Nearly nine in 10 organisations have limited or redesigned AI use cases because rising token consumption is driving up the cost of running the tools, according to a new global survey. The State of Enterprise AI 2026 report by data platform company Cloudera is based on a September 2026 poll of 1 500 IT leaders…
South Africa’s rand stablecoin issuers want treasury’s rewritten cross-border crypto rules to treat their tokens as payments rather than capital flows, and to let companies use them. Finance minister Enoch Godongwana told parliament on Wednesday that the draft capital flow management regulations, “which included the cross-border treatment of crypto assets”, had drawn thousands of comments…
Value trumps loyalty and status: purchasing behaviour’s new fuel After the shock of the latest fuel price increases to close to R30 p/l for diesel and almost 27 p/l for petrol, commuters across the nation are feeling the sharp pinch of prices at the pumps. So high has the fuel price risen – from R20…
Shein and Temu shift to local fulfilment as SA’s tighter customs regime reduces the appeal of direct imports. (Image created via Gemini) South Africa’s crackdown on low-value imports has significantly slowed the growth of cross-border e-commerce, forcing international platforms such as Shein and Temu to shift their focus from tax arbitrage, towards local fulfilment and…
Africa must move away from seeing itself through what it lacks and instead draw on its own institutions, knowledge, communities, wealth and talent to address the continent’s challenges, speakers at the Africa Mindset Reset Forum said on Wednesday, August 26. ALSO READ: What’s holding African integration back? Experts speak out The speakers said Africa’s development…
When pastoralists, researchers, policymakers and development practitioners gathered in Marsabit this year to mark the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists (IYRP-2026), the conversations went far beyond livestock, drought or humanitarian aid. Convened by the Centre for Research and Development in Drylands (CRDD), the dialogue challenged a deeply rooted assumption that has shaped development policy…
The prolonged disruption of shipping through the Strait of Hormuz has exposed how vulnerable Africa’s economies are to geopolitical shocks. Fuel prices have remained elevated, squeezing economies that depend heavily on petroleum imports from the Middle East. These include Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda. This vulnerability also puts at risk the continent’s…
South Africa’s redrafted national AI policy will not prescribe rules to industry. Instead, individual sectors will be left to write their own AI strategies off a set of national guidelines. That is according to department of communications & digital technologies acting deputy director-general Jeanette Morwane, who told TechCentral on the sidelines of the inaugural Naspers/Prosus…
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil — The global fight against HIV has never had more powerful scientific tools or faced greater political uncertainty. More than 7,000 scientists, activists, policymakers and community leaders gathered in Rio de Janeiro for the opening of the International AIDS Conference. Global leaders warned that decades of progress against the epidemic could be…
The UN’s top human rights official has called for a ‘massive rethink’ of US immigration and security policies ahead of the World Cup, warning that racial profiling, surveillance and aggressive enforcement are already affecting teams, officials and supporters. Volker Türk, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, told journalists on Wednesday that if such issues…
