In this episode of ITWeb TV, Larry Cooke, director for Africa at Binance, discusses regulating digital assets in South Africa and transforming the crypto exchange into a digital marketplace. #Binance #CryptoRegulation #DigitalAssets #Cryptocurrency #SouthAfrica #ITWebTV #LarryCooke The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has seized and restrained more than $1.2 billion (R20.6 billion) in crypto-currency stolen…
On this episode of ITWeb TV, news editor Admire Moyo talks to Robert Benvenuti, CIO of data and applied AI at Absa, about how the bank is making use of artificial intelligence to boost operations and customer experience. #AI #Absa #Banking #CIO Absa has reduced the time taken to process debt review applications from four…
On this episode of ITWeb TV, news editor Admire Moyo speaks with Isaac Ngatia, senior research analyst within IDC’s Personal Computer Trackers team for the Middle East, Turkey and Africa, about how the growing demand for memory components to power AI infrastructure is driving up computer prices and threatening to deepen a slowdown in Africa’s…
Nomzamo Xaba visited the ITWeb studio to discuss what the AWS Equity Equivalent Investment Programme is, why AWS launched it, and the role it plays in supporting entrepreneurship, skills development, and the growth of black-owned technology businesses. #aws #awseeip SA brims with potential that digital technologies can help realise. But potential needs opportunity and knowledge,…
The convergence of AI, evolving regulation, cyber risk, digital sovereignty and sustainability is redefining enterprise governance. (Image source: iStock) Global GRC software platform Archer and its industry partner dotnext, a South African information security company, have confirmed their sponsorship of the ITWeb Governance, Risk and Compliance 2026 event, to be held on 12 November at…
The concept of spreading risk dates back to the Code of Hammurabi from around 1750 BC in Babylon. In the case of a voyage, merchants could take out a bottomry contract – a maritime agreement where the borrower, often a shipowner, pledged the hull of their vessel as collateral. Matters have evolved: while bottomry was…
Pandelani Munyai, group CIO at Transnet, and Jochem Melis, CIO of cloud, infrastructure and core platforms at Absa, have won the public and private sector categories respectively at the ITWeb Brainstorm CIO Awards 2026. Pandelani Munyai, group CIO of Transnet, and Jochem Melis, CIO of cloud, infrastructure and core platforms at Absa, have won the…
According to Gartner, more than 40% of agentic AI projects will be cancelled before the end of next year. One of the main reasons, says the research house, is unclear business value. Organisations are deploying autonomous systems because of FOMO and without defining measurable outcomes. If anything, agents get pointed at whatever is loudest in…
Company GM Tony Shi details Vivo’s local strategy, operating in a highly competitive market and the role of memory costs in rolling out its foldables locally. Chinese smartphone vendor Vivo wants to be listed among the top three smartphone brands in South Africa, targeting a sweet spot position in an extremely competitive market. Tony Shi,…
AI-driven fraud is rising across Africa, with criminals exploiting human behaviour and trust rather than system vulnerabilities, says Thalia Pillay, CEO of Orca Fraud. In an interview with ITWeb Africa editor Samuel Mungadze, Pillay says criminals are deploying increasingly sophisticated AI-powered tactics to circumvent security controls. Artificial intelligence (AI)-driven fraud is on the rise across…
