AI Boom Sends PC Prices Soaring Across Africa | ITWeb Tech Headlines 26 – 31 October 2026
These are the stories making headlines on ITWeb this week. Soaring demand for memory to power AI infrastructure is pushing up computer prices across Africa, with IDC forecasting a 25% drop in African PC shipments in the third quarter of 2026, IDC senior research analyst Isaac Ngatia told ITWeb TV.
B-BBEE ownership need not be a nightmare. Understanding the three scoring areas makes the road ahead clearer.
A single page shows what a company's level earns with customers and what the programme behind it should cost after recoveries.
B-BBEE shouldn’t suddenly become important a few weeks before financial year end, says Bee Equal.
Linkup Youth is a YES Programme management partner that helps businesses implement the programme.
Bee-Equal develops customised solutions that align with each client's business objectives, operational requirements and financial realities.
The company says the milestone underscores its commitment to meaningful transformation, inclusive economic participation and sustainable socio-economic development.
The company is still recognised as a level one contributor, which means customers will be able to reflect the maximum of 135% of their procurement spend on their scorecard.
Using equity equivalents to let huge vendors avoid B-BBEE relies on a magic trick, writes ITWeb contributor Phillip de Wet.
The company's Project Management Office has been recognised as ‘highly commended’ and runner-up for PMO of the Year.
SA’s universities are “doing a fantastic job” producing ICT skills and Tata Consultancy Services sees this as a growth opportunity, says regional director Langa Dube.
The CTU Training Solutions Corporate Bursary Partnership is designed to help businesses meet B-BBEE, skills development and workplace skills plan objectives.
If ICASA were to allow companies to utilise EEIPs, as envisioned by the B-BBEE Act, Starlink would immediately apply for its necessary licences in SA, says the firm.