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Hidden digital voter manipulation ahead of 2026 elections

Local voters will enter the 2026 elections with fewer safeguards against online manipulation and discriminatory political adverts than their global counterparts, says CODE.

Next-gen education: Zila Tech drives transformation with Google Education and Chromebooks

With Google Workspace for Education and Chromebooks imported by Zila Tech, Kenyan schools have access to streamlined new environments that are secure, simple and cost-effective to manage.

Ex-Google VP joins Naspers board

The company appoints computer engineer Arnold Goldberg as an independent non-executive director.

SA teens swap Google for AI skincare advice

South Africa has one dermatologist per 250 000 people and teens are filling the gap with ChatGPT, to the alarm of skin specialists.

Google opens Hustle Academy 2026 registration

Small business owners, entrepreneurs and students in SA, Kenya and Nigeria can register for free access to the training sessions.

AI accelerates Google Search usage, query volumes

Search had a strong quarter with AI driving usage, queries at an all-time high and 19% revenue growth, says CEO Sundar Pichai.

Google backs SA start-ups tackling African challenges

Two South African start-ups join Google’s Africa accelerator after beating nearly 2 600 applicants in a competitive selection process.

ANALYSIS: Big Tech sets AI to catch AI

AI companies are holding back models that could be used in cyber attacks, instead deploying them to build defence systems.

Nutanix makes play with agentic AI, bare-metal Kubernetes

The challenge with agentic AI is no longer choosing a model and building agents, but the complexity of managing the infrastructure to run thousands of agents securely.

Ex‑OpenAI, Google experts intro AI app builder in SA

The new generative AI platform helps entrepreneurs and aspiring developers build and deploy full‑stack apps with Guided Mode.

Google adds African languages to AI search tools

Support for 13 African languages aims to make AI-powered search more accessible to millions of African users.

Top cloud service providers reach combined $710bn capex

The ‘big-eight’ cloud service providers’ capital expenditure will see a year-on-year increase of 61%, says TrendForce.