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Soweto Class of 2026 gripped by AI

Fifty years after the June 16, 1976 Uprising, the Class of 2026 in Soweto is focused on mastering artificial intelligence. This shift comes as former SA statistician-general Dr…

Singularity Summit South Africa 2026 deepens the conversation on quantum computing, AI and human potential

As quantum computing edges closer to practical reality and artificial intelligence continues to accelerate, Singularity South Africa has announced another wave of influential…

Dependency trap: Artificial intelligence is not a borderless equaliser but a centralised engine of geopolitical stratification. Photo: Supplied

Geopolitical realignment and the Global South AI divide

The international community is finalising frameworks for the UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance, but a stark technological cleavage has emerged. The Global North uses advanced…

Food for thought: Senegal’s first female military pilot Mame Rokhaya Lo speaking during one of the panel discussions. Photo: Marion Smith

Apsaco 2026 reflects on Africa’s security

The 10th African Peace and Security Annual Conference (Apsaco) in Rabat, Morocco, reviewed a decade of Africa's evolving security landscape. Experts discussed persistent…

Connecting young South Africans to opportunity

Connection creates opportunity. Opportunity drives progress. At its heart, connection is about access: access to information, skills, markets and networks that help people move…

Navigating the Digital Shift: The Rise of Online Betting in South Africa

South Africa’s digital landscape is evolving rapidly, driven by technological innovation, changing consumer behavior, and a convergence of traditional industries with modern…

Yoco launches its biggest update yet

Yoco announces its most significant product launch to date, introducing over 20 new features, a major rate cut, and a first look at Yoco AI. This marks the company's evolution…

Pope Leo is calling upon our African youth to be more vigilant about AI’s risks to humanity, to use it responsibly and institute AI governance tenets to avoid getting lost in agendas of transhumanism and post-humanism.

‘Magnifica Humanitas’: What Pope Leo XIV’s theological document about AI means to Africa’s Gen Z

Pope Leo XIV's first encyclical, "Magnifica Humanitas," released in May 2025, is sparking global debate. This theological document, a new social doctrine of the Catholic Church,…

From exile to engineering: Why Ekurhuleni needs a University of Applied Science 

Mohlabani Kgosana, son of anti-apartheid exile Philip Kgosana, reflects on his family's journey and India's remarkable industrial transformation. He argues that South Africa must…

International Finance Corporation managing director Makhtar Diop speaking at the Africa CEO Forum in Kigali
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African SMEs face finance, fragmentation and succession crisis, warns IFC chief

At the Africa CEO Forum in Kigali, Makhtar Diop calls for bold investment, private sector leadership and structural reforms

Gen Z’s expectations of work have been shaped by a very different social and technological environmen

If organisations want Gen Z talent, they must rethink workplace culture

Gen Z’s expectations of work have been shaped by a very different social and technological environment. Many entered adulthood during a period marked by global uncertainty,…

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Technology is reshaping, not replacing, human value

Automation is freeing people to focus on areas that truly require human intelligence in the form of creativity, innovation, empathy and problem-solving

Optasia celebrating its listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE). Photos: Standard Bank

African-founded firm, Optasia, becomes most extensive fintech JSE listing

Optasia is targeting new markets in India, Indonesia, and the Philippines as it aims to secure a billion customers worldwide

Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Blade Nzimande, speaking at the 4th International Conference on Public Health in Africa (CPHIA 2025), hailed a new pan-African plan to boost regional manufacturing of vaccines and other drugs as a “truly historic development”.
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‘Turn crisis into opportunity,’ say African health leaders

Calls mount for African solutions to respond to the vaccine cuts and the need for a broad system-wide approach to vaccine production in Africa, and for innovative financing for…

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Mzansi Unicorns: Tinashe Ruzane founder of Fexclub, a vehicle subscription platform – Podcast episode 3

Mzansi Unicorns is a podcast spotlighting exceptional South Africans making a global impact across culture, business, sport, and social change.

Japan went through a process of transforming from a country with a weak agricultural base to the success that it is today. Photo: File

Africa-Japan: Reflections on Tokyo International Conference on African Development

Africa can take a leaf out of Japan’s book: power need not be a zero sum game; economic modernisation focused on diversification, domestication and indigenising modernity; to…

Emotional growth: Through social media, films, podcasts and online forums, we are exposed daily to alternative models of parenting from around the world.

In a therapy session with my African father

The difficulty many African parents have in apologising to their children, and their emotional distance, is linked to generational and technological shifts

The new apartheid is decentralised, encrypted in algorithms, and cloaked in the language of economic rationality and legal formalism and it’s not only in South Africa. Photo: File

The mask of apartheid – privatisation

The state once enforced exclusion through law, now racial inequality is decentralised and enforced by private actors through economics, technology, the law, capital and technology

The Centre for Advanced Training and Innovative Research (CATIR) — a joint initiative between United States-based biotechnology company Thermo Fisher Scientific, the South African Medical Research Council and the department of science, innovation and technology was unveiled on 16 July. (@ma_mohapeloa/X)

New science hub bridges lab-skills gap for underprivileged students

The facility aims to equip future scientists with skills to lead research and healthcare advancements in the country

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Digital technology must speak African languages

Governments use digital platforms to communicate with society but, on a continent with more than 2 000 languages, it remains stubbornly monolinguistic