IT spend will breach $7trn for the first time in 2027

Worldwide IT spending is expected to reach $7,35-trillion in 2027, up 15% from 2026, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. “Collectively, the market forces are reinforcing spend around AI infrastructure, AI-enabled cloud platforms, and advanced software...

As African CEOs embrace AI, ROI is still elusive

By Kathy Gibson - African companies are in the middle of learning and adopting artificial intelligence (AI), and adapting to the changes it brings. But they are also looking beyond adoption at how to measure value from their AI investments, says Ladi Asuni, partner...

Africa moves from AI ambition to action

AI has moved from potential to proven economic value and while ambition setting is near universal across economies, execution speed is the differentiator, according to Boston Consulting Group’s The AI Maturity Matrix 2026: AI Is Transforming How Economies Develop and...

The shocking reality facing jobseekers

Of the 867 706 people who registered looking for entry-level work in retail, restaurants and quick-service outlets over a 13-month period, just 6 566 were appointed - approximately one in every 132 – and between them, they sent nearly five million applications. The...

Nvidia launches OpenShell reference architecture for safe agents

Nvidia has announced the Nvidia OpenShell Reference Architecture, which enables building, containing, observing and enforcing safe agents on enterprise infrastructure and edge systems. The OpenShell Reference Architecture builds on the foundation of Nvidia OpenShell...

SA can benefit from efficient data centres

South Africa needs energy-efficient data centres to pull inefficient business computing out of local offices and homes and funnel it towards better-optimised environments. That’s according to Adriaan Venter, CEO of Cube ICT Solutions, ahead of tomorrow’s International...

How to minimise PHP threats

Attackers may have used the PHP security flaws made public on 21 October before anyone else knew about them, says Tomas Stamulis, chief security officer at cybersecurity specialists Surfshark. Also, on sites that haven’t installed the PHP fix yet, attackers could take...

AMD and Intel collaborate to simplify AI development on x86 systems

AMD and Intel are collaborating to combine their x86 CPU optimisation work for PyTorch in oneDNN, an open-source deep learning library governed by the Unified Acceleration Foundation (UXL) that helps AI workloads run efficiently on CPUs. The collaboration gives...

Nvidia focuses on water and power consumption with DSX platform

Nvidia says that some of Europe’s leading ecosystem partners, including CoreWeave, Firmus, Nscale and Google Cloud, are planning to adopt Nvidia DSX AI Factory Platform to build AI factories that minimise water consumption for cooling and use less power for the same...

Lazarus rises again with new threat campaign

Kaspersky’s Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) has revealed its findings on a new cyberespionage campaign attributed to the Lazarus APT group – Operation FlashHole. The campaign has already affected at least three organisations in South Korea across the...

Partnership aims to support small business exports

The International Trade Centre (ITC) and South Africa's Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (the dtic) have signed a memorandum of understanding to support South African businesses to expand into regional and international markets. The agreement establishes...

Users urged to update PHP now to fix critical vulnerabilities

A global cybersecurity crisis is currently underway, following the emergency disclosure of two critical, unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities in PHP, collectively dubbed "PHP2Shell.”. Tracked as CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619, these flaws...

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The case for friction in the age of automation

Businesses have always focused on removing friction from their processes, with faster approvals, quicker responses and more automated decisions being key markers of efficiency. By Professor Yudhvir Seetharam, chief analytics officer at FNB Commercial More recently, AI...

Peer pressure works on AI agents

In July 2026, AI agents being tested by OpenAI broke out of their test environment and into Hugging Face’s production systems. Hundreds of them had found a way to leave notes for each other in a shared software cache, turned it into a makeshift message board, and...

Why are we still fighting yesterday’s fraud?

For years, organisations treated fraud as a transaction problem: identify a suspicious payment, compromised account or fraudulent application and stop it before money leaves the system. By Amritha Reddy, senior director of fraud product management at TransUnion Africa...

SA businesses are building with AI faster than they can secure it

AI is making it possible for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to build customer-facing software without a traditional development team. As more business owners use the technology to create booking systems, customer portals and online stores, securing the...

The AI disclosure gap: Are insureds telling insurers enough?

The pattern of commercial innovation in business is familiar: adopt new technology, discover its exposures, and then look to the insurance market to respond. AI has not altered this trend, but what is different is that the insurance may already be in place, write...

VAT modernisation the next test of SA’s digital readiness

For many South African businesses, VAT still feels like a deadline-driven administrative cycle: collect invoices, reconcile the numbers, submit the return and wait to see whether SARS has questions. By Yolandi Esterhuizen, director of global compliance: product...

Credential protection the new foundation of cyber resilience

Identity protection must be integral to cyber resilience. Although organisations continue to invest heavily in data protection and backup strategies, most breaches begin with compromised credentials, often privileged Active Directory (AD) accounts that give attackers...

Know your rights: When work goes wrong, know where you stand

Most people do not expect to need legal advice to deal with their employer. Then a disciplinary notice lands in their inbox, a salary deduction appears on their payslip, or they are suddenly told that their employment is ending. Knowing your rights and where to get...

Why SA businesses must become intelligent enterprises

South African businesses have never been more digitised than they are today. For much of the past decade, migrating to the cloud and accelerating automation became more than transformation buzzwords; they became central to how organisations modernised operations,...

Junior C# Developer

A leading forward freight and logistics company is looking for a Junior C# Developer based in Port Elizabeth, EC. Summary: The primary purpose of this role is to be a great developer. You will form part of a larger development team and will regularly engage with your...

Junior C# Developer – Eastern Cape Gqebera

A leading forward freight and logistics company is looking for a Junior C# Developer based in Port Elizabeth, EC. Summary: The primary purpose of this role is to be a great developer. You will form part of a larger development team and will regularly engage with your...

Business Systems Analyst x 3

Our Pretoria based client is looking for 3 x Business systems Analysts for hybrid contracts ending in March 2027.Process Management:Analyse CARF policy, legislative, regulatory, and operational requirements and assess their impact on business processes and...

Business Systems Analyst x 3 – Gauteng Centurion

Our Pretoria based client is looking for 3 x Business systems Analysts for hybrid contracts ending in March 2027.Process Management:Analyse CARF policy, legislative, regulatory, and operational requirements and assess their impact on business processes and...

Software Engineer (.NET | C# | Blazor | AI)

Senior Software Engineer (.NET, C#, Blazor, AI Engineering) Join a forward-thinking technology environment where you'll build intelligent, AI-powered software solutions, combining modern software engineering with responsible AI implementation. To be successful, you'll...

Business Analyst

My client based in Tygerfalls, Cape Town is currently looking for a Business Analyst to join their team on a fixed term contract. IT / FINANCE Responsibilities Lead requirements elicitation workshops, interviews, and analysis sessions with key business...

Business Analyst – Western Cape Bellville

My client based in Tygerfalls, Cape Town is currently looking for a Business Analyst to join their team on a fixed term contract. IT / FINANCE Responsibilities Lead requirements elicitation workshops, interviews, and analysis sessions with key business...

Desktop Support Technician – T1 (Onsite – Bellville)

ENVIRONMENT:Our client is seeking an IT Support Technician to provide day-to-day technical support, maintain IT infrastructure and ensure the smooth operation of hardware, software and network systems. The successful candidate will assist with troubleshooting, system...

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