\u201cSouth African companies are at a tipping point,\u201d said Habib Mahakian, Vice President for Southern and Sub-Saharan Africa, Dell Technologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe ambition to enhance processes, customer experience, and decision-making through AI is clear, but turning that ambition into large-scale, reliable, and ethical AI applications remains a significant challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAt Dell Technologies, we are committed to helping organisations bridge these gaps with the right technology, expertise, and industry collaborations,\u201d said Mahakian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Opening industry leader presentations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Dell-image-6-1024x576.jpg\")
<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nAdrian McDonald, Dell Technologies EMEA President, conducting one of the opening talks.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nAmong the many notable speakers at the event was Adrian McDonald, Dell Technologies EMEA President.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
McDonald opened the forum with an overview of how Dell Technologies’ portfolio of solutions has integrated cutting-edge technologies that modernise workplaces and data centres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He noted how AI is and will become a cornerstone of most modern systems, from private companies to government, and across all echelons of management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know a government ministry anywhere in the world that thinks they have too much money. How do we provide better citizen services at lower cost? The answer is the application of AI,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He added that the adoption of agentic and generative AI in the healthcare sector has already been rapid and could lead to massive medical advances in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI do genuinely believe that we are going to cure most human diseases within the next 10 years,\u201d said McDonald.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Other notable presentations featured industry leaders such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n- Mohanned Amin<\/strong> – SVP CEEMETA, Dell Technologies<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Jochem Melis<\/strong> – CIO Infrastructure and Cloud, Absa<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Professor Benjamin Rosmen<\/strong> \u2013 Professor at the University of the Witwatersrand<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- And many more.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Breakout sessions and demos<\/h2>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Dell-image-10-1024x576.jpg\")
<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nPrelen Govender, Senior Solutions Architect at Dell Technologies, discusses NVIDIA Enterprise AI.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nFollowing the opening presentations, the forum then transitioned into multiple breakout sessions held at the convention centre\u2019s three large halls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
These included engaging and insightful conversations from leading companies such as NVIDIA, AMD, and NTT about topics such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n- The Dell AI Factory<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Modern Data Centres and Multicloud<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Private-cloud deployment<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- AI security<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- And many more<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
In total, there were over twenty breakout sessions throughout the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Between these sessions, attendees also had the chance to visit engaging demo presentations relating to the sessions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This included everything from tech demos of new AI applications, to racing chair demos for some Kyalami-relevant entertainment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Dell Technologies Forum South Africa was a must-attend event for industry-leading professionals and tech enthusiasts alike \u2013 and the 2026 event promises to be even better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Click here to learn more about the Dell Technologies Forum South Africa.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Dell-image-13-1024x576.jpg\")
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<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nAdrian McDonald, Dell Technologies EMEA President, conducting one of the opening talks.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Among the many notable speakers at the event was Adrian McDonald, Dell Technologies EMEA President.<\/p>\n\n\n\n McDonald opened the forum with an overview of how Dell Technologies’ portfolio of solutions has integrated cutting-edge technologies that modernise workplaces and data centres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He noted how AI is and will become a cornerstone of most modern systems, from private companies to government, and across all echelons of management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI don\u2019t know a government ministry anywhere in the world that thinks they have too much money. How do we provide better citizen services at lower cost? The answer is the application of AI,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He added that the adoption of agentic and generative AI in the healthcare sector has already been rapid and could lead to massive medical advances in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI do genuinely believe that we are going to cure most human diseases within the next 10 years,\u201d said McDonald.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Other notable presentations featured industry leaders such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Prelen Govender, Senior Solutions Architect at Dell Technologies, discusses NVIDIA Enterprise AI.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Following the opening presentations, the forum then transitioned into multiple breakout sessions held at the convention centre\u2019s three large halls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These included engaging and insightful conversations from leading companies such as NVIDIA, AMD, and NTT about topics such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n In total, there were over twenty breakout sessions throughout the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Between these sessions, attendees also had the chance to visit engaging demo presentations relating to the sessions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This included everything from tech demos of new AI applications, to racing chair demos for some Kyalami-relevant entertainment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Dell Technologies Forum South Africa was a must-attend event for industry-leading professionals and tech enthusiasts alike \u2013 and the 2026 event promises to be even better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Click here to learn more about the Dell Technologies Forum South Africa.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Dell Technologies Forum in South Africa was a must-attend event for tech enthusiasts and highlighted the latest trends in the AI space.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":842540,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10459],"tags":[8556,23625,24046],"class_list":["post-842527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry-news","tag-ai","tag-dell-technologies-forum","tag-dell-technologies-forum-south-africa-unpacking-the-technologies-shaping-the-future"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/842527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=842527"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/842527\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":842546,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/842527\/revisions\/842546"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/842540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=842527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=842527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=842527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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