At the recent 2026 IT Indaba, tech leaders and corporate executives gathered at the Sandton Convention Centre for an impactful panel session titled The human cost of automation: Are we overinvesting in AI?
During the panel discussion that took place on 21 October, Sars design segment product lead, Warren Hero highlighted that private companies are often seen as more agile. But he says public and private organisations face very similar hurdles when they modernise.
Ankit Shah, chief data officer at Virgin Active, urged technology leaders at the 2026 IT Indaba to look beyond generative AI to quantum computing, post-quantum cryptography and blockchain. He spoke during a session titled Beyond AI: Navigating quantum computing, blockchain and the next digital frontier.
