For panellists at the recent 2025 IT Indaba session on agentic AI, the conversation about artificial intelligence was about meaning rather than machines.

The inaugural 2025 IT Indaba saw iOCO executives Jan-Jurgens van der Walt (business unit head of technology) and Neil van Wyngaard (solutions architect) and XTND’s Johan van Dyk (executive head, forensic services) come together in a session where they made the case for weaving security into the DNA of every organisation.

At the first-ever IT Indaba, Makwa IT’s BU lead Lesedi Modibane predicted that Africa’s next economic leap will come from platforms that focus on inclusivity. He called for apps designed around local realities.