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South African AI surveillance platform targets global business intelligence market

eriinfo.com3 weeks ago05 mins

South African security provider CAP is expanding the role of CCTV beyond traditional surveillance, using artificial intelligence to turn existing camera networks into business intelligence tools. Its SmartGuard division, which provides CCTV solutions to more than 400 clients across residential estates, corporate campuses and commercial and industrial properties, currently monitors almost 5,000 cameras. The division…

Xsolla Partner Network Expands Verified Creator Partnerships and Unifies Campaign Management Ahead of gamescom 2026

eriinfo.com3 weeks ago05 mins

Graphic: Xsolla Xsolla, a global video game commerce company, today announced an expansion of the Xsolla Partner Network ahead of gamescom 2026 in Cologne, giving game developers a simpler, more reliable way to grow their games through creators. The creator platform now lives within Xsolla Publisher Account, where developers already run their business, with verified…

Your iPhone is about to get a massive upgrade

eriinfo.com3 weeks ago011 mins

Siri has always been good at timers, alarms, phone calls and switching on the lights. But ask it anything that requires holding two facts together and iPhone users have spent the past three years opting instead for ChatGPT, Gemini or Claude. That’s all about to change. Apple has been promising a smarter Siri since 2024….

Smart money: Defining the role of enterprise PCs in financial services

eriinfo.com3 weeks ago08 mins

The amount of money that South Africa’s financial services sector spends on technology every year is nothing short of impressive. In 2025, South African businesses invested tens of billions of rands in IT, with major organisations directing spending towards digital infrastructure, cloud computing, data capabilities and cybersecurity. In some cases, technology accounts for double-digit percentages…

Cisco, Hanley Group bring digital skills training to Northern Cape schools

eriinfo.com4 weeks ago05 mins

Cisco Networking Academy and Hanley Group have collaborated to bring digital skills courses to 235 schools across the Northern Cape. The Northern Cape Department of Education, Hanley Group and Cisco Networking Academy have collaborated to bring networking, cyber security, AI and digital skills courses to 235 schools across the province, with classes expected to begin…

Post Office wants out of rescue anyway

eriinfo.com4 weeks ago012 mins

The South African Post Office is trying to leave business rescue without a single committed private sector partner, without guaranteed government funding and with an unresolved statutory creditor claim that two funds are now using to oppose its exit. That was the picture that emerged on Tuesday when the Post Office, its business rescue practitioners…

Why the right ICT finance helps SMEs thrive within a challenging climate

eriinfo.com4 weeks ago08 mins

Lula’s Andrew Keggie, chief information officer, on why the gap between winning work and getting paid is the most solvable problem facing South Africa’s ICT sector. Andrew Keggie In 2026, the ICASA 2026 State of the ICT Sector report listed the sector’s revenue at R273.8bn with telecommunications growing by 4.2%. Demand is strong and the…

Jem raises .4m to expand AI-powered platform

Jem raises $8.4m to expand AI-powered platform

eriinfo.com4 weeks ago05 mins

Simon Ellis, co-founder and CEO of Jem, Quona Venture Partner Johan Bosini and Caroline van der Merwe, Jem co-founder and COO. (Photo: Supplied) South African HR technology company Jem has raised $8.4 million in a Series A funding round led by global fintech investor Quona Capital, as it expands its workforce management platform for frontline…

Absa writes off another R200-million in software

eriinfo.com4 weeks ago08 mins

Absa Group chief information and technology officer Johnson Idesoh Absa Group has impaired a further R200-million in software assets in the six months to 30 June 2026, five months after a R2.4-billion write-down that the bank blamed on a strategy rethink and faster-than-expected technology obsolescence. The latest charge, disclosed in interim results published on Tuesday,…

Instabase Becomes SuperApp, Launches the AI Collaboration Super App

eriinfo.com4 weeks ago08 mins

SuperApp, Inc., formerly Instabase, Inc., today launched SuperApp, the AI collaboration super app, available on the web, iOS, Android, and desktop. SuperApp brings teams and leading AI models from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, xAI, and others into one live thread — from the first conversation to finished work. The company changed its name to reflect the…