by Kathy Gibson | Jul 10, 2026 | Trends and Analysis
While connectivity has become the lifeblood of businesses and households, with a growing addressable market offering attractive opportunities for SMEs and innovative businesses to scale in the sector, there is a tension between South Africa’s need for job creation and...
by Kathy Gibson | Jul 10, 2026 | Thought Leadership
South Africa graduated 220,758 students from its public universities last year, and more than a million are enrolled in higher education – more graduates than at any point in the country’s history. By Leon Smalberger, CEO of the Academic Institute of Excellence...
by Kathy Gibson | Jul 10, 2026 | Thought Leadership
By now, much has been written about the lack of certainty that characterises the current business environment. By John Mlangeni, FNB Merchant Services CEO But, while many businesses are left reeling by currency fluctuations, unexpected geopolitical developments or...
by Kathy Gibson | Jul 10, 2026 | Trends and Analysis
AI will not simply automate tasks, it will fundamentally reshape the architecture of management itself, forcing SME leaders to develop entirely new capabilities to govern hybrid human-AI workforces. THis is one of the finding from a new thought leadership white paper...
by Kathy Gibson | Jul 10, 2026 | Thought Leadership
November 2025: A single fibre break in Elsies River severed the link between two Cape Town data centres, pulling Discord, OpenAI, and YouTube offline for South African users for an entire morning. By Leonie Stanley, operations director of Euphoria Telecom The culprit?...
