Nominations now open for Wired4Women Awards 2026

Nominations now open for Wired4Women Awards 2026

Nominations close on 8 February 2026. Nominations for the Wired4Women Awards 2026 are now open and we are calling on the ICT community to step forward and help us recognise exceptional female tech leaders, innovators and rising talent. Now in its third year, the Wired4Women Awards is an initiative of the Wired4Women Forum and ITWeb…

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SoftBank adds .5bn investment in Open AI

SoftBank adds $22.5bn investment in Open AI

OpenAI was founded in December 2015 as a non-profit AI research lab. Japanese multinational investment company SoftBank has completed an additional investment of $22.5 billion in OpenAI at the second closing of the company’s investment of up to $40 billion committed on 31 March, 2025. As a result, SoftBank says it has fully satisfied its…

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Africa: Communique of the 1314th Meeting of the PSC Held On 21 November 2025 – Open Session On Children Affected By Armed Conflicts

Africa: Communique of the 1314th Meeting of the PSC Held On 21 November 2025 – Open Session On Children Affected By Armed Conflicts

Adopted by the Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU) at its 1314th meeting held on 21 November 2025, which was dedicated to an Open Session on Children Affected by Armed Conflicts. The Peace and Security Council, Recalling Decision [Assembly/AU/Dec.753(XXXIII)] adopted by the 33rd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Union…

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International tech brand to open first store in SA

International tech brand to open first store in SA

Hisense South Africa will open its first-ever premium brand store this November at Canal Walk Shopping Centre in Century City, Cape Town. The launch coincides with Black Friday and will offer shoppers exclusive in-store promotions, product demonstrations, and a first look at Hisense’s latest premium range of locally made technology, including Africa’s largest television, the…

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Neat Open unites BYOD, apps, AI in one seamless, cloud-managed experience

Neat Open unites BYOD, apps, AI in one seamless, cloud-managed experience

Hybrid work has made cross-platform collaboration the norm, yet most bring-your-own-device (BYOD) solutions haven’t kept pace. They remain a limited, single-user experience. Sure, they deliver audio and video through the room device, but only the laptop user is in control. Collaboration quickly devolves into a frustrating game of plugging and unplugging cables, slowing down ideas…

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