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A team of five students namely Ayanda Ndlovu, Kendall Sables, Hlalanathi Mashimbye, Mangaliso Mcwabeni and Glen Nohaji who named themselves ‘Five Lanes’ from the Department of Information Systems at the University of Cape Town under the mentorship of Professor Lisa Seymour

UCT students shine at The SAP Signavio Regional Challenge 2026

A team of five students, under the mentorship of Professor Lisa Seymour, entered the SAP Signavio Regional Challenge, where they experimented with real-world business technology, and came third.

Imported gunshot detection systems can marginalise communities

A research paper revealed that when technologies like ShotSpotter travel from the Global North to Global South countries they arrive not simply as tools, but as governance scripts that shape how problems are understood.

The hidden costs of AI’s data-centre boom’

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming how organisations work but the “cloud” that supports it is not a cloud at all, writes Grant Oosterwyk.

Call for applications: HPI Fellowships

The Hasso-Plattner Institute (HPI) and UCT Digital Health Partnership annually grants PhD and Postdoctoral fellowships to qualifying students from the African continent for students working in the field of digital health.

The UCT researchers behind MzansiLM. From left: Simbarashe Mawere, Anri Lombard, Dr Jan Buys, and Dr Francois Meyer.

UCT researchers develop AI model for 11 South African languages

UCT researchers have built MzansiLM, an AI language model covering 11 of South Africa’s official languages, addressing a critical gap in AI tools for low-resource languages.

The founder of e-Khadi, Fanelesibonge Mbuyazi.

Social grant intervention in running for top honour

What if access to credit didn’t depend on formal systems that exclude people? So asked Fanelesibonge Mbuyazi before coming up with a solution.

Information Systems third year PhD student recognised at 2026 UKAIS conference

Godfrey Haonga, a third year PhD student, in Information Systems under the supervision of Professor Lisa Seymour, has recently been awarded the best full paper award at the 2026 UK Academy for Information Systems (UKAIS) conference.

On a roll: Honours student already working on MSc

Despite needing a wheelchair to get around UCT's mountainous campus, Daniel Holgate has achieved an Honours in Computer Science and has already started working towards his Master's degree.

UCT scholars are part of a new multi-university collaboration that aims to develop large language models for isiXhosa, isiZulu and Sepedi.

UCT researchers join national effort to build AI tools for African languages

As artificial intelligence (AI) reshapes how people access information, communicate and learn, a group of South African researchers is working to ensure that African languages are not left behind.

HPI graduate's research focuses on maternal and child health

The HPI Research School at UCT congratulates Sarah Dsane-Nsor on completing her PhD in Computer Science, where her work sits at the intersection of digital health, participatory design, and information behaviour.

Cybersecurity, AI and the Questions That Matter

CISPA researchers visited UCT in February 2026 for a week of research exchange, public talks, a cybersecurity outreach colloquium, and a summer school — marking a milestone in a growing partnership.

UCT's Women in Computer Science Society host Ideathon

In October 2025, ACM Women Europe, in partnership with UCT's Women in Computer Science Society, hosted an Ideathon that challenged participants to design innovative solutions helping rural and disadvantaged women access computing education.