When fraud looks like a good customer

Open source software remains fundamentally secure and resilient, writes Chris Wright of Red Hat.

Richard Ford, Group CTO at Integrity360, says executives are being forced to reconsider their reliance on public digital environments beyond their control.

Digital services will play a central role in strengthening operational resilience across West Africa, says Nnadozie Ogbuehi of Schneider Electric.

What began as a design visualisation tool has evolved into something considerably more consequential: a full-lifecycle asset intelligence platform.

Fibre penetration in township and peri-urban communities has lagged, leaving many aspiring gamers, creators and digital entrepreneurs at a disadvantage.

SMEs that are pulling ahead view resilience as a competitive advantage. They stay operational when upstream providers experience disruptions, giving customers confidence in the continuity of service, says Leonie Stanley of Euphoria Telecom.

Dawood Patel, CEO of Helm, says the current wave of AI adoption is creating a new intellectual property challenge for organisations that rely heavily on customer data and digital interaction.

Agentic AI adoption is outpacing many organisations' readiness, and while the technology offers significant productivity gains, its risks must be carefully managed.

To attract a generation set to comprise 40% of South Africa's workforce by 2030, companies must look beyond perceptions and address the real causes of the disconnect between Gen Z and employer.

From where I sit, AI is not something we can afford to fear from the sidelines. It is something we need to engage with, learn from, play with, challenge, shape and adopt, says Jackie Kennedy, Founder and CEO of LeadMe Academy.

Identity recovery isn’t optional but rather the safeguard that determines whether an organisation bounces back or breaks.

The companies that move now, by investing in their Business Analysts as the human layer of their AI stack, will build an advantage that their competitors.