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".
MFactory's Smart Desk platform has grown from an internal tool into a customer-facing service management solution, supported by AWS.
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After investing over $819 million in skills development and infrastructure in Africa, AWS commits a further $1.5 billion until 2029.
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CloudZA helps its clients tap AI's potential, and AWS EEIP helped it grow that impact.
ITWeb, First Distribution and AWS are surveying local businesses on their AI progress, investment priorities and barriers to delivering measurable value.
With the growth of independent power producers, electricity wheeling and a wholesale market, SA’s landscape is changing, says SOLA Group.
A key focus of the company's presence at the summit was promoting the Praesignis three-month AWS re/Start cohort.
The fastest way to expose a weakness in your AWS infrastructure may be for your AI strategy to succeed.
The new business will help African companies overcome the gap between AI experimentation and deployment, says AWS.
The basketball-based maths programme targets 10 000 students across five African countries by 2027.
The CRM software firm has announced that its Hyperforce cloud platform is now hosted locally, enabling companies to store data within the AWS SA Region.
Fusion Cloud continuously scans what attackers can see and reach, says Christo Coetzer, founder and MD of BlueVision.
iOCO and AWS team up to help OpenText customers modernise information management environments, strengthen data governance and become AI-ready.