London-listed accounting software firm Sage has launched an AI platform it said will ease the administrative burden on small business owners across Africa and the Middle East. But it enters a market flooded with similar promises – and cautious customers who cannot afford to get their finances wrong. The company unveiled Sage AI in Johannesburg…
Standard Bank Group’s annual financial results, published on Thursday, have revealed that Africa’s largest bank by assets spent more than R14-billion on cloud, software and technology in 2025 — an 8.7% year-on-year increase that far outpaced the growth in its overall cost base. The “cloud, software and technology” line item in the group’s operating expenses…
Absa Group has written off R2.4-billion in software assets after a revision of its overall strategy led to changes in investment priorities and faster-than-expected technology obsolescence, its annual financial statements show. The software impairments – more than 13 times the R179-million written off a year earlier – were spread across the group, with the largest…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. Steve Marcus/Reuters Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has dismissed fears that AI will replace software and related tools, calling the idea “illogical”, after a significant selloff in global software stocks on Tuesday. The selloff, partly sparked by AI developer Anthropic’s updated chatbot release last week that heightened fears of AI-driven disruption in…
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi India has proposed requiring smartphone makers to share source code with the government and make several software changes as part of a raft of security measures, prompting behind-the-scenes opposition from giants like Apple and Samsung. The tech companies have countered that the package of 83 security standards, which would also…
Sundar Pichai, chief executive officer of Alphabet Inc., during the Bloomberg Tech conference in San Francisco, California, US, on Wednesday, June 4, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images With the AI talent wars heating up between companies like OpenAI, Meta and Anthropic, one way Google has been competing is by aggressively rehiring…
BBD builds the platforms businesses rely on. Most software works perfectly on the happy path. But the top software development companies know that real customers, real data and real-world complexity is where systems are truly tested. For more than four decades, BBD has helped organisations modernise legacy estates, design future-ready platforms and orchestrate processes end-to-end…
Most software works perfectly on the “happy path”. But the top software development companies know that real customers, real data and real-world complexity is where systems are truly tested. For more than four decades, BBD has helped organisations modernise legacy estates, design future-ready platforms and orchestrate processes end-to-end – not just where things run smoothly…
What set firms apart? Selecting the right software development company is one of the most strategic choices a business can make. Yet in a crowded market, it’s easy to be swayed by marketing claims or “top company” awards. What’s harder to see, but far more important, are the capabilities, culture and practices that actually set…
Carlize Bosch, Sales Executive, Inspired Testing. In my role at Inspired Testing, I speak with clients across multiple industries every week. From financial services to retail, healthcare to logistics, there’s one issue that surfaces in nearly every conversation: the disconnect between software testing and quality assurance. It’s a problem that’s costing organisations millions in rework,…
