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Africa's Mac in Business Summit launches to put enterprise Apple management on the agenda. Africa's Mac in Business Summit (AFMAC) will bring together business leaders and IT professionals in Cape Town on 19 November 2026 to explore the opportunities and challenges of managing Apple technology in enterprise environments. Hosted by Onsite IT, an Apple-first managed services specialist supporting more than 400 customers across 33 countries, AFMAC will bring together business leaders, IT engineers and Apple administrators for a day dedicated to the practical realities of running Apple in the enterprise. According to Clayton Campbell (pictured), founder of Onsite IT, the summit comes at a time when businesses are recognising that investing in Apple devices is only part of the equation. "Businesses spend months choosing devices, but far less time deciding how they'll be managed. That's where many Apple investments begin to lose value." For many organisations, Apple adoption has happened gradually, often beginning with a handful of Macs in specialist departments before expanding across the business. However, the systems used to manage those devices have not always evolved alongside that growth. Campbell believes this is an important conversation for African businesses, particularly those operating in predominantly Microsoft environments where Apple management has often been treated as an extension of existing IT processes. "Once Macs become part of how your business works, simply having a way to manage them is no longer enough. You need an Apple practice that was designed to do the job properly," he adds. Bringing the Apple business community together AFMAC is designed for the people responsible for making Apple work within their organisations: from executives evaluating the business case for Mac to the technical teams responsible for deployment and ongoing management. The one-day programme will feature keynote presentations and industry discussions, alongside two dedicated tracks covering Apple management and security. Topics will include device deployment and lifecycle management, Apple-specific security threats, identity and access management, automation and the implications of AI for enterprise IT operations. The programme will also examine the practicalities of managing Apple within Microsoft-first environments and maintaining consistent standards across organisations operating in multiple regions. Campbell will deliver the opening keynote, "Building an Apple practice with intention", exploring what organisations need to consider when establishing an Apple environment that can support their business over time. An industry panel will examine what a mature Apple practice looks like, drawing on the experiences of practitioners and technology partners working directly with enterprise Apple environments. Jamf joins as headline partner Global Apple device management and security specialist Jamf has been confirmed as AFMAC's headline partner. Jamf provides technology specifically designed to manage and secure Apple devices in business environments, helping organisations deploy and configure devices while maintaining visibility and control over their Apple environments. Its participation reflects the summit's focus on the practical application of technology and the decisions IT teams need to make when managing Apple at scale. For Onsite IT, which has spent 15 years helping organisations manage Apple devices, the summit is an opportunity to bring African businesses together to share experiences and learn from those already operating Apple across their organisations. The discussions will extend beyond the technology itself to examine the operational decisions that determine how successfully Apple fits into a business, including the responsibilities of IT teams and the standards needed to maintain a consistent employee experience. Building an Apple practice with intention The summit will take place at The Terrace Rooftop in Salt River, Cape Town, where delegates will have opportunities to engage with industry specialists and fellow practitioners throughout the day. Campbell hopes AFMAC will encourage businesses to examine how they approach Apple management and recognise the importance of developing an Apple practice that supports their operations. "Buying Apple is the easy part. Managing it well takes a different mindset. And if we're serious about making Mac work in African business, it's time we started treating Apple as a proper part of the enterprise, not an exception to it."

Jamf unveils AI governance tools for Apple devices. Wed, 7th Oct 2026 (Today) Jamf has unveiled new AI governance, automation and programming tools for managing Apple devices in the workplace, extending its platform across Mac, iPhone and iPad fleets. The updates include controls for monitoring AI tools on managed Macs, new APIs and Terraform support for infrastructure teams, and automated workflows for software deployment, diagnostics and device health. Jamf also outlined browser-based AI oversight, mobile AI controls, and new support for frontline and bring-your-own-device use cases. At the centre of the announcement is an expanded AI Governance product line, which Jamf introduced earlier this year. Organisations can now discover AI tools running across managed Macs, apply rules on their use, and generate reports for internal oversight and regulatory reviews. Several other AI governance features are due later, including deeper investigation tools that trace flagged activity to a device, user and command line. Jamf also plans to add estimates of AI usage and cost by user, device, tool, model and provider, based on token consumption and published pricing, without capturing prompts or responses. Another planned addition would extend those controls into web browsers, allowing employers to identify use of personal AI accounts and apply restrictions when workers attempt actions such as uploading company files through browser-based AI services. Jamf is also extending its platform to support on-device AI workloads on Apple hardware, with administrators able to deploy local models and inference engines through Blueprints. A separate mobile AI governance feature is intended to detect, monitor and block AI use in native apps and browsers on mobile devices. "IT teams are managing more endpoints and more complexity than ever, and now that includes the AI tools running on those same devices," said Beth Tschida, Chief Executive Officer at Jamf. "We want Jamf to handle more of that routine work automatically, saving admins time while giving them real visibility into what AI is actually doing across that fleet. That's the idea behind everything we're building because AI runs better on Apple, and Apple runs better on Jamf," Tschida said. Programmable platform Beyond AI oversight, Jamf is widening access to its platform for developers and infrastructure teams. A new Platform API Gateway gives users one place to manage access across Jamf APIs, including Blueprints APIs, the Compliance Benchmark API and Device APIs. These interfaces are designed to let customers and partners create, update and deploy Blueprints, check compliance against defined benchmarks, and manage device data through software rather than manual configuration. Jamf has also launched a Terraform provider, allowing teams to manage the platform through code with version control and rollback processes. Jamf is also moving Routines to a Jamf-hosted automation engine. The change is intended to provide more visibility into automations, access to more than 1,500 integrations, and greater control over where data is held. Routine tasks Jamf is adding more automation to day-to-day endpoint management. Through Blueprints, administrators will be able to select from a catalogue of Mac applications and have Jamf install them and keep them updated automatically. Self Service+ is set to gain a diagnostics feature that lets employees ask questions about device problems and receive explanations and suggested fixes that they can approve themselves. Jamf is also preparing a device health tool that assesses indicators such as memory use, battery condition and crashes to flag Macs that may need attention. For software rollouts, Jamf plans to add Automated Ring Deployments, letting organisations test updates with a pilot group, pause wider deployment if issues appear, and then expand the release after approval. It is also preparing an Apple-native data loss prevention feature that discovers sensitive data, tracks its movement across the operating system and applies policy controls. Mobile features On mobile devices, Jamf has introduced Jamf Device Checker, which gives frontline workers a way to confirm whether a device is ready for use and to resolve issues directly. App Insights is also being expanded with a broader app library and AI-related visibility, showing which apps use AI locally or through cloud services. For shift-based workforces, Jamf is developing Jamf Tap, which uses RFID or NFC employee badges to assign a device and sign workers into their applications automatically. BYOD support for iOS and Android is also now available, allowing IT teams to separate personal and work data and remove only the work profile when an employee leaves. Jamf said it now supports more than 35 million devices across more than 78,000 organisations.