Security challenge comes down to talent

by | Jul 10, 2026 | Thought Leadership

Cybersecurity has become a vital enabler of business resilience, digital growth and customer trust. By Boland Lithebe, cybersecurity lead and Shiksha Benimadho, talent and organisation lead for Accenture, South Africa Yet many organisations are discovering that their...
Why is youth unemployment still so high?

Why is youth unemployment still so high?

by | 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...
SMEs need certainty – not compexity

SMEs need certainty – not compexity

by | 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...
Resilience is the new innovation for SMEs

Resilience is the new innovation for SMEs

by | 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?...
The role of AI PCs in the creative economy

The role of AI PCs in the creative economy

by | Jul 10, 2026 | Thought Leadership

South Africa’s creative economy is entering a new phase of transformation, shaped by digital acceleration, more distributed ways of working and the rapid rise of AI-enabled tools. By Raghav Koorichh, director, CSG category and product for CEEMETA at Dell Technologies...