Cape Town will host the 2028 World Robot Olympiad International Final, bringing the flagship competition to the African continent.
Young scientists will compete for prizes at the Eskom Expo International Science Fair, from 29 September to 2 October.
Token prices are falling; enterprise AI bills are not. For South African business, a currency problem no global report mentions makes the gap worse.
Ahead of the ITWeb Cloud Summit 2026, Mr Price Group's Marilize Redelinghuys shares lessons on modernising legacy applications and moving to the cloud.
SA focuses on forging biotechnology, satellite development and green hydrogen partnerships at the China innovation forum.
The pipeline must be bolstered through investment in skills development and international cooperation, says Dr Mlungisi Cele.
South Africa pushes BRICS to create an independent international panel to scientifically evaluate AI, amid heightened attention on the behaviour of AI models.
Enterprise AI delivers value only when it meaningfully improves something for the business, says Wesley Buck, solutions architect at Retro Rabbit/SmarTek21.
MFactory's Smart Desk platform has grown from an internal tool into a customer-facing service management solution, supported by AWS.
After investing over $819 million in skills development and infrastructure in Africa, AWS commits a further $1.5 billion until 2029.
The real opportunity with using AI in software development lies in lowering the cost of experimentation, says Ayesha Bagus, head of people and HR director at KRS.
The old adage, rubbish-in, rubbish-out, applies strongly to AI, so businesses must examine the quality of their data prior to scaling AI projects.