Business Tech

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...

Side hustles go big in SA

As part-time businesses grow, so do the challenges around payments, delivery, admin and customer trust. Now...

Code contest a win for spaza shops

The finalists in the Huawei Developer Competition Code4Mzansi developed solutions rooted in the realities people move...

Sea Monster wins global entrepreneurship deal

A South African game-based learning company has landed a King’s Trust partnership across six countries, writes...

Quality gap closes in South African telecoms

New subscriber analysis shows MTN gaining on market-leader Vodacom, write BHURHAN KAMAL and SYLWIA KECHICHE, vice...

SA brands sweep global loyalty awards

Winners of the 2026 International Loyalty Awards, presented in the US, include eBucks, Vodacom, Foschini Group,...

Amazon launches sellers incubator for SA women

The incubator is designed to empower South African women-led manufacturing businesses to build sustainable, globally competitive...

Does your 9-year-old want
to build a business?

A free 5-week entrepreneurship challenge will help children aged 9–16 launch real ventures, with guidance from...

SA nears gender parity in business leadership

Challenge is now ensuring women have an influence on the shape of leadership, a Grant Thornton...

‘Near enough’ location data
costs SA retailers millions

Global postal code models are a "non-starter" for the local informal economy, says geospatial information company...

Mzansi code contest
kicks off 

The Huawei Developer Competition, Code4Mzansi, brings together the South African government as well as some of...

SA small publishers get second funding chance

A new grant programme also supports early-stage publishers on their digital transformation journey.

Amazon Lens debuts image-based shopping in SA

Customers can now find products even when they don’t know what to search for, by snapping...