Lelapa AI's Ambitious Growth Plan | ITWeb Tech Headlines | 31 Aug – 5 Sept 2026
These are the stories making headlines on ITWeb this week. South African AI start-up Lelapa AI is expanding its Vulavula platform with text-to-speech capabilities and new languages beyond Africa, as it builds efficient AI models tailored for African languages. Meanwhile, Discovery Bank posted its first full year of profit, with normalised operating profit of R370 million and client numbers growing 26% to 1.57 million, as it leans on AI to power its new "super bank" strategy.
Implats is pushing ahead with generative AI, while addressing a cyber breach that remains on the platinum miner’s risk agenda.
The power utility has strengthened its prepaid system through several key measures, including tighter cyber security.
The impact of a cyber breach can also be determined through the nature and size of the business and its level of preparation.
Regular simulation sessions offer the best way of testing how ready an organisation is to respond to a cyber breach over time.
The power utility blocks up to one billion cyber security incidents per month that could have turned into cyber attacks, says CISO Sithembile Songo.
Planning and practise make perfect in today's world, as every organisation has to be ready to respond effectively to a cyber breach.
The Companies and Intellectual Property Commission completes maintenance of core IT systems following last week’s cyber attack.
The costs of implementing robust cyber security measures can be significant, but are an essential investment in the business.
Cyber insurance allows access to the correct channel of service providers needed to recover fully from a cyber incident, says ITOO.
Most South African organisations believe C-level executives should be held accountable for data breaches, a survey finds.