Rising e-commerce and digital adoption are accelerating buy-now-pay-later growth across South Africa. South Africa’s buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) market is rapidly expanding, driven by growing consumer demand for flexible payment options, rising e-commerce adoption and increasing financial pressure on households. This is according to new research by TransUnion South Africa, titled: “Access, visibility and consequence: Understanding the…
Employees report rising mental strain as AI transforms work into monitoring, directing and validating automated outputs. (Image source: 123RF) South African workers are reporting productivity gains from artificial intelligence (AI), but many are also experiencing increased mental strain as the technology reshapes how work is performed, according to new research from Boston Consulting Group (BCG)….
Zubair Mukhtar Chowgale, director of sales engineering at Securonix. Traditional security teams are dealing with too many alerts and not enough time or people to handle them. At the same time, attackers are moving faster using AI, and boards expect clear evidence that security efforts are making a real difference to the business. This was…
SARS is increasingly turning to tech to pull in more tax. (Image: Nicola Mawson | Freepik and GenAI) Artificial intelligence (AI) helped the South African Revenue Service (SARS) surpass the R2 trillion mark in net revenue collection for the 2025/26 financial year – a historic first – as it simultaneously unveiled its Modernisation 3.0 digital…
Addis Abeba — The Horn of Africa, long shaped by strategic interests and colonial legacies, is once again emerging as a center of intense diplomatic engagement. With this development, Ethiopia has increasingly positioned itself as a proactive regional actor, adopting a multipolar diplomatic strategy to overcome the limitations of its landlocked geography. In contrast, Egypt…
