Daniel Acton, Chief Technology Officer at Accelera Digital Group (ADG). As South African enterprises accelerate their adoption of AI agents, a critical shift is under way, combining opportunity with unprecedented risk. These agents are no longer simple assistants; they can act by processing transactions, accessing sensitive client files, initiating workflows and interacting with core business…
Violence against women and girls in Africa demands urgent action. As of 2023, it is estimated that one in three women and girls between ages 15 and 49, have experienced physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence in their lifetime. Last November, South Africa classified violence against women as a national disaster. When the African Union…
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Outgoing Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen Adobe’s long-serving CEO, Shantanu Narayen, will leave his role once a successor is appointed, the design software maker said on Thursday, sending its shares down over 7% in extended trading on renewed worries around its strategy as it grapples with AI disruption. Narayen’s exit from the role comes after he served…
UNITED NATIONS, New York – On 12 March, the of the Group of Friends for the Elimination of Violence against Women and Girls marked its fifth anniversary on the sidelines of the seventieth session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW70). ‘Five Years On: Securing Achievements and Ensuring Durable Impact’ brought together leaders…
On February 10-11, 2026, researchers and experts convened in Dakar, Senegal, for the first Africa Forum on Countering Foreign Interference (CFI). The forum brought together participants from Africa, Europe and America to examine the growing challenge of foreign information manipulation and its implications for governance, media ecosystems, and digital rights across the African continent. The…
Drones, cruise missiles and fighter jets have become a common sight for many sailors stranded on ships in the Gulf.
MultiChoice is intensifying its fight against DStv pirates. A series of enforcement actions led by MultiChoice and its subsidiary Irdeto, in partnership with South African law enforcement authorities, has resulted in arrests, seizures and multiple court convictions linked to illegal internet streaming operations in the Western Cape. In a statement, the DStv operator says the…
Iran’s new Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei issued his first public message Thursday — but the statement came as a prepared message, with no speech, video or public appearance. Security around Iran’s leadership is extremely tight following the assassination of his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in the opening phase of the war now spreading across…
A team led by University of Cape Town astronomers has revealed the true scale of one of the largest hidden structures in the nearby universe, using South Africa’s MeerKAT radio telescope and the Southern African Large Telescope (Salt) to peer through a cosmic blind spot that has frustrated scientists for decades. The Vela Supercluster —…
