SA unveils infrastructure plans

South Africa’s latest infrastructure developments and investment opportunities were unpacked by a high-level panel of government stakeholders at the Sustainable Infrastructure Development Symposium South Africa in Cape Town earlier this week....

Retailers embrace GenAI – but lack of data strategy is a problem

Global retailers are quickly adopting generative AI to personalise and improve in-store and online shopping experiences – but nearly half of the 1 300 retailers surveyed by Salesforce and the Retail AI Council are struggling to make their data accessible. And...

SA leads Africa’s solar boom

Kathy Gibson reports from Huawei SolarFusion Partner Summit – Africa is on the brink of a real solar boom. John van Zuylen, CEO of the Africa Solar Industry Association (AFSIA), explains that solar is growing exponentially. After years of lacklustre solar...

Solar drives up residential fire risk

Kathy Gibson reports from Huawei FusionSolar Partner Summit – The power situation in South Africa is driving people to install solar systems – but they could be putting their homes and families at risk. “Every fourth structural fire in Johannesburg...

1-in-100 online service users is part of a fraud network

Research by Sumsub, a global verification platform with more than 1-billion identities on its database, shows an alarming surge of fraud networks across multiple regions. According to the research, every 100th user of a digital platform or service globally was a...

These are the top websites blocked by employers

A significant portion of employers (72%) block malicious and adult websites due to malware threats, according to research from cybersecurity company NordLayer, which adds that 43% block gambling sites too – likely due to concerns over addiction and productivity...