The gap between your business communications stack and your CRM is where your team’s productivity goes to die. In a high-velocity digital environment, siloed channels aren’t just an operational hurdle – they are a technical liability that compromises data integrity and scaling potential. When your voice and digital channels operate independently of your CRM, you’re…
Old Mutual Investments warns SA must prepare for major AI-driven shifts in employment, infrastructure and economic policy. (Image source: 123RF) South Africa’s entry-level and junior jobs could come under severe pressure over the next decade, as artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics increasingly automate routine cognitive work, potentially shutting younger workers out of the labour market….
Naspers and Prosus CEO Fabricio Bloisi Naspers and Prosus shares both shed around 7% on the JSE on Tuesday after the technology investment group warned it will sharply increase spending at iFood, its Brazilian food delivery crown jewel, to fight off an aggressive competitive offensive in its single most important operating market. In a letter…
Naspers and Prosus CEO Fabricio Bloisi. (Supplied) Naspers unit Prosus will release its FY26 financial results in June, with CEO Fabricio Bloisi signalling a strong underlying performance and improved profitability across its ecosystem businesses. In an update to shareholders, Bloisi points out FY26’s performance is a reference point for the group’s financial trajectory, with profitability…
MTN Group said on Tuesday that its core earnings jumped 27.9% in the first quarter, outpacing revenue growth as tighter cost control and strong performances in Nigeria and Ghana boosted profit. Africa’s biggest telecommunications operator, which has more than 310 million customers in 16 markets across the continent, said its earnings before interest, tax, depreciation…
Solly Malatsi, communications and digital technologies minister. The communications ministry has appointed an independent expert review panel of astute individuals to drive the development of the country’s artificial intelligence (AI) policy. Minister Solly Malatsi announced this during his department’s budget vote this afternoon, addressing the issue of the now-withdrawn draft National AI Policy. Last month, furore…
Communications minister Solly Malatsi. Image: DCDT Communications minister Solly Malatsi has appointed an independent panel of AI researchers, lawyers and governance specialists to rebuild South Africa’s draft national AI policy, a document he was forced to withdraw last month after academic citations in its reference list turned out to have been fabricated by a generative…
Lulapay has partnered with leading cloud distributor Cloud on Demand to introduce integrated cash flow flexibility for ICT resellers and managed service providers across South Africa. Lulapay is a buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) offering powered by Lula. Through the partnership, qualifying Cloud on Demand partners will now have access to structured 30-day payment flexibility, helping them better…
The world’s most popular daily word puzzle is making the leap from smartphone screens to the silver screen. NBC has officially greenlit a primetime game show based on Wordle, produced in collaboration with The New York Times, Universal Television Alternative Studio, and Jimmy Fallon’s production company, Electric Hot Dog. Read: Bandwidth Blog & Smile 90.4FM…
Ongoing circulation of millions of incorrectly registered SIM cards has been found to be a major driver of crime. A call to action has been made, urging justice minister Mmamoloko Kubayi to address shortcomings related to SIM card registration and enforcement of the law that governs communications. This comes amid growing concerns that weaknesses in…
