Abongile Moloi

The growing complexity of higher education contexts necessitates prompt, evidence-based academic decisions. Mobile Business Intelligence (MBI) powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI) provides a disruptive strategy by merging predictive analytics, machine learning, and real-time data visualisation into mobile platforms that academic leaders can use. This paper examines how AI-enhanced MBI supports higher education institutions in making informed academic decisions. Through a literature review, the study identified major technological, organisational, and human variables influencing the uptake and effective use of AI-enabled MBIs. The findings emphasise the strategic importance of AI-driven insights supplied via mobile interfaces for increasing decision speed, accuracy, and responsiveness. The paper provides a contextualised view on using AI-enabled MBI to improve data-driven academic governance and institutional performance in higher education.