AI in Africa: Ministers confront AI anxiety and the data divide driving it
Before the exhibition halls opened at the Africa Tech Festival and before the big-name tech sponsors took the stage, the conversation about AI in Africa had already turned philosophical at the 2025 Ministerial Forum. Hover Gao, Huawei’s President for Sub-Saharan Africa, had just closed his keynote with a rallying cry for “national computing power” and […]
Africa’s AI leap won’t come from copy-pasting global trends
Africa’s AI leap needs power and vision
Solly Malatsi: ‘Wise choices’ will define the AI era, not machines
When South Africa’s Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, Solly Malatsi, took the stage at the Africa Tech Festival in Cape Town on Monday, the message was clear: Africa’s AI future must be built, not borrowed. Each year, a day before the Africa Tech Festival begins, Huawei and the African Telecommunications Union (ATU) team up […]
Opening doors in Limpopo with Wellness Drive career day
For many of these learners, exposure to different paths will be the first time they see what’s possible beyond the classroom.
Burnout is out! Here’s why SA women choose softness over struggle
What do women really want? More money, less stress, and sisterhood. It’s really that simple.
Right-wing activist Charlie Kirk, 31, dies in Utah campus shooting
Charlie Kirk, the outspoken conservative activist and founder of Turning Point USA, was shot and killed today during a college speaking event at Utah Valley University. He was 31. Kirk is survived by his wife, Erika Frantzve, their 3-year-old daughter and 1-year-old son. This developing story will be updated as new information comes to light. […]
South Africa’s fintech gender gap: Why women still face barriers
South Africa ranks 111th for pay parity, with women still carrying the biggest burdens. Here’s what needs to change.
SA’s Deaf unemployment crisis: DEF calls on recruiters to fix barriers
The barriers begin at the recruitment stage, says DEF MD Sikelelwa Alex Msitshana. Deaf people can’t even apply in the current system.
Meet Tarryn Tomlinson, the woman who built an AI Assistant for inclusion
“Because apparently, a woman of colour in a wheelchair can’t build an AI, right?”
Women running the show: Inside Comic Con Africa 2025
Behind the cosplay and chaos, Comic Con Africa runs on grit and a serious labour of love.