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@ApSoweto Lovely special! If Evergrow Seedlings ever wants online orders or a simple website so customers can see stock and prices, WebMax Solution builds these for SA small businesses. Happy to chat anytime.

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@m_a_l_a_t_j_i @ATNSSA Useful roundup. For smaller businesses the POPIA point is worth acting on early: write down now who decides whether a breach is reportable and who contacts customers. Having that agreed before an incident saves precious hours when things are stressful.

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@DeloitteSA Third party risk is easy to overlook. A practical start is a simple list of every supplier who holds your data or has access to your systems, with one named person responsible for each and a clear plan for who to call when something goes wrong.

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@AsaadMahmood5 Good reminder. A login page only helps if the server checks who is allowed to see the data behind it. Before anything AI built goes live, try opening the dashboard and its data links in a private window without signing in. Five minutes of that catches a lot.

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4/ Lessons: look beyond the website, keep compliance documents current, and plan briefings and delivery on day one. Suppliers, what is your hardest part of a tender?

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1/ Selling tech to SA government? Talar analysed all 2,220 open eTenders on 20 Oct. 178 were ICT, digital or design.

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3/ Median time to close was 26 days, a quarter closed within 14, and only 6.7% allowed electronic submission. Most still want a sealed hard copy.

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@BusinessTechSA A useful reminder for every SA business, not just banks. Know what personal data you hold, who can access it, and have a tested plan for reporting a breach. Those basics are easier to put in place before a regulator asks.

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@ITWeb Congratulations to both winners. Awards like this are a good reminder that the strongest CIOs tie every tech investment to an outcome the business can see, so the value of the work is easy to prove.

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@Afritechcon @OpenAI @ChatGPT Before any SA business spends on ads, whether on ChatGPT or anywhere else, start with a clear goal and a simple way to measure it. Know what a lead or sale is worth to you, then test with a small budget and see if the numbers add up.

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@AlistairI3613 A site that looks normal can still be running vulnerable software. For any business with a website or online shop, ask your developer or host this week whether the PHP version is patched, and make sure you have a recent backup you have actually tested.

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@AfricanstartupM Good question on whether savings reach merchants. My practical tip for SME owners is to compare the total cost per sale, including monthly fees and settlement delays, not just the headline rate. Cash flow timing matters as much as the percentage.

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@BiometricUpdate Digital ID only helps South Africans if people can actually use it for everyday things like banking and government services. The technical capacity spend matters, but simple sign up and clear support will decide whether businesses and citizens trust it.

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4/ At any size: write the problem in one sentence, measure the number before you start, pilot one process, and budget for data, integration and training. What number should your AI project move?

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1/ South African CIOs have a new AI problem. Not access. Proof. ITWeb's Brainstorm CIO Survey 2026 (108 CIOs) puts AI and cyber security joint top at 67% each.

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3/ ITWeb's Adrian Hinchcliffe: the main friction, at every maturity level, is defining a clear business case and proving the value.

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@CyberSec24com2 Exactly right. A real summons arrives through the sheriff, never as a link asking for your password. Going to the official site yourself and calling a number you found is the simplest habit that stops this scam. Thanks for adding it.

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Sunday reminder: a court will never ask for your Microsoft password. Legal Aid SA reset all staff passwords after phishing emails posing as NPA summonses (ITWeb). It says it knows of no successful breach.

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@napentsoane Fair point. Oversight only works when the person checking has the time, context and authority to say no. Thanks for sharing, I will give it a read.