Change Logic, BankservAfrica successfully delivered a successful change enablement programme for one of South Africa’s ambitious payments modernisation initiatives. Through a structured and deliberate approach to change management, BankservAfrica engaged stakeholders across the financial services industry to ensure the seamless roll-out of the industry-driven PayShap, setting a new benchmark for rapid and effective…
Freight management specialist Special Envoy has introduced Xpress, a new courier service operating exclusively with electric vehicles (EVs). This marks a significant step towards sustainable logistics in South Africa. Read: Bandwidth Blog & Smile 90.4FM Tech Tuesday: Physics turning lead into gold! Xpress’s current operations utilize a fleet of BYD Dolphins for overnight deliveries within…
Scott Armul, executive vice president of global portfolio and business units at Vertiv. (Image: Supplied) Vertiv (NYSE: VRT), which positions itself as a global leader in critical digital infrastructure, announced its energy-efficient 142kW cooling and power reference architecture for the NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 platform. In addition to fully integrated end-to-end cooling and power strategies for…
