Why cloud and AI investments don’t automatically pay off

Why cloud and AI investments don’t automatically pay off

Cloud and AI investments do not automatically create business value. That was the verdict from a recent executive roundtable hosted by TechCentral in partnership with Cloud On Demand and Microsoft on 3 September 2026, where C-suite executives and senior technology leaders examined what they called “The Margin Illusion”: the assumption that adopting cloud and AI…

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PayShap success won’t automatically fix SA’s cross-border payments gap

PayShap success won’t automatically fix SA’s cross-border payments gap

Emanuela Saccarola. Image: LinkedIn The successful modernisation of a country’s domestic payments infrastructure onto faster, instant payment rails like South Africa’s PayShap does not always translate into similar success in the cross-border payments space – and regulation is often a bottleneck. Speaking to TechCentral in an interview on Wednesday, Emanuela Saccarola, head of global cross-border…

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