Geopolitics creates inflationary pressures for SA

As the Middle East moves towards a fragile lull in hostilities, the economic shock caused by the conflict – supply chains perturbation, inflation etc - is already spreading to the global economy with oil-importing economies such as South Africa particularly exposed to...

Credit trends diverge as consumers navigate affordability

South African consumers are reshaping how they access and use credit as affordability pressures persist, according to TransUnion’s Q1 2026 South Africa Industry Insights Report. The report’s findings show that credit demand remained resilient, but diverging risk...

Small fibre operators outshine giants in ISPA survey

ISPA's Perception Survey gauges ISPs’ perceptions of fibre network operator (FNO) performance across a range of metrics - and the most recent results reveal smaller FNOs are outshining the established competition. South Africa’s official internet Industry...

The human impact of AI forces a redesign in how we work

We are living through one of the most significant transformations in the history of work, writes Aparna Nair, chief talent, leadership and culture officer at IBM. AI is reshaping roles, rewiring workflows, and redefining the nature of performance itself. Yet, a new...

Europe faces sharpest rise in mobile data costs

The rise of digital platforms, IoT and smartphones has fueled a sharp increase in mobile data spending. In 2025, end users worldwide are expected to spend $671-billion on mobile data, $30-billion more than last year. There are big regional differences: while Americans...

Customer experience BPO to hit $296,29bn

The global customer experience business process outsourcing market size is estimated to reach $296,29-billion by 2033, registering a CAGR of 12,8% from 2025 to 2033, according to a new report by Grand View Research. CX BPO involves the contracting of customer...

Scammers use Meta infrastructure to hit Facebook business accounts

Kaspersky has discovered a new phishing scheme targeting Facebook business accounts, using legitimate Facebook infrastructure to send deceptive emails with threats of account suspension. Cybercriminals have devised a method to use authentic Facebook functions to send...

Telkom reports stronger performance, better results

Telkom has reported stronger operational performance and improved financial results for the 2024 financial year, with group revenue up 1,6% to R43 230-million. Mobile service revenue is up 6,8% to R19 026-million, with more than 20-million subscribers. Openserve's...

IBM adds GenAI to personalise Wimbledon player stories

IBM and The All England Lawn Tennis Club has a new feature for the Wimbledon digital experience that will leverage match data with generative AI (GenAI) from IBM's AI and data platform, watsonx, to keep fans updated on the world's leading players as they advance...

Acer sets up local monitor production

Acer has started producing monitors in South Africa as part of its localisation strategy. The new monitor production programme aims to significantly contribute to job creation in South Africa's technology sector. Additionally, the company recognises that providing...

Gen Z set to transform the workplace

Gen Z will make up 27% of the workforce by 2025, bringing with them a unique set of talents and insights. They are digital natives who have never known a time without the internet. They are strident regarding ethics (and they want their employer to be, too), and while...

How wind energy contributes to energy security

Wind energy continues to lead the energy transition from a fossil-fuel-based economy to a low-carbon renewable energy future in South Africa, with an installed capacity of 3442MW and generating more than 11 000 GWh annually through 34 operational wind farms. With...

Intel Gaudi enables lower-cost AI compute and GenAI

MLCommons' results of its industry AI performance benchmark, MLPerf Training v4.0, demonstrate the choice that Intel Gaudi 2 AI accelerators give enterprises and customers. Community-based software simplifies generative AI (GenAI) development and industry-standard...

Nvidia MLPerf training results demonstrate performance, elasticity

The full-stack Nvidia accelerated computing platform has demonstrated high performance in the latest MLPerf Training v4.0 benchmarks. Nvidia more than tripled the performance on the large language model (LLM) benchmark, based on GPT-3 175B, compared to the...

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Agile SMEs can realise the digital workplace

Now is the time for small businesses to take advantage of their inherent agility and enable digital working environments that will radically improve employee efficiency. By Basha Pillay, business unit lead: modern platform at Altron Karabina and Jacob Shihawu,...

Cisco and Google Cloud partner

Cisco and Google Cloud are announcing their intent to develop the industry's first application-centric multicloud networking fabric. The automated solution will ensure that applications and enterprise networks will be able to share service-level agreement settings,...

SDN redefines networking environment

Many consider software-defined networking (SDN) to be one of the most disruptive areas to have arrived in the ICT landscape in recent years. It fundamentally changes network management to enable a more dynamic, software-driven, and efficient way of improving...

New Dell EMC PowerStore debuts

Dell Technologies has launched the Dell EMC PowerStore, a modern infrastructure platform built from the ground up with superior technology and expertise to address the challenges of the data era. "Customers tell us a main obstacle keeping them from achieving their...

App addresses Covid-19 reinfection fears

As the government considers how soon to lift the lockdown, the prospect of more South Africans returning to work is both a welcome and worrying prospect. The question is this: how to fight a potential second spike in infections in compliance with government safety...

The role of TES in creating youth employment opportunities

Despite the increasing rate of unemployment in South Africa, businesses can play a meaningful role in creating sustainable job opportunities for the youth, those that are most affected. By Theresa Ackerman, manager of operational excellence at T-Systems South Africa...

How to digitalise for long term success

Many people realise they need to digitalise as a way to keep their businesses alive during the effects of lockdown, social distancing, or sheltering in place. That's fairly obvious even to devoted traditionalists - but where to start and how we execute are less so,...

Fire risks amplified for landlords

Fire is one of the major causes of insured losses in South Africa, and its impact is likely to amplify and accelerate as landlords face the aftermath of the Covid-19 lockdown and South Africa's precarious and constrained economy. It is a risk that is perpetuated in...

Make data relevant to the business

It's true, business intelligence (BI) tools and hype slipped sadly into the Gartner Trough of Disillusionment in 2012. It is also true that BI overpromised and underdelivered in many expensive use cases. However, today what stands true is that BI has withstood the...

Saicom appointed Google Cloud Partner

Saicom Voice Services has been appointed as a Google Cloud Partner (GCP) in South Africa and has completed its own migration to G Suite that has resulted in enhanced productivity and team collaboration especially in light of the Covid-19 pandemic and work from home...

SHEQ Systems Specialist (CPT)

Are you a SHEQ expert with a proven track record in Quality, Food Safety, Health & Safety, and Environmental systems? Our client, a global leader in the FMCG industry, is looking for a skilled SHEQ Systems Specialist to join their high-performing team in Cape...

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Are you a SHEQ expert with a proven track record in Quality, Food Safety, Health & Safety, and Environmental systems? Our client, a global leader in the FMCG industry, is looking for a skilled SHEQ Systems Specialist to join their high-performing team in Cape...

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