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            <title>Local contact centres shift towards digital integration</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[As the business process outsourcing (BPO), or global business services (GBS), sector in South Africa continues to grow, local contact centres are shifting their focus towards digitally enabled jobs and embracing technological advancements, such as AI. During a media event on September 29, outsourced services industry organisation Business Process Enabling South Africa (BPESA) CEO Reshni Singh described AI as a “positive disruption” in the BPO sector.]]></description>
            <author>Sabrina Jardim</author>
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            <title>Diversity and digitalisation reshape opportunities for women in construction</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Women are playing an increasingly visible role across the construction industry, with greater representation in project delivery, leadership, technology and engineering helping to broaden the sector’s talent pool and strengthen its ability to respond to emerging challenges. Global technology company RIB Software global marketing VP Kim Immelman says the industry has made encouraging progress in creating opportunities for women, although continued efforts to improve diversity and inclusion remain important.]]></description>
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            <title>Samsung expands Mitsumi partnership into South Africa</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Samsung Electronics has appointed Mitsumi Distribution as an authorised channel business-to-business (B2B) distributor in South Africa to expand the reach of its Mobile eXperience portfolio and products into a wider network across the country. The partnership brings Mitsumi's regional distribution expertise and customer-first approach to the South African market, enabling enhanced access to the full spectrum of Samsung's products, from flagship smartphones and tablets to sleek smartwatches.]]></description>
            <author>Natasha Odendaal</author>
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            <title>SARS embraces digital transition, emphasises modernisation, people</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[As South Africa seeks to restore fiscal confidence, the South African Revenue Service (SARS) is seeking to leverage the new era of digitised tax administration to strengthen compliance and convert constraints into sustained fiscal relief. During this year’s Tax Indaba, on September 14, SARS commissioner Dr Johnstone Makhubu explored the evolving role of SARS as the tax administration enters a new era of digitalisation, data-driven compliance and technological innovation and how these developments can help strengthen compliance, improve revenue collection and support South Africa's broader fiscal objectives.]]></description>
            <author>Sabrina Jardim</author>
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            <title>Data sovereignty, connectivity drive satellite interest</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Although the role of satellites in ensuring sovereign ownership of data while boosting rural connectivity is gaining traction amid increasing information and connectivity security, governments must critically assess their satellite goals and long-term feasibility, says satellite operator Avanti Communications CEO Kyle Whitehill. Satellite development and operation was initially prioritised through State-owned companies to facilitate communication with ships and airplanes.]]></description>
            <author>Nadine Ramdass</author>
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            <title>Specialised software developer launches flagship aerospace product</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Through its partnership with the University of Cape Town (UCT), software developer Elemental Numerics has completed the commercialisation of its first major software product AlphaFlow, which was launched in July, says Elemental Numerics founder and MD Professor Arnaud Malan. Developed by Elemental and UCT’s Industrial Computational Fluid Dynamics (InCFD) research group, the software was first used by aerospace corporation Airbus, in 2024, to compute jet-fuel-slosh-induced impacts in wings, which are complex to model. In this project, AlphaFlow’s accuracy allowed major innovations to the wing design.  ]]></description>
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            <title>Decarbonisation not a ‘grudge’ initiative</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Decarbonisation is not a grudge move just to meet climate targets – it is an important tool for achieving Africa's digital economy and overall development goals, with major cost and energy security advantages. This is one of the messages that emerged from a environmental, social and governance (ESG) discussion centred on Vodacom’s ‘Decarbonising Africa’s ICT Sector’ White Paper on Wednesday, which also featured a panel of experts discussing how, as climate pressures intensify and energy demand grows, Africa must cut carbon emissions while expanding access to reliable, affordable power.]]></description>
            <author>Natasha Odendaal</author>
            <category>DECARBONISATION</category>
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            <title>The NRF honours the country’s leading researchers</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[South Africa’s scientific funding and facilities agency, the National Research Foundation (NRF), has honoured leading scientists and researchers at its annual NRF Awards ceremony, held in Gqeberha, in the Eastern Cape. In all, some 34 researchers and two institutions were recognised, across nine award categories. “We are especially encouraged by the growing visibility and success of women and emerging researchers,” highlighted NRF board chairperson Professor Ari Sitas. “Their achievements demonstrate that transformation and excellence are mutually reinforcing and essential to building an inclusive, representative research system. Equally important are mentorship, capacity development, interdisciplinary collaboration and inclusive participation.”]]></description>
            <author>Rebecca Campbell</author>
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