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Guard jealously: Africa must move at pace with other nations seeking to protect data as a strategic asset. Photo: Dragos Condrea

Africa’s data, the new sovereignty frontier

Data sovereignty refers to the principle that all data is subject to the laws and regulations of the nation state or jurisdiction in which it is collected. This concept gained prominence in the early 2010s following the Edward Snowden revelations about mass surveillance by the United States

Scaling ambition: Microsoft’s Mission Next EEIP unlocks growth for South Africa’s high impact SMMEs

For more than thirty years, Microsoft has played a pivotal role in shaping South Africa’s digital evolution – moving far beyond its reputation as a global technology provider to become a strategic catalyst for digital and economic transformation.  Today, the pace of digitalisation and the rise of the Fourth Industrial Revolution have reshaped what it […]

Ikamva Digital, a digital skilling platform co-developed by Microsoft Elevate and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), was officially launched on Tuesday at Microsoft South Africa’s headquarters in Bryanston, Johannesburg. (Flickr)

Microsoft launches AI partnership to empower TVET educators and students

The initiative is supported by the department of higher education and training, underscoring the government’s commitment to digital transformation in education, alongside a network of implementation partners

US President Donald Trump. Photo: Supplied

There is no genocide in South Africa – but there is billionaire disinformation

The scene in the Oval Office reflected the apartheid of the excessively wealthy, supported by Big Tech that peddles lies of white genocide, and the poor

Artificial intelligence does not evolve gradually.  It jumps. It produces quiet plateaus followed by discontinuities that shock incumbents, confuse forecasters and reorder competitive landscapes.

The mirage of AI: South Africa’s reality check on the tech ‘utopia’

Automation, driven by artificial intelligence, threatens jobs for low-skilled and semi-skilled workers and these groups are also subjected to higher interest rates and unfavourable lending conditions

US President Donald Trump’s land-for-peace formula feeds into Russian President Vladimir Putin’s revanchism. Photo: File

Markets reel as Trump’s tariffs take a toll

The president’s tariffs were intended to assert US dominance, but they are increasingly a self-inflicted wound that may undermine the economic strength he champions

Opposition parties have slammed the department of defence and state-owned military manufacturer Denel after the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) told parliament it had uncovered irregularities in procurements and the awarding of contracts

Political parties slate defence department, Denel after SIU uncovers procurement irregularities

In one Special Investigating Unit inquiry, Denel was paid more than R8 billion by Armscor for 264 Badger vehicles but only produced a fraction of those

HONOR is punching above its weight

The brand is confident it will continue its growth in the local mobile industry

Onyi Nwaneri, Deputy CEO of Afrika Tikkun

Youth development group sparks debate: Is South Africa fighting a skills shortage or a jobs shortage?

Afrika Tikkun and Microsoft unite South African businesses to revolutionise youth employability and close the skills gap