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 country unveils the first prototype fuel cell forklift and refuelling station at Impala Refining Services in Springs.
Barnstone delivered various programme implementation initiatives, contributing to the success of the Morokotso Trust's first share vesting.
Computer Sciences Corporation has implemented a Web-enabled legal asset register to enable Impala Platinum to manage mineral rights information.