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What AI actually costs in South Africa
Rand-denominated budgets, dollar-denominated APIs, and the costs South African teams keep missing.
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Most South African teams budget for AI by converting the token price to rands. That number is real. It is almost never the number on the invoice. Three costs dominate, and none of…
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