BMW Group South Africa’s regional distribution centre in Waterfall, Midrand, supplies BMW, MINI and BMW Motorrad parts to retailers across southern Africa. (Photo: Supplied) BMW Group South Africa has established a storage and handling area for sixth-generation battery components at its regional distribution centre (RDC) in Midrand, preparing its local after-sales network for the Neue…
Lady Mariéme Jamme, SA’s special envoy for technology and AI. (Image supplied) Government has appointed technology leader and digital education advocate Lady Mariéme Jamme as the country’s special envoy for technology and artificial intelligence (AI). This is according to the Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, which says the appointment was announced at…
The Gautrain Management Agency (GMA) is expanding its footprint in the urban-mobility sector with plans to launch its own dedicated e-hailing service, Gau Express, this October. The move positions the state-owned commuter rail operator as a direct competitor to private ride-hailing giants like Uber and Bolt, aiming to solve a critical logistical bottleneck for local…
More than a decade ago, before we were talking about “AI agents,” Amazon launched its digital voice assistant Alexa and the smart speaker branded Echo. I remember using one and thinking there was definitely a future here for these kinds of devices. Fast forward to now, with huge leaps in AI models, Alexa has received…
The news that four Kenyan university students have clinched the Grand Prize at the Huawei ICT Competition in Shenzhen is more than a victory; it is a testament to a quiet revolution. For the first time in the competition’s ten-year history, Team Kenya has soared above 210,000 global participants to claim the highest honor, marking…
Jensen Huang, CEO of NVIDIA, speaks to reporters and answers questions during a brief press availability outside a Korean barbecue restaurant in Seoul, South Korea, on June 5, 2026. Chris Jung | Nurphoto | Getty Images Chip stocks sold off on Friday amid mounting concerns over the rising cost of artificial intelligence infrastructure. Intel shed…
Images of mobile devices at the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) Museum of Innovation in Hsinchu, on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022. I-Hwa Cheng | Bloomberg | Getty Images Technology stocks mostly rebounded on Wednesday amid choppy trading following a global selloff in the previous session. Shares of Micron rose 4.89% in premarket trading, and Sandisk…
South Africa does not have a digital talent shortage. What it has is a shortage of work-ready talent. Every year, thousands of young South Africans graduate with degrees, diplomas and certifications across a wide range of ICT and digital qualifications. Yet at the same time, tens of thousands of ICT roles remain vacant. Research by…
Johannesburg skyline New enquiry data from immigration firm New World Immigration (NWI) shows the tech workers approaching it about leaving are in unusual haste – with Johannesburg, not Cape Town, driving the outflow and Australia’s qualification rules quietly deciding who gets out. For most South Africans weighing a move abroad, emigration is a slow-burning question….
Vishal Barapatre, Group Chief Technology Officer at In2IT Technologies. (Image: Supplied) Healthcare is investing heavily in technology, but outcomes do not always improve at the same rate or deliver the desired effect. The issue is rarely a lack of tools. More often, it comes down to the way those tools are designed, connected and maintained….
