Xiaomi has officially launched its flagship Pro 18 smartphone lineup, introducing the Xiaomi 18 Pro and the higher-tier Xiaomi 18 Pro Max. Unveiled during the Snapdragon Summit in Hawaii, the series represents one of the initial commercial deployments of Qualcomm’s flagship Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 mobile platform, with the Pro Max variant running an…
FSCA’s AI framework forms part of a broader digital strategy aimed at improving regulatory processes. (Image created via Gemini) The Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) is developing an artificial intelligence (AI) framework, as it accelerates a broader digital transformation programme aimed at making the regulator more data-driven and automated. This is according to the financial…
Angola Cables CTO Adriano Caldevilla Angola Cables will upgrade the two subsea cables that link Africa with Brazil and the US, using equipment from US networking group Ciena, the companies said on Tuesday. The work on the Monet and Sacs systems is aimed at carrying more traffic for cloud and AI companies. Neither company disclosed…
Lungile Mginqi, digital transformation strategist. Artificial intelligence (AI) adoption is already widespread. AI transformation is not. The difference is whether leadership is prepared to redesign real work, take people through the change and build the capability to operate AI safely at scale. Enterprise AI experimentation has become a form of avoidance. AI excitement has done…
Capitec’s fintech business – value-added services including prepaid airtime, data, electricity and money transfers, plus its Capitec Connect mobile service – contributed R2.7-billion to group headline earnings in the six months to 31 August, according to the group’s own breakdown. That is about three-quarters of the R3.5-billion in headline earnings from its Personal Banking business…
NTT DATA, a global leader in AI, digital business and technology services, today announced “Intact, intelligent action.” This global initiative is designed to help people and organizations translate sustainability commitments into meaningful action. The effort combines awareness, technology and stewardship in support of some of the world’s most treasured yet fragile places. Antarctica will be…
The entrance to Comic Con Africa 2026 When Comic Con Africa launched in 2018, organisers faced an immediate surge in local demand for a large-scale pop culture and gaming convention. Eight years on, Carol Weaving, MD of organiser RX Africa, says the South African event is the fourth-largest Comic Con in the world, behind only…
Garrett Boss joins Laserfiche as chief information officer. Laserfiche — the leading SaaS provider of intelligent content management and business process automation — today announced the appointment of Garrett Boss as chief information officer. Boss will oversee Laserfiche’s global IT services team and business transformation office, including deployment of internal Laserfiche solutions and all other…
MTN Group has lost a bid to overturn, or immediately appeal, a US court ruling allowing claims against it under the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) to proceed, clearing the way for two of the cases to enter discovery. On Friday, the US district court for the eastern district of New York denied MTN’s requests to reconsider,…
Enterprises are moving beyond AI experimentation as executives demand clearer evidence of financial and operational returns. Artificial intelligence (AI) adoption is increasingly delivering business value, but only about a quarter of enterprises are converting their investments into significant financial returns. This is one of the key findings of new research from Google Cloud, in partnership…
