{"id":874461,"date":"2026-09-09T07:27:03","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T05:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=874461"},"modified":"2026-09-09T07:27:06","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T05:27:06","slug":"forget-low-code-this-is-how-south-african-companies-are-using-ai-for-software-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/industry-news\/874461\/forget-low-code-this-is-how-south-african-companies-are-using-ai-for-software-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Forget low-code \u2013 This is how South African companies are using AI for software development"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The ability to take an AI-augmented approach to software development has rendered low-code software development virtually obsolete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Historically, the value of low-code was that it was a quick and easy way for companies to build apps and software without needing to hire a large development team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/codehesion.com\/home\/contact\/?utm_source=BusinessTech&amp;utm_medium=Article&amp;utm_campaign=Forget+low-code+%E2%80%93+This+is+how+South+African+companies+are+using+AI+for+software+development&amp;utm_term=September+2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Contact Codehesion to learn more.<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the rise of AI, and its ability to enhance the work of software development companies, has made the case for low-code almost non-existent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Take the example of Codehesion \u2013 South Africa\u2019s top software development company according to the 2026 MyBroadband Awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By strategically adding AI to its development process, it has shrunk the time-to-market of its projects while also lowering their cost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a result, it is now almost always cheaper for Codehesion to develop your next software solution than to pay for costly monthly low-code subscriptions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, your project will be completed on a shorter timeline, and because you are dealing with a world-class software development company, you are assured a superior final product.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All software is fully owned by your business upon its completion \u2013 although Codehesion is happy to help you maintain that software over time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a result, there is no metric where low-code makes sense over embracing a custom software development project executed by Codehesion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Work with Codehesion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The combination of AI\u2019s productivity benefits, and Codehesion\u2019s world-class team, means there is only one logical choice for your next software development project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don\u2019t choose low-code. Choose Codehesion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/codehesion.com\/home\/contact\/?utm_source=BusinessTech&amp;utm_medium=Article&amp;utm_campaign=Forget+low-code+%E2%80%93+This+is+how+South+African+companies+are+using+AI+for+software+development&amp;utm_term=September+2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Contact Codehesion to learn more.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The rise of AI, and its ability to enhance the work of software development companies, has made the case for low-code almost non-existent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":874463,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"posted","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"2097557624044577233","_sma_facebook_post_id":"191437357620492_2200166517470414","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10459],"tags":[13257],"class_list":["post-874461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry-news","tag-codehesion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/874461","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\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=874461"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/874461\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":874464,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/874461\/revisions\/874464"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/874463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=874461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=874461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=874461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}