Turn vision into reality with the right AI strategy

Kathy Gibson reports from Dell Technologies Forum in Johannesburg - Today's leaders aren't asking whether to adopt AI, they're asking how to turn it into outcomes the business can see. And South African companies can no longer afford to take a wait-and-see attitude to...

Gloomy outlook for global economies as geopolitical tensions worsen

Coface’s latest risk review, Rates Against the Machine, has confirmed what the world dreaded just a few months ago has come to pass – rather than improve, the geopolitical situation has deteriorated once again. This, Coface says, puts upward pressure on commodity...

Banks are still missing the links between fraud and money laundering

Financial institutions are increasingly integrating their fraud and anti-money laundering (AML) systems, but intelligence and governance gaps remain. New fraud and AML convergence research from Datos Insights, commissioned by data and AI leader SAS, finds 86% report...

How can SA plug the ICT skills gap?

Kathy Gibson reports from the IITPSA Workforce Conference – While South Africa records the highest unemployment rate in the world, there is still a dire shortage of critical IT skills. Presenting the IITPSA IT Skills Survey, Lehlohonolo  Mokenela, MD of Africa...

SA hits 1,5m domains

The ZA Registry Consortium (ZARC) has reached a milestone of 1,5-million domain registrations across South Africa’s commercial .ZA second-level domains. The milestone, spanning the .co.za, .org.za, .net.za and .web.za namespaces, reflects decades of sustained growth...

US taskforce aims to regulate renamed AI

US President Donald Trump has unveiled a new taskforce focused on artificial intelligence (AI) – which he has renamed as Super Intelligence. The new taskforce will be led by Jay Clayton, the director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton. Other members of the team...

AMD to power Europe’s next-gen LUMI-AI supercomputer

The EuroHPC Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) has signed a procurement contract with Bull to deliver LUMI-AI, a next-generation supercomputer at the CSC – IT Center for Science data centre in Kajaani, Finland. Powered by AMD Instinct MI430X GPUs and 6th Gen AMD EPYC...

Altron reports mid-year revenue growth

Altron has issued a voluntary operational update commenting on the five months ended 31 July 2026 compared to the same period in 2025. Trading and operational performance for the period has been broadly in line with management expectations, and the group expects...

Platformisation, monetisation key growth drivers for CFOs

Chief financial officers (CFOs) and executive leaders must embrace efficient revenue growth by monetizing existing assets and strengthening customer engagement through platformisation, rather than by new product innovation or market expansion alone, according to...

AMD ROCm 10 adds AI-native developer experience

AMD has released AMD ROCm 10, making the AI-native software experience ROCm.AI that is designed to accelerate development velocity and performance optimisation on AMD hardware, generally available for users. ROCm.AI brings together three core developer experiences:...

Crackdowns alone won’t stop online wildlife trafficking

A new major global review shows that platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube are fueling a fast-growing and difficult-to-track illegal wildlife trade. The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Dr Annette Hübschle, a co-author of the study, says closing...

AWS and Nvidia to deliver 2m more GPUs and AI infrastructure

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Nvidia have announced a major expansion of their strategic collaboration to meet surging global demand for AI infrastructure as demand continues to accelerate. Building on already-rapid customer adoption of Nvidia-accelerated compute on...

AI spend by customer service surges

AI spending by customer service leaders has surged despite near-stagnant overall budget growth for customer service and support functions, according to a survey by Gartner. Customer service organisations are prioritising technology investments as AI rapidly reshapes...

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The quiet advantage: Why consistency wins in a volatile channel

The ICT channel is entering a period where pressure is no longer cyclical but structural, writes Andrew Harris, chief sales and marketing officer at DCC Technologies. Pricing volatility, supply chain shifts and tightening margins are no longer isolated challenges....

ADG wins second Google Cloud Partner of the Year for Africa award

Accelera Digital Group (ADG) has been named the 2026 Google Cloud Partner of the Year for Sub-Saharan Africa – for the second time. ADG focuses on delivering foundational infrastructure and advanced AI/ML capabilities to enable the next generation of African...

Seacom PeeringReach extends connectivity

Seacom has launched Seacom PeeringReach, a cost-effective Layer 2 connectivity solution designed to extend South Africa's Internet Exchange (IXP) fabric directly into local municipalities and regional hubs. Delivered over Seacom's national long-distance fibre...

AI is rapidly transforming insurance, financial services sectors

Picture a rainy Wednesday morning in Sandton, sometime in the near future. By Kim Rew, partner, and Jered Shorkend, associate at Webber Wentzel A claims handler opens their laptop, and right away, things move much faster than they used to. For every new email, the...

Your technology budget is probably wrong. Here’s how to tell

Most mid-market businesses in South Africa have a technology budget that looks reasonable on paper, writes Cobus Olwage, CEO of IPT. There is spend allocated to infrastructure. Devices are refreshed on schedule. Software licences are accounted for. Security is present...

Unified IT is the future of enterprise operations

For years, enterprises have solved IT problems by adding tools, writes Shobana Sruthi Mohan, enterprise analyst at ManageEngine. A new security gap? Deploy another platform. A monitoring blind spot? Install another dashboard. A collaboration challenge? Introduce...

Datacentrix secures Agrimark Information Management Supplier Award

Datacentrix has been recognised as Agrimark’s Supplier of the Year for Information Management (IM), marking the third consecutive time the company has received this accolade. Agrimark, a subsidiary of the KAL Group, is a trusted one-stop shopping destination for a...

Huawei makes the case for AI-ready optical networks

As AI adoption accelerates, organisations are rethinking the network infrastructure required to support data-intensive workload. Against this backdrop, Huawei’s OptiX Club 2026, hosted in Johannesburg focused on the role of optical networks in enabling faster, smarter...

The unseen engine: How enterprise storage powers business innovation

In the pursuit of digital transformation, businesses often spotlight their cutting-edge applications, their multicloud strategies, or their latest AI models. By Murray Irvine, senior director: global specialty sales (GSS), CEEMETA at Dell Technologies Yet, behind each...

Intermediate UX/UI Designer at Datonomy Solutions

Intermediate UX/UI Designer Industry: Financial Services / BankingLevel: IntermediateRole Type: ContractDiscipline: Enterprise Design / UX & UI Design We are looking for a talented and collaborative Intermediate UX/UI Designer to join an enterprise design team...

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Intermediate UX/UI Designer at Datonomy Solutions – Gauteng Sandton

Intermediate UX/UI Designer Industry: Financial Services / BankingLevel: IntermediateRole Type: ContractDiscipline: Enterprise Design / UX & UI Design We are looking for a talented and collaborative Intermediate UX/UI Designer to join an enterprise design team...

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Senior Full Stack Developer (Angular, .NET) – Hybrid – CPT

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