Business Tech

How SA’s data centres unlock economic growth

Questions are raised around energy and water, but impact on business, investment, innovation and public services...

Stress-test for
Black Friday now

Getting ready for the big shopping day in November is too late to make a difference,...

SA takes third in G20
startup growth

South Africa’s startup ecosystem grew 31.3% in StartupBlink’s 2026 index, trailing only Saudi Arabia and Türkiye...

ICT finance can help
SMEs thrive

The gap between winning work and getting paid is the most solvable problem facing South Africa’s...

SA venture capital
finds the tech exit

Two studies suggest South African start-up investing is beginning to produce the returns needed to draw...

Huawei SA invites sign-ups for Women in Tech

The theme of "Small Business. Big Intelligence" signals that growth in the AI economy is built...

SME funding gap is not about success

SMEs are regularly rejected for funding, even when their businesses are profitable because the system wasn’t...

SA’s compliance industry draws a line in the sand

Now comes the hard part, as the country still faces a serious money laundering challenge, writes...

Can South Africa trust
ESG reports?

As funding, investment and regulatory scrutiny intensify, the real risk is not disclosure, but proof. FTSE...

Three more days for Amazon Prime Day

Amazon offers a glimpse of some of the exclusive products, trending finds, and biggest savings Amazon...

Everyday tech has
hidden impact

We often overlook the impact of everyday printing, writes BELLA TOBING, Epson head of corporate sustainability...

Millions lost. No
one noticed.

Equipment loses value while nobody is paying attention, writes RYAN LURIE, general manager at Dispose-IT.

SA ‘scale-ups’ grow 40 times faster than the rest

These businesses use technology to solve mass market problems around financial access, education, logistics, and digital...

Booming SA youth side hustles face credit gap

AI-driven lending can break the “credit ceiling”, writes ESHMAEL MPABANGA, Southern Africa regional head and SVP...

We’ve been in the office 300 years.
What’s changed?

In a report marking the tricentenary of the world’s first purpose-built office, AI is named biggest...

Beware the amnesia effect in business

It’s time for businesses to stop treating customers like strangers, writes MARTIE DE BEER, chief revenue...

Quantum 5 years away, but testing begins

Forrester's report on the top emerging technologies of 2026 sees quantum's earliest gains emerging in optimisation...