Visa’s global travel programme integrates digital-first technology and AI assistance. (Image source: iStock) Global digital payments firm Visa has rolled out its Visa Destinations digital travel platform in South Africa. This means SA is the first African market to go live with the platform, joining initial international locations such as New York, London, Dubai, Thailand…
Nvidia is rolling out a new software platform to allow AI developers to set safeguards for agents and prevent them from breaking out of containment. The release on Monday of Nvidia’s Open Agent Safety Platform comes after companies including OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, and Google disclosed recent incidents in which their artificial intelligence models escaped their…
Edzard Overbeek, Group CEO at Vertage HeadFirst Global, a leader in work orchestration, today announced it will become Vertage, as it builds a global technology platform that dynamically curates the right mix of expert talent and AI agents to deliver the work outcomes enterprises need. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here:…
The global hospitality technology provider, Unifocus, has announced the launch of its newest AI platform, Unifocus Claira. Unifocus Claira is an industry first end-to-end workforce management and operations platform, purpose-built to give hoteliers and above-property hospitality organizations complete visibility across the workforce lifecycle through one cohesive system. By replacing the patchwork of disconnected tools, multiple…
EIG, a leading institutional investor in the global energy and infrastructure sectors, today announced the final close of EIG Senior Infrastructure Debt Fund VI (“SIDF VI”) at $1.9 billion, nearly double the size of its predecessor fund. Together with $2.1 billion committed to single investor vehicles, this exceeds the strategy’s original $3 billion target and…
Ventures Platform has closed its second institutional fund at $84 million, exceeding its $75 million target as the Nigerian venture capital firm expands funding for early-stage technology companies across Africa. The final close comes 3 years after its first institutional fund and adds new investors including the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Norfund, Alphatron…
South African security provider CAP is expanding the role of CCTV beyond traditional surveillance, using artificial intelligence to turn existing camera networks into business intelligence tools. Its SmartGuard division, which provides CCTV solutions to more than 400 clients across residential estates, corporate campuses and commercial and industrial properties, currently monitors almost 5,000 cameras. The division…
Mombasa, Kenya — What happens when the first thing a parent hears about comprehensive sexuality education is that it teaches children to have sex? Or when a faith leader encounters CSE through a social media post warning that it is foreign, anti-family, or incompatible with African values? For organisations working on sexual and reproductive health…
Simon Ellis, co-founder and CEO of Jem, Quona Venture Partner Johan Bosini and Caroline van der Merwe, Jem co-founder and COO. (Photo: Supplied) South African HR technology company Jem has raised $8.4 million in a Series A funding round led by global fintech investor Quona Capital, as it expands its workforce management platform for frontline…
Kaseya’s platform turns IT data into autonomous action. (Image source: 123RF) Kaseya, which positions itself as the leading global provider of AI-powered IT management and cyber security software, today introduced the first agentic IT management platform – powered by Kaseya Intelligence. Unlike traditional IT management tools that surface insights for humans to act on, Kaseya’s…
