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Education

Manamela’s R149.2bn higher education budget prioritises digital skills

2 days

Incognito allows for sensitive chats. Source: Meta.

Social Media

Meta adds private AI ‘Incognito Chat’ to WhatsApp

14 May 2026

Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

Stocks perched on record peak, dollar defensive on peace hopes

Ankur Banerjee 7 May 2026

Seseko announces 2026 Digital Skills Summit to empower South Africa’s future workforce

Skills Training

Seseko announces 2026 Digital Skills Summit to empower South Africa’s future workforce

Issued by Seseko 8 Apr 2026

Social Media

How Instagram addictiveness lawsuit could reshape social media – platform design meets product liability

Carolina Rossini 12 Mar 2026

Too little, too concentrated: why AI startup funding in Africa needs rethinking

4th Industrial Revolution

Too little, too concentrated: why AI startup funding in Africa needs rethinking

Claire Zanuso 3 Mar 2026

Next Narrative Africa Fund (NNAF) has partnered with Parrot Analytics to leverage world-class analytics to prove that African narratives are a globally undervalued asset class (Image source: © 123rf )

Media

Study to prove African narratives are a globally undervalued asset

5 Feb 2026

South Africa's Orion Minerals selected for BHP’s 2026 Xplor programme

Mining

South Africa's Orion Minerals selected for BHP’s 2026 Xplor programme

2 Feb 2026

New report finds strong growth in AI use among SA adults

4th Industrial Revolution

New report finds strong growth in AI use among SA adults

29 Jan 2026

Starlink's promise in SA: revolution or overhyped fad?

Telecoms & Networks

Starlink's promise in SA: revolution or overhyped fad?

Jens Langenhorst 27 Jan 2026

Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Salesforce chief executive Marc Benioff has stated that he wants AI regulated before more people die (Image source: © Salesforce

Technology

Salesforce CEO calls for AI regulation following “suicide coaches” deaths

22 Jan 2026

Source: usertrmk via

Automotive

Chinese car firm BYD is racing ahead with its electric vehicles. Here’s how more established brands can catch up

Pietro Micheli 23 Dec 2025

Social Media

Australia’s social media ban is now in force. Other countries are closely watching what happens

Lisa M. Given 11 Dec 2025

Wan-Ifra and FIPP merge to tackle media challenges

Media

Wan-Ifra and FIPP merge to tackle media challenges

9 Dec 2025

(Image source: © UNPD Bradly Howland, CEO of Alkemi Collective, says South Africa’s recent hosting of the G20 Summit is a live, high-stakes demonstration of what strategic communication looks like. Pictured: G20 South Africa Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting

PR & Communications

5 communications insights from SA's recent hosting of the G20 Summit

Bradly Howland 1 Dec 2025

Africa’s time is now: Mapping the true landscape of GBVF through technology and innovation

ESG & Sustainability

Africa’s time is now: Mapping the true landscape of GBVF through technology and innovation

Issued by TEARS Foundation 17 Nov 2025

Source: Burak Arslan via

Proptech

AI-powered rental platform to streamline tenant onboarding in SA

29 Oct 2025

The top cities for business travel in Europe

MICE

The top cities for business travel in Europe

Issued by Sure Mithas Travel 17 Oct 2025

Lesaka Technologies announces new executive leadership appointments

Fintech

Lesaka Technologies announces new executive leadership appointments

Issued by Lesaka Technologies 9 Sep 2025

Source: © 123rf Following the inaugural M20 Summit, the Johannesburg Declaration has been formulated with the aim of prioritising information integrity for the public good

Media Freedom

Johannesburg Declaration unapologetic in addressing threats to journalism

5 Sep 2025

Google launches AI Mode in search for users in Africa

Internet

Google launches AI Mode in search for users in Africa

21 Aug 2025

An employee shows a Hershey's chocolate bar made in USA in the "American lifestyle" store in Berlin, Germany, 13 August 2018. Reuters/Fabrizio Bensch/File Photo

