From left: Pitso Mahlaole: Manager Procurement, University of Pretoria, Chris Wentworth: Chief Technology Officer, Gregory Steenberg: Manager – Business and Data Analysis, Kamal Patel: Group CEO, PURCO SA. For years, South African universities and TVET colleges have had few choices when it comes to the systems that run their operations. PSET wants to change that,…
PSET CEO Ebenezer Smith When it launched its ERP platform for higher education, PSET did not pick a tech expo or a standalone event. It chose Purcon 2026, the annual conference of the Purchasing Consortium for Higher Education in Southern Africa. For CEO Ebenezer Smith, the reasoning was simple. “Purcon is where you get all…
Decades before Siri or Alexa or ChatGPT, there was a real person, almost always a woman, at the center of the information world. She was so vital, most long-distance communication could not happen without her. She was the telephone switch operator, and at one time she was part of the single largest occupation for white,…
AI presents teaching opportunities, but VUT warns universities need stronger governance, ethical guidelines and lecturer training. (Image created via ChatGPT) Artificial intelligence (AI) adoption in higher learning, teaching and assessment is outpacing the policies, skills and ethical safeguards needed to govern it responsibly, according to research presented by Vaal University of Technology (VUT). The study,…
As Africa grapples with shrinking international development funding and rising pressure to create jobs for its rapidly growing youth population, the Mastercard Foundation is making one of the continent’s biggest long-term investments in higher education, committing US$500 million over the next decade to transform African universities. In an interview with allAfrica, Melody Chironda, Dr. John…
The number of hungry people around the world is falling. According to the latest United Nations State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report, an estimated 645 million people faced hunger in 2025, 14 million fewer than in 2024 and 43 million fewer than 2022. Yet hundreds of millions continue to face acute…
Being busy should not be an excuse for poor customer service. (Image: Camsoft) This morning I experienced something we’ve all become accustomed to, says Mark Annett, Head of CRM Sales at Camsoft CRM Solutions. I e-mailed a medical provider and, within seconds, received an automated response thanking me for my e-mail and politely informing me…
Kevin Warsh, nominee to chairman of the Federal Reserve, testifies during his Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee confirmation hearing in Dirksen building on Tuesday, April 21, 2026. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Treasury yields rose on Monday as the ceasefire agreement between the U.S. and Iran came under increasing…
A customer shops for gold jewelry at a gold store in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China, on June 3, 2026. Costfoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images China’s wholesale prices rose at the fastest pace in nearly four years in May, driven by surging raw material costs due to the Iran war and an artificial intelligence investment…
A Telkom communications tower in Pretoria Telkom expects its headline earnings per share (Heps) from continuing operations to climb 45-55% for the year to end-March, the JSE-listed telecoms group said in a trading statement on Wednesday – a performance it has attributed to cost discipline, lower debt servicing costs and the continued payoff from its…
