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title: "Naspers says South Africa must build AI governance capability to attract investment"
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description: "Naspers urges South Africa to treat AI governance as an implementation capability rather than a legislative exercise to attract investment, talent, and compute. The company supports using an independent expert panel to review AI policy frameworks for greater regulatory certainty. Naspers warned that unclear or unworkable rules could drive investment to other jurisdictions, urging closer regulator-industry engagement to avoid constraining innovation."
datetime: "2026-08-03T06:35:52.000Z"
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# Naspers says South Africa must build AI governance capability to attract investment

-   Naspers signaled South Africa should treat AI governance as an implementation capability, not a legislative exercise, to attract capital, talent, compute. \* It backed the government’s use of an independent expert panel to review an AI policy framework before drafting, citing stronger regulatory certainty. \* Naspers warned investment could shift to jurisdictions with clearer, workable, predictably enforced AI rules, raising competitiveness stakes for South Africa. \* It urged closer regulator-industry engagement to avoid unworkable rules that could constrain innovation across deployments and workflows. \* Group General Counsel David Tudor framed AI policy as part of an inclusive economic strategy, calling for urgency as AI development accelerates. Disclaimer: This news brief was created by Public Technologies (PUBT) using generative artificial intelligence. While PUBT strives to provide accurate and timely information, this AI-generated content is for informational purposes only and should not be interpreted as financial, investment, or legal advice. Naspers Limited published the original content used to generate this news brief on August 03, 2026, and is solely responsible for the information contained therein. © Copyright 2026 - Public Technologies (PUBT) Original Document: here

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