Trade minister Parks Tau Trade, industry & competition minister Parks Tau has gazetted the names of the new members of the special economic zones (SEZs) advisory board, with a few drawn from the technology sector. They will serve on the board for five years, starting on 1 August. There are 12 designated SEZs across the…
Former Dimension Data chairman Jeremy Ord and Sonja De Bruyn, co-founder of Identity Partners. A war of words has broken out between former Dimension Data (DiData) executives and their former empowerment partner, Identity Partners, over the sale of The Campus office park in Bryanston, Johannesburg. Tensions escalated after former executives – Jeremy Ord, Grant Bodley,…
Former Dimension Data executive chairman Jeremy Ord Five of six former Dimension Data executives who were found last November by the high court to have engaged in a “brazen and dishonest” scheme involving the sale of the company’s Johannesburg head office have hit back at “false claims” that they engaged in BEE fronting and improper…
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai during the Google I/O developers conference in Mountain View, California, on May 10, 2023. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Google executives are pushing employees to act with more urgency in their use of artificial intelligence as the company looks for ways to cut costs. That was the message…
Artificial intelligence has become a central theme in strategic boardroom discussions. Yet, for many South African organisations, the journey from AI experimentation to sustainable value creation remains complex. To unpack this journey, TechCentral, in partnership with Altron, hosted an executive roundtable titled “Navigating the AI Value Creation Journey”. The session brought together C-suite leaders and…
