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Africa Needs to Fight for a Better Deal On World Trade Rules – It Should Lead the Charge On These 3 Priorities At This Week’s WTO Meeting

Africa Needs to Fight for a Better Deal On World Trade Rules – It Should Lead the Charge On These 3 Priorities At This Week’s WTO Meeting

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African countries face many trade barriers today. Wealthier countries subsidise their farmers, making African agricultural exports less competitive. Global trade rules promise extra support but are rarely implemented. Many African countries also lack the infrastructure, funding or political will to build industries. This leaves them stuck exporting raw materials instead of higher-value finished goods. They…

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Securing the AI super-user: Why cyber security must lead SA’s agentic future

Securing the AI super-user: Why cyber security must lead SA’s agentic future

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Daniel Acton, Chief Technology Officer at Accelera Digital Group (ADG). As South African enterprises accelerate their adoption of AI agents, a critical shift is under way, combining opportunity with unprecedented risk. These agents are no longer simple assistants; they can act by processing transactions, accessing sensitive client files, initiating workflows and interacting with core business…

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SA must lead, not follow, in the tech revolution

SA must lead, not follow, in the tech revolution

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South Africa cannot afford to sit on the sidelines in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Around the world, innovation is accelerating as nations harness artificial intelligence and emerging technologies. To compete globally and transform our economy, we must take control and drive progress ourselves. Yet, too many local innovators remain locked out because of where they…

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Sasol data lead explains how lakehouse, mesh drive industrial AI success

Sasol data lead explains how lakehouse, mesh drive industrial AI success

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Sivuyise Ndzendze, Sasol. Traditional data warehouses are no longer sufficient for the real-time demands of modern heavy industries like mining and fuel production, said Sivuyise Ndzendze, data engineering lead at Sasol. Speaking at the ITWeb Data Insights Summit 2026, Ndzendze explained that organisations must transition from “warehouse thinking”, which focuses on historical reporting and structured data, to “platform…

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Africa Needs to Fight for a Better Deal On World Trade Rules – It Should Lead the Charge On These 3 Priorities At This Week’s WTO Meeting

Africa: Mahama to Lead Repatriation of Africa’s Foreign Reserves …Says Continent Trapped in Dependency

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President John Dramani Mahama, the African Union champion of African financial Institutions, has hinted that he is leading advocacy for the repatriation of and investment of part of Africa’s “huge foreign reserves” in African Financial Institutions. According to him, most of these foreign reserves are by colonial construct held in Western financial institutions and, in…

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IQM Quantum Computers Appoints Jan Goetz as Sole CEO to Lead Next Phase of Global Growth

IQM Quantum Computers Appoints Jan Goetz as Sole CEO to Lead Next Phase of Global Growth

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From left to right: Jan Goetz (Co-founder & CEO) and Søren Hein (Chief Operating Officer and Deputy CEO) IQM Quantum Computers, a global leader in full-stack superconducting quantum computers, today announced a transition from its Co-CEO structure to a single Chief Executive Officer model. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260126737805/en/…

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