Mitsumi to distribute Samsung’s mobile products in SA
Kathy Gibson reports – Samsung has appointed Mitsumi as a distributor for its mobile products in South Africa. The two companies have an existing partnership in the rest of Africa and the Middle East, but this is Mitsumi’s first foray into the South African market...
20 years on and gender gap parity is fracturing
Twenty years after the World Economic Forum first measured the global gender gap, the world is closer to parity than ever, but progress is fragile, with gains reversing in some areas, according to the Global Gender Gap Report 2026. Women now reach senior leadership in...
OpenAI discloses new agent issues, sets up reporting framework
OpenAI has revealed that six new incidents of unexpected or concerning AI model behaviour have come to light, prompting it to update its framework for reporting model misalignment. The best-known recent incident was an OpenAI agent acting autonomously to hack a...
How to beat the runaway cost of AI tokens
Kathy Gibson reports from Nutanix .Next in Sandton - For much of the 20th century, oil was the currency that drove the economy. As we entered the 21st century, businesses started to refer to data as the “new oil”. Today, organisations are realising that data is only...
SA consumers comfortable with AI making financial decisions
Consumers are ready to take the next step in their relationship with artificial intelligence (AI) with four in 10 South African consumers comfortable with AI agents applying for credit, according to new research from Experian. The study – AI in Risk: The Rise of...
Trustworthy practices boost companies’ ROI in AI
A new SAS report with research insights by IDC uncovers what’s powering the organisations winning the race to profit from their AI investments: embracing trustworthy AI measures. Organisations applying trustworthy AI practices were 15 times more likely to report...
The stark state of SA’s infrastructure and the hidden business risk
South Africa loses nearly half (47,3%) of all municipal water supplied through leaks, infrastructure failures, and other non-revenue losses, while copper theft is estimated to cost the economy more than R45-billion a year, and road maintenance backlogs exceed...
Inflation expectations cause for optimism
The Bureau of Economic Research at Stellenbosch University has released its third-quarter survey on inflation expectations and, writes Johann Els, chief economist at PSG Financial Services, it was quite encouraging. First, the overall survey results showed unchanged...
Building more agile and productive organisations
More flexible ways of working could unlock billions of rands in productivity gains by helping businesses attract and retain talent, and protect critical knowledge, according to new economic modelling from Arup and International Workplace Group (IWG). As businesses...
Trailblazing SA schools urged to apply for $1-million prize
Applications for the second annual $1-million Global Schools Prize are now open and South African schools which are reimagining education for the future are being encouraged to apply. Founded by renowned education pioneer and philanthropist Sunny Varkey, the Global...
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Is print is part of your security strategy? Why protecting the page matters
For years, cybersecurity conversations have focused on endpoints, networks, cloud applications and data. But too often businesses forget about one part of the environment that users interact with every day: the printer. Raees Sallie, product manager at Tarsus...
UniComs Afrika appointed as Monster license partner
UniComs Afrika has been appointed as Monster's authorised license partner for Africa. The partnership brings together Monster's product heritage and global brand strength with UniComs Afrika's regional market knowledge, retail relationships and channel development...
Exclusive Networks and Okta extend strategic partnership
Exclusive Networks has announced a major expansion of its strategic alliance with independent identity partner Okta. Under the broadened agreement, Exclusive Networks will drive Okta distribution, channel enablement and pipeline growth across sub-Saharan Africa (SSA),...
A career change doesn’t mean starting from zero
For people moving into technology from another career, the question is often how to prove they can do the job when their CV doesn't follow a traditional technology path. New graduate data from HyperionDev suggests that practical, skills-based pathways can help make...
Speed the new competitive currency for supply chains
Supply chain industry body SAPICS hosted its annual Supply Chain Leaders Forum in Sandton as part of the Leaderex event. The summit brought together supply chain management leaders to explore the rising value of speed as the new competitive currency in supply chains....
Limpopo aims to strengthen public service delivery
The Limpopo Provincial Government, Telkom and BCX are advancing the province’s digital transformation agenda through a R3-million digital connectivity pilot aimed at strengthening critical public-service infrastructure and enabling improved healthcare, education and...
Onafriq joins FINASA
Onafriq, Africa's largest payments network, has joined the Fintech Association of South Africa (FINASA) as an enterprise member. The membership comes at a time when South Africa is strengthening its position as a gateway for payments flowing into and across the...
Time after time …
By Claude Opus 4.8, with Barry Buck - An anime Barry watched this week open inside a clock. The camera crawls through gears and coils, an intensity of brass and toil, and then pulls back to reveal a small cuckoo announcing the hour — and pulls back again to the...
Cisco enhances Splunk to deliver trusted AI at scale
As AI agents take on more of the work inside the enterprise, the biggest barrier to adoption isn’t capability – it's confidence. Customers need to trust that AI is secure, governed, and worth the cost before they let it run at scale. Today, Cisco closes that gap...
Vox achieves Sophos Platinum Partner status
Vox has attained Sophos' Platinum Partner Status. As a preferred partner, Vox can provide cost-effective cybersecurity for South Africa's enterprises and SMEs. “Being recognised as a Sophos Platinum Partner is not just about a badge. Beyond validating Vox's...
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