Inside Nathu La: Zoho’s five-year bet on owning its own hardware

Zoho built its own server, cutting power use by up to 18%, while training engineers along the way.
The world is moving to Wi-Fi 7. Africa is still on Wi-Fi 4

New Ookla data shows the Wi-Fi gap between Africa and the rest of the world
South Africans lose half their visa-free time in Thailand

Thailand is halving its visa-free stay for 93 countries, including South Africa.
FEATURE: The students no one wanted. The results no one expected

The Maharishi Invincibility Institute takes young people who don’t qualify for university, places thousands into jobs, and is now building Johannesburg’s very own Education Town.
Human ego is a bigger threat than AI, says Dr Taddy Blecher

“How do you run a country where 61% of youth are unemployed? We can’t accept that as a country.”
Slack’s AI upgrade is much bigger than a chatbot

The AI built into the new Slack understands your role, your priorities, your projects, even the way you work.
It’s 1999 all over again: Salesforce puts SA at the centre of agentic AI

In 1999, a Nobel Prize-winning economist said the internet would fizzle out. He was wrong. So are the AI sceptics of today.
The case for putting young Africans in charge of water governance

Africa has a water crisis. Young people have solutions. The question is whether anyone’s listening.
Africa’s water crisis steals 40 billion hours from women and girls every year

Africa has a water governance problem, and the cost is enormous.
REVIEW: Netflix’s monster series ‘The Boroughs’ is worth your time

Monster show, stellar cast, 95% on Rotten Tomatoes. The Boroughs is the Netflix series worth your time this week.