Microsoft South Africa CEO Vukani Mngxati Microsoft South Africa CEO Vukani Mngxati believes government is missing out on the opportunities presented by the AI revolution because cloud adoption in the public sector is lagging the private sector. Speaking to TechCentral in an interview on the sidelines of the Johannesburg leg of the Microsoft AI Tour…
Amazon said Wednesday it plans to eliminate about 16,000 corporate jobs, marking its second round of mass job cuts since last October. In a blog post, the company wrote that the layoffs were part of an ongoing effort to “strengthen our organization by reducing layers, increasing ownership, and removing bureaucracy.” That coincides with a push…
A major breakthrough in the fight against Zaire ebolavirus was announced at the World Economic Forum in Davos. CEPI (the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations) is partnering with the pharmaceutical company MSD to create a more accessible version of the current Ebola vaccine. Backed by $30 million in new funding, the project aims to solve…
Carney has been under pressure from the opposition to lower prices of food and other essentials for lower-income people. Published On 26 Jan 202626 Jan 2026 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced a multibillion-dollar package as part of a series of measures aimed at lowering…
Only 13% of public schools in Gauteng are connected to the internet. The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Gauteng has criticised premier Panyaza Lesufi’s call for artificial intelligence (AI)-driven classrooms, while the majority of public schools remain offline. Gauteng premier Lesufi reportedly called on government to back the use of AI in schools, stating that learners…
Amazon is facing pushback from some online retailers who say that it has, through its AI-powered Shop Direct and Buy for Me tools, listed their products on its marketplace without permission, using artificial intelligence tools that scrape information from other websites. Amazon’s AI-powered Shop Direct and Buy for Me tools are designed to help shoppers…
Alex Kleidermanand Harry Sekulich MOHAMED EL-RAAI/AFP via Getty Images British-Egyptian democracy activist Alaa Abd El Fattah has apologised for several of his old tweets that have resurfaced, as calls grow for him to be deported from the UK days after he arrived following his release from an Egyptian jail. Tory and Reform UK leaders say…
Nvidia has identified Morocco as a priority market for its African expansion, signaling a deeper push into the continent’s artificial intelligence infrastructure. The move follows the company’s June entry into South Africa, where it partnered with Cassava Technologies to launch what it described as Africa’s first AI factory. Nvidia has since said it plans to…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. Shelby Tauber/Reuters OpenAI has launched its GPT-5.2 artificial intelligence model, after CEO Sam Altman reportedly issued an internal “code red” in early December pausing non‑core projects and redirecting teams to accelerate development in response to Google’s Gemini 3. GPT-5.2 comes with improvements in general intelligence, coding and long-context understanding, the company said…
Nairobi — Montran has appointed Wohoro Ndohho as Regional Executive Director for its Africa operations as the payments and capital-markets technology firm moves to deepen its presence in a region pushing to modernise financial infrastructure. Ndohho, who has over 20 years of experience in finance, infrastructure and investment advisory, will be based in Nairobi and…
