ITWeb TV 2025 Wrap-Up: Top Tech Talks on AI, Connectivity & Skills | Ep #128
In 2025, ITWeb TV produced an impressive 45 videos featuring South Africa's top tech leaders, policymakers, and innovators. Hosts Sim Mzekandaba and Sam Mungadze wrapped up the year by reflecting on their standout interviews, highlighting key themes shaping the country's digital future: the transformative potential of AI across Africa, the urgent need to modernize outdated ICT policies, bridging rural connectivity gaps through satellite tech and school STEM hubs.
John Kamara will outline AI's progress on the continent and the importance of building an autonomous African knowledge economy.
ITWeb TV: AI needs to be relevant to the business and to Africa | Episode 123
In this episode of ITWeb TV, John Kamara, founder and CEO, AI Centre of Excellence, discusses Africa's evolving AI landscape, why the continent must ignore the global 'hype train' and focus on localised, relevant solutions to bridge the knowledge divide and create jobs. To achieve this, he says that AI must be used to transform education and that corporates must support local startups to foster innovation and job creation.
The companies teamed up for a Work 4.1 Summit where they unveiled the PDI model – people, data infrastructure.
With everyone talking about AI and the potential it holds, a group of industry experts at Africa Tech Week unpacked the impact of this trend.