The articles, ideas, and stories shaping how we think about African digital transformation. Curated from the sources we trust — surfaced through our point of view.

The updated protocol will simplify how enterprises deploy and scale MCP-based AI applications in the cloud, but developers relying on deprecated capabilities will need to plan for architectural changes over the coming year.

Your developers aren't being innovative with AI — they're "tokenmaxxing" on your dime, burning through annual budgets in months without proving a dime of ROI.

The French IT services company’s new platform is the latest attempt to restore company to financial health.

AI success requires moving away from cheap cost-cutting pitches to CEO-driven strategies focused on token economics, workflow integration and value.

The battle we have with AI and something we can do about it.

As more interface work is AI-generated, the output of research and design shifts from documents written for humans to curated context that guides AI.

Product sense means predicting which product decisions will succeed based on patterns learned through experimentation — and knowing when those patterns apply.

Securing the modern enterprise is no longer about patching individual gaps. Agentic Endpoint Security (AES) is now a strategic imperative.

Jozi My Jozi and Cisco sign memorandum of understanding aimed at securing the city’s inclusion in Cisco’s global 40 Communities initiative.

The company has completed a 0.88MWp solar project at its Component Plant, strengthening renewable energy generation.

The agency fires four officials for involvement in a R33 million-worth social grants fraud scheme at its regional office in Limpopo’s Sekhukhune district.

Apple and NVIDIA have been swapping the title of world’s most valuable company as semiconductor stocks drive sharp swings across the tech-heavy index.

Sci-tech innovation deputy minister Dr Nomalungelo Gina uses global stage to reaffirm the country’s commitment to advancing open science as a public good.

In November 2023, three ex-Renmoney colleagues launched Mida, a startup that builds software and recovery services for lenders, including debt collection, borrower onboarding and loan recovery tools.

Eseandre Otomiewor built a Lagos-based content agency that trained over 8,000 African writers and made $100,000 a year — then walked away from it to start over in America. Here's why.

The Department of Communications and Digital Technologies plans sustained engagement with TikTok to secure better earning opportunities for local content creators.

The incident, identified on 15 July, “has affected certain information technology systems and operations,” says the company.

Higher education minister Buti Manamela tasks the National Skills Authority to assess MICT SETA’s Accounting Authority.

Venture capital investments exceeded R16 billion over the last decade, with AI emerging as the next major growth driver for South African start-ups.

inDrive aims to ensure e-hailing industry regulation doesn’t impact the market economics to the point of excluding drivers.

Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis welcomes the first MyCiTi electric bus, which is part of an initial 38 battery-electric bus fleet.

AI models are mimicking humans' worst instincts – hacking, blackmail, self-preservation – in tests run by OpenAI and Anthropic.

The company is stepping up its push into SA, betting that AI-driven credit scoring can unlock financial services for millions of people.

Kenya has gazetted regulations that establish licencing rules for exchanges, wallet providers, stablecoin issuers, and other crypto firms.

Vodacom Group has launched the Vodacom AI Lab to train postgraduate students by placing them on practical AI projects.

Growth-stage founders are rarely taught organisational design or effective delegation. Many become the bottleneck.
Born in Nigeria's Delta State and raised largely in the United States, Erhiawarien grew up moving between two worlds. The contrast in infrastructure, opportunity and public institutions sharpened rather than weakened her attachment to Africa.

As South Africa's migration debate intensifies, MTN Group is warning that anti-immigrant sentiment could have consequences beyond politics.

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The company merges its Flash fintech subsidiary with Shop2Shop to create merchant commerce and fintech platform FintechCo.
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