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ROBOTICS

Singularity Summit South Africa 2026 announces robotics, AI and investment pioneers

Singularity South Africa has announced an exciting new group of world-leading speakers for its 2026 Summit in Johannesburg. In collaboration with Old Mutual and UBU, the event…

  • singularity
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AI

AI is reshaping the workplace faster than graduates expect

Global companies are rapidly integrating AI and increasing investment, with demand for AI skills soaring. For South African graduates, this means AI fluency is now a baseline…

  • Ravika Sookraj
4 min read
TECHNOLOGY

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…

  • Singularity
4 min read
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AI

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

  • Maureen Phiri
4 min read
South Africa’s push for a permanent Y20 council met strong resistance, exposing divisions on climate, gender and technology and leaving the forum without a final communiqué
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

G20’s youth forum split over wording and accountability structure

For the first time in 14 years, the G20 youth engagement group (Y20) closed its summit last week without issuing a communiqué — the set of recommendations that usually feeds into…

  • Nkateko Joseph Mabasa
5 min read