Features - Channelwise

Limited control, rising dependencies leave enterprises exposed

Aug 17, 2026

As enterprises embed AI deeper into core business operations, most organisations remain locked into AI systems they cannot easily change, reinforcing the growing importance of AI sovereignty to maintain business continuity and performance. Based on insights from 1 000...

Women are embracing AI in the workplace

Aug 7, 2026

South African women are narrowing the artificial intelligence (AI) skills gap with their male counterparts. This is according to the its Pnet Job Market Trends Report for August 2026, based on an analysis of 1,5-million jobseeker profiles. Men account for around two...

SA tops Africa’s AI charts

Aug 7, 2026

South African enterprises are deploying AI at a scale no other African country has matched. The 2026 Global Outsourcing AI Readiness Index, published by Ataraxis, ranks the world’s top 25 outsourcing destinations on AI adoption, workforce literacy, enterprise...

AI drives new skills development, training and certification needs

Aug 7, 2026

As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes pervasive in all aspects of business, across the range of verticals, companies are looking for the best ways to ensure their people have the necessary skills. Loraine Vorster, vice-president of independent certification...

Resellers must evolve to stay relevant in the AI era

Aug 7, 2026

AI adoption is not simply a technology upgrade: it is simultaneously an engineering challenge and a business transformation journey – and organisations that treat it as anything less are setting themselves up to fail. This is according to Sasha...

Are you ready for agentic AI attacks?

Aug 3, 2026

The window between vulnerability disclosure and exploitation is disappearing. What organisations once measured in weeks is increasingly measured in days and, in some cases, hours. Andre den Hond, a cyber security professional and Solutions Architect at Arctic Wolf,...

The One HP Advantage: Turning HP technology into practical channel-ready solutions

Aug 3, 2026

For many South African businesses, the technology conversation has moved beyond choosing a notebook, printer or accessory in isolation. Customers want secure, productive and easy-to-manage environments that support hybrid work, protect data, simplify deployment and...

How to stop your sales IP from walking out the door

Jul 31, 2026

For multiple South African businesses, sales representatives are the lifeblood of business growth – even business survival in a turbulent economy. As if business isn’t tough enough right now, especially in the manufacturing, wholesale and distribution sectors,...

New channel opportunities as AI becomes pervasive

Jul 24, 2026

Artificial intelligence has quickly moved beyond the hype stage and is taking root in just about every business process, in every vertical market. Not since the Internet has a technology had such a profound effect, changing the way people work, live and play –...

What are today’s AI use cases?

Jul 24, 2026

In the second part of our feature on AI and the channel opportunity, we asked our panel what the main AI use cases are today, and where they expect AI adoption to scale to long-term. Ebrahim Essop, senior automation solution manager at Nedbank CIA Robotics...

Are customers seeing value from AI?

Jul 24, 2026

In third part of the feature on AI and the channel, we asked if South African or African companies are seeing value from their AI investments yet. Werner Herbst, MD of First Distribution Yes, but primarily in isolated use cases rather than at enterprise scale....

What’s holding AI adoption back?

Jul 24, 2026

In the fourth part of the AI and the channel article, we asked what’s holding back those companies that are not getting full value. Werner Herbst, MD of First Distribution The biggest constraints are not access to AI, but organisational readiness. Key...

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