The Independent Communications Authority of SA expands its regulatory approach, as satellite connectivity, cloud computing and AI reshape the digital infrastructure landscape.
For decades, we have treated encryption as a mathematical fortress, but we are entering a new era – Post-AI Cryptography.
Orca Fraud CEO Thalia Pillay warns financial institutions to move beyond perimeter security in the age of AI.
South Africa’s wireless open access network never achieved its ambition, but that does not mean the underlying objective was wrong.
Roughly 1 200 agents coordinated an intrusion in July. They were not self-sovereign, and the difference is the part that should concern boards.
Lawyers present hallucinated cases, a judge had ChatGPT reconcile car payments and another tested it on dubious citations, while experts say judges must stay accountable.
The affordance lens exposes the harms that capability-talk hides, as the most consequential governance risk in enterprise AI today is not a rogue chatbot.
South Africa is identified as among the emerging data centre markets competing for capacity, as established EMEA hubs face growing land and power constraints.
Projections are closer to 150 000 additional jobs beyond current levels by 2030, says industry body BPESA.
The company expands its data and AI practice, as South African banks, insurers and telcos move AI projects from pilots into production.
A modern data foundation guarantees data is trusted, governed and understood long before it hits a report or feeds an AI model.
AI regulation should not slow innovation, but ensure it protects people and promotes fairness so that the benefits of AI are broadly shared.
AWS bets $2.3bn on Africa, MTN's AI vs data thieves & more | ITWeb Tech Headlines | 7–12 Sept 2026
These are the stories making headlines on ITWeb this week. Consulting firm IQbusiness is balancing a run of targeted acquisitions and offshore expansion into the UK and Middle East with a deliberately cautious approach to AI, with CEO Rob Godlonton warning that companies deploying the technology without solid digital foundations simply generate "AI vomit".
ITWeb TV: IQbusiness CEO on why SA firms should avoid ‘AI vomit’ | Ep #155
In this episode of ITWeb TV, Rob Godlonton, CEO of IQbusiness, warns against businesses using artificial intelligence simply to adopt emerging technologies. He describes poorly considered AI-generated output as “AI vomit”.
ITWeb TV: People have become very distracted by LLMs | Ep #154
Pelonomi Moiloa, CEO and co-founder of SA start-up Lelapa AI, says they are building AI solutions that are efficient and relevant for the African context, with plans to expand language support and grow revenue to sustain their mission.