Africa’s moment: Can the continent lead the global AI governance revolution?
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Daniel Novitzkas, co-founder and chairman of Specno.
em 03/09/2025
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South Africa introduces AI-Powered teaching robot IRIS in Durban
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Editorial
em 25/08/2025
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MARKET & INDUSTRY
The Department of Science, Technology and Innovation has launched IRIS, the country’s first AI teaching robot, designed to support multilingual learning across all grade levels....
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Bridging gaps for better cybersecurity: Timely and effective Threat Intelligence is a priority for IT professionals
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Editorial
em 21/08/2025
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IT SECURITY
The findings reveal that while an overwhelming majority (81%) of organisations in the Middle East, Turkiye, and Africa (META) region and 80% in South Africa, are satisfied with their available threat intelligence, there is still significant room for impro...
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Creatio and Appyzie join forces to globally accelerate AI-powered automation
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Editorial
em 21/08/2025
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TECH NEWS
New partnership helps organizations streamline CRM and operations with AI-native no-code platform and local delivery expertise...
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South African University brings AI into cancer care planning
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Editorial
em 20/08/2025
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MARKET & INDUSTRY
The University of the Free State and Universitas Academic Hospital in Bloemfontein are applying artificial intelligence to radiotherapy planning, aiming to expand timely access to treatment for cancer patients....
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Google launches R1 million startup accelerator program for South African AI companies
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Editorial
em 19/08/2025
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TECH NEWS
Three-month hybrid program targets Seed to Series A technology startups using artificial intelligence and machine learning. Selected companies receive equity-free funding plus Google Cloud credits and technical mentorship through December 2025....
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Microsoft integrates OpenAI's GPT-5 across enterprise and consumer platforms
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Editorial
em 19/08/2025
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TECH NEWS
Technology company rolls out OpenAI's GPT-5 system across Microsoft 365 Copilot, GitHub Copilot, and Azure AI Foundry platforms. Integration provides users with reasoning capabilities and coding improvements through automated model routing system....
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IBM report: middle east data breach costs down
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Editorial
em 18/08/2025
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IT SECURITY
IBM’s annual Cost of a Data Breach report reveals AI adoption, encryption and DevSecOps strategies helped reduce breach costs but financial, energy and healthcare sectors remain most exposed....
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How Pick n Pay uses SAP and AI to compete in South Africa’s retail race
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Editorial
em 13/08/2025
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MARKET & INDUSTRY
Pick n Pay is betting on technology to regain market share, from SAP-powered inventory insights to AI-driven personalisation. Its revamped asap! app, integrated with the retailer’s broader ecosystem, is part of a turnaround strategy now showing earl...
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Fortinet reports second quarter 2025 financial results
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Editorial
em 07/08/2025
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IT SECURITY
Cybersecurity company posts double-digit growth, raises full-year guidance, and strengthens market leadership across key Gartner reports....
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Cymulate reveals new exposure management platform
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Editorial
em 06/08/2025
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IT SECURITY
Now CISOs and SecOps can optimize their CTEM programs and improve resilience through continuous threat validation, exposure prioritization and automatic remediation...
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Over half of security experts overwhelmed managing cybersecurity tools from multiple vendors
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Editorial
em 06/08/2025
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IT SECURITY
The majority of companies (78%) surveyed in South Africa and in the Middle East, Turkiye, and Africa (META) region, rely on multi-vendor ecosystems despite the fact that such fragmented security solutions lead to operational and financial strains. Such fi...
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Blue Turtle partners with Dataiku
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Editorial
em 22/07/2025
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NEWS
A new platform partnership makes it easier for businesses to build, deploy, and govern Al at scale, turning ambition into action across every department....
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Creatio launches AI-Powered release for financial services
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Editorial
em 22/07/2025
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TECH NEWS
The release introduces a comprehensive set of enhanced, ready-to-use banking workflows, new AI agents designed to boost performance, and advanced no-code configuration tools
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AI market intelligence platform Rwazi secures $12M Series A to scale global data operations
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Editorial
em 21/07/2025
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TECH NEWS
Mauritius-founded startup expands simulation capabilities and AI copilot technology to serve global brands with real-time consumer insights...
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Infor announces strategic collaboration with Amazon Web Services to propel generative AI innovations
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Editorial
em 21/07/2025
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NEWS
The partnership combines Infor's industry-specific expertise across 2,000 micro verticals with AWS's cloud and AI capabilities, including Amazon Bedrock, to deliver tailored solutions for manufacturing, healthcare, and other sectors....
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South African-Born Cerebrium raises $8.5M to simplify multimodal AI deployment
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Editorial
em 17/07/2025
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TECH NEWS
With a lean team and a serverless approach, Cerebrium is helping developers deploy AI applications at scale, all while showing the global potential of African tech talent.
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Scan or Scam? Kaspersky experts warn of the risks hidden behind QR codes
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Editorial
em 15/07/2025
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IT SECURITY
People use them to open websites, download apps, collect loyalty programme points, make payments and transfer money, and even for charity donations...
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Creatio Partners with HakTrak
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Editorial
em 15/07/2025
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TECH NEWS
HakTrak to deliver Creatio’s AI-native no-code platform to help secure and modernize critical operations across the region
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Kaspersky uncovers $500K crypto heist through malicious packages
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Editorial
em 11/07/2025
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IT SECURITY
Kaspersky GReAT (Global Research and Analysis Team) experts have discovered open-source packages that download the Quasar backdoor and a stealer designed to exfiltrate cryptocurrency. The malicious packages are intended for the Cursor development environm...
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