We have never struggled to generate ideas. As an industry, we are strong on insight. Strategies are increasingly sophisticated. Human truths are well understood. Data is abundant. Platforms promise optimisation and performance. And yet outcomes remain volatile. Author: Carni Wilkens, chief growth officer at dentsu Campaigns that look right in planning fluctuate once they are…
Mooketsi Mocumi, strategic communications and corporate affairs adviser. South Africa now has something the telecommunications sector has long called for: a costed, structured roadmap to achieve universal, meaningful connectivity. The proposed investment of roughly R142 billion to deliver 100Mbps broadband to all households by 2035 is ambitious, necessary and overdue. But the most important question…
NAIROBI, 8 April 2026 Africa’s most consequential gathering on housing and urban development, Africa Urban Forum 2 (AUF 2), opened today in Nairobi, as African leaders and policymakers called for urgent, coordinated action to transform the continent’s rapidly expanding cities into engines of economic growth, social inclusion, and climate resilience. The three-day forum, running from…
South African mining doesn’t lack strategy or plans. In many operations, it doesn’t even lack demand. What it lacks, increasingly, is consistent execution. That was the clearest thread to emerge from a recent Workday and TechCentral roundtable event with mining leaders across the C-suite. With gold and PGMs in a strong pricing cycle, the conversation…
[CAPTION] Company leaders are increasingly positioning AI as a driver of growth. (Image created using GenAI via ChatGPT) Artificial intelligence (AI) will this year become a central pillar of leadership strategy, shaping how organisations plan to grow, compete and reinvent their operating models. However, the gap between ambition and execution will remain one of the…
ACT CEO Nomvuyiso Batyi Telecommunications industry body the Association for Comms & Technology (ACT) has called for greater transparency of equity equivalent investment programmes (EEIPs) should sector regulator Icasa choose to implement last week’s ministerial policy directive on black economic empowerment. Speaking to TechCentral on Wednesday, ACT CEO Nomvuyiso Batyi said EEIPs in other sectors…
Addis Ababa — Developing policies and ambitious reforms in taxation and public financial management is not sufficient by itself as the real impacts depend on effective implementation, institutional capacity, and sustainable political commitment of the African continent, Revenues Minister Aynalem Nigussie underscored today. Opening the 11th Africa Think Tank Summit in Addis Ababa, she noted…
Absa chief digital officer Subash Sharma. (Photograph by Lesley Moyo) Absa is increasingly deploying agentic artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities, and has upgraded its AI virtual assistant, Abby. The big-four bank’s digital future was unveiled yesterday during its inaugural Digital AI Conference in Sandton, Johannesburg, to industry stakeholders and media. Chief digital officer Subash Sharma said…
Kigali — The Project Management Institute (PMI) is set to convene leading voices from across Africa at the upcoming Global Summit Series Africa 2025, with a focus on how project execution can drive inclusive growth, innovation, and resilience on the continent. The Summit, themed “Africa on Purpose,” will take place from August 19-21 at the…
