Analysis

South Africa’s manufacturing and labour markets moving in a positive d...

South Africa’s manufacturing sector is showing encouraging signs of renewed resilience as we close out 2024. The PMI rose to 52.8 in September, signalling expansion and marking a step forward after a year of mixed p...

Is ESG taking priority over IT transformation in African enterprises?

Digital transformation agendas and their sustainability commitments are often in conflict with each other, where increasing demand for AI solutions, as well as data centre and network capacity needed to support AI...

The evolution of AI is truly mind-blowing

AI is key to developing the networks of tomorrow. It enhances communication technologies, supports extended reality, reduced capability devices, and boosts network energy efficiency. AI has been critical in the...

Chasing technology trends will not guarantee success for African enterprises

True innovation is not about adopting technology for its own sake. It is about leveraging it to create meaningful change and instead of starting with technology, start with establishing exactly where you want to...

Do African consumers want to use cash, digital, or both?

With influx of fintech companies innovating to bring products and services to unbanked and banked segments of African societies, one might be tempted to declare that cash is dead. However, fintech that are...

AI can boost Africa’s migration to sustainable energies

While fossil fuels are still a key energy producer in South Africa, the shift toward renewable energy is inevitable. While South Africa has made strides in wind, solar, hydropower, scaling these solutions has been...

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