ITWeb TV: Herotel signals next growth phase

ITWeb TV: Herotel signals next growth phase

The internet service provider’s CEO Van Zyl Botha details the company’s next growth areas, including adding one million South African homes to its expanding footprint. Internet service provider (ISP) Herotel is targeting an additional one million South African homes in the next two years, expanding its footprint to 1.6 million homes. So said Van Zyl…

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Local SMEs enter digital maturity phase

Local SMEs enter digital maturity phase

SMEs increasingly adopt AI, cloud systems and analytics tools to improve efficiency, reach customers and manage operations. (Image source: 123RF) South Africa’s small business sector is entering a more advanced phase of digital adoption, with SMEs increasingly moving beyond basic digitisation and focusing on the financial systems and innovations required to scale sustainably. The newly-released…

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SA’s AI policy moves to comment phase

SA’s AI policy moves to comment phase

Solly Malatsi, communications and digital technologies minister. (Source: South African Government News Agency.) Cabinet has approved the publication of the Draft South Africa Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy for public comment, it said at the end of last week, with the policy likely to be implemented in the 2027/28 financial year. “The aim of the AI…

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Africa: Ethiopia – a New Phase of Support for Safety Nets Will Foster Resilience and Create Pathways to Decent Jobs

Africa: Ethiopia – a New Phase of Support for Safety Nets Will Foster Resilience and Create Pathways to Decent Jobs

Washington — The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved a new phase of support for safety nets in Ethiopia under the Productive Safety Net Project 6 (PSNP 6), a project designed to create jobs, enhance food security, build climate resilience, and support vulnerable households. Across Ethiopia, families are working hard to make ends meet…

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CEO-designate to drive Bob’s next growth phase

CEO-designate to drive Bob’s next growth phase

Anita Erasmus has been appointed as Bob CEO-designate. (Image: Supplied) Online shopping platform Bob has appointed Anita Erasmus as chief executive officer (CEO)-designate, effective 1 March. In a statement, the digital commerce company says Erasmus will serve in this capacity for a six-month transition period, working closely with co-founder and MD Andy Higgins. This, it…

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Budget 2026: SA Connect phase two ‘comes to an end’

Budget 2026: SA Connect phase two ‘comes to an end’

SA Connect was touted as the flagship programme to provide broadband in underserviced areas. One of government’s “major” public sector infrastructure projects, South Africa Connect, will be completed in the 2025/26 financial year. This is according to National Treasury’s Budget Review that coincides with the 2026 national budget. Finance minister Enoch Godongwana tabled the budget…

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