Job applicants don’t trust AI evaluations

Only one-quarter (26%) of job candidates trust AI will fairly evaluate them, even though just over half of candidates (52%) believe AI screens their application information, according to a survey by Gartner. A 1Q25 Gartner survey of 2 918 job candidates found that 32%...

Modest growth for African passenger air travel

Africa accounted for 2,2% of the total global passenger air travel market in June, with a 0,8% overall rise in demand. At the same time, the combined African international and domestic passenger market had a 1,5% increase in capacity, for a -0.6ppt easing in the...

Latin American banking trojan in expansion mode

The Grandoreiro banking trojan, which has been targeting financial institutions and users across Latin America, is expanding globally. It presents as sophisticated phishing campaigns impersonating government tax agencies and law enforcement, with geofencing ensuring...

SA’s procurement pay lags global average

The Chartered Institute for Procurement and Supply (CIPS) Salary Guide 2025 shows that, while sub-Saharan Africa recorded the world’s highest average salary increase in procurement at 14%, less than half of professionals in the region received a raise – a stark...

Agentic AI set to change how we work

Organisations will soon have AI colleagues working alongside human employees in the workplace, fundamentally changing the future of work. Prosus explores this transformative shift in a new research report, ‘The Rise of the Agentic Workforce: How Autonomous AI Agents...

End users will spend $213bn on information security this year

Worldwide end-user spending on information security is projected to reach $213-billion in 2025, up from $193-billion in 2024, according to Gartner. Spending is estimated to increase 12,5% in 2026 to total $240-billion. “Established security spending will continue as...