Human Rights Law

Hershey, Nestle, other cocoa companies defeat appeal of child slavery lawsuit

Jonathan Stempel 24 Jul 2025

Image credit: Jonas Von Werne on Pexels

Energy

UN's António Guterres urges world leaders to fast-track clean energy

24 Jul 2025

IP Law

Training AI with copyrighted books ruled ‘fair use’ in US: Implications for SA

Kate Beretta and Ashleigh Brink 10 Jul 2025

“If you’re broke, you can’t be boring.”: Mariska Oosthuizen, chief marketing officer at Sanlam

Financial Services

“If you’re broke, you can’t be boring.”: Mariska Oosthuizen, chief marketing officer at Sanlam

Issued by Sanlam Fintech 30 May 2025

The strategic role of colour in the modern South African workplace

Interior Design

The strategic role of colour in the modern South African workplace

Tandi Jacobs, Issued by Catchwords 29 Apr 2025

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Legislation & Regulation

Kenya launches national strategy for responsible AI development

3 Apr 2025

Are the glory days of German carmakers gone forever?

Dealers

Are the glory days of German carmakers gone forever?

Pietro Micheli 14 Mar 2025

DUO Marketing + Communications joins Collectivist as African member agency

Marketing

DUO Marketing + Communications joins Collectivist as African member agency

Issued by DUO Marketing + Communications 14 Mar 2025

Media

MDPMI provisional report findings against tech giants - Google, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, X, TikTok

25 Feb 2025

Ziaad Suleman is also a board member at Collective X, a digital skill lobby.

Technology

Cassava shuffles leadership deck, Ziaad Suleman new SA CEO

Lindsey Schutters 17 Feb 2025

Health and well-being trends in 2025

Trends

Health and well-being trends in 2025

6 Feb 2025

Yesh Surjoodeen is managing director of HP Southern and Central Africa

Trends

#BizTrends2025: African innovation depends on investment and protecting intellectual property

Yesh Surjoodeen 5 Feb 2025

Marketing

Retail becomes a data powerhouse as it turns into a dominant ad platform

Kevin Gray 5 Feb 2025

Education

From chalkboards to chatbots: AI in the 2025 classroom

Herkulaas MvE Combrink 24 Jan 2025

Branding

Apple the world’s most valuable brand… again

22 Jan 2025

Source: Supplied. Tivon Loubser, co-fund manager, MeTTa Capital.

Financial Services

New asset class in SA: First secondaries fund launched

14 Jan 2025

Source: © 123rf Local companies have joined the AI Leadership Coalition in South Africa working groups to drive strategic AI utilisation in marketing

Artificial Intelligence

Local companies join MMA's ALC to drive strategic AI utilisation in marketing

18 Nov 2024

Optimism in an age of AI by Musa Kalenga

Advertising

Optimism in an age of AI by Musa Kalenga

Musa Kalenga, Issued by Brave Group 1 Nov 2024

Smart cities in South Africa – the role of technology in urban development

Technology

Smart cities in South Africa – the role of technology in urban development

Issued by ASUS 29 Oct 2024

Squarespace was gaining market share after the recent Wordpress drama

Internet

Permira takes Squarespace private in $7bn deal

Lindsey Schutters 18 Oct 2024

Thriving SMEs are built by thriving people

SMEs

Thriving SMEs are built by thriving people

Issued by Lula 10 Oct 2024

How Richfield balances theory and hands-on learning for high employability

Higher Education

How Richfield balances theory and hands-on learning for high employability

Issued by Richfield 7 Oct 2024

Fintech

FSDAi Nyala Facility's $1m boosts rising African fintech

23 Sep 2024

Medtech

AI revolutionises South African healthcare, setting a global benchmark

13 Sep 2024

President and CEO Jaehoon Chang

Manufacturing & Parts

Hyundai path to future paved with hydrogen, software, and digital twins

Lindsey Schutters 3 Sep 2024