AI cuts Absa’s debt review turnaround | ITWeb Tech Headlines | 2 - 7 November 2026
These are the stories making headlines on ITWeb this week. Absa has reduced debt review processing from four days to one using AI, as the big-four bank moves the technology from experimentation into live operations. Meanwhile, township fibre uptake could climb from about 15% to 70% within a year, compared with 40% to 50% in suburbia, according to Accelerit Technologies CEO Mandla Ngcobo. In addition, Lesaka Technologies has built its pending acquisition of Bank Zero into its full-year forecast.
AI Boom Sends PC Prices Soaring Across Africa | ITWeb Tech Headlines 26 – 31 October 2026
These are the stories making headlines on ITWeb this week. Soaring demand for memory to power AI infrastructure is pushing up computer prices across Africa, with IDC forecasting a 25% drop in African PC shipments in the third quarter of 2026, IDC senior research analyst Isaac Ngatia told ITWeb TV.
ITWeb Honours SA’s Top CIOs of 2026 | ITWeb Tech Headlines, 19 - 24 October 2026
These are the stories making headlines on ITWeb this week. Transnet group CIO Pandelani Munyai and Absa's Jochem Melis, CIO of cloud, infrastructure and core platforms, were named the top public and private sector CIOs at the ITWeb Brainstorm CIO Awards 2026, with Sanlam's Theo Mabaso receiving an honourable mention.