AI is driving more breaches, at an average cost of $6m

One in four malicious breaches were AI-enabled – a 56% increase over last year – and these breaches cost an average of $6-million, roughly $1-million more than the global breach average of $4,99-million. This is among the findings from IBM's 2026 Cost of a Data Breach...

AI automation is having an impact on entry-level hiring

Nearly a quarter (22%) of CHROs report that at least one business leader in their organisation has stopped hiring for entry-level roles due to AI automation, according to Gartner. The 4Q25 Gartner survey of 110 heads of HR also found that 95% of organisations have...

Africa’s young people want jobs, clean government

Africa’s young people are more optimistic about the future of their countries, economies and the continent than at any point since the pandemic - but they are demanding jobs, cleaner government, safer communities, a stronger political voice and a model of democracy...

Even without data centres, Africa faces water bankruptcy

A new United Nations (UN) report says the world has moved past a water crisis into water bankruptcy – and Africa’s utility numbers already show what that looks like.

Global data centres face rising climate risks

Data centres - the critical infrastructure powering banking systems, cloud storage, emergency services, communications, and logistics - are facing sharply rising risks from climate change-driven extreme weather, according to a new report from physical climate risk...

Consumer hunt for value reshapes SA market

Driven by emerging markets, replacement cycles, and premium innovation, global tech and durables (T&D) sales will reach $1,29-trillion in the year ahead, according to NielsenIQ’s (NIQ) latest Consumer Tech Industry Trends 2025 report. The value of the Middle East...

Homeowners signal cautious optimism

Absa's Homeowners Sentiment Index for the first quarter of 2024 reveals an uplift in confidence in the property market, with overall sentiment among respondents surveyed climbing to 82% as optimism begins to remerge. In the survey of 1 149 respondents, the number of...

Seacom restores East Africa cable operations

Seacom has restored services to its customers following the completion of subsea repair operations on its East Africa (S1) cable. The physical repair of the subsea cable was completed on 31 May and the process to restore and test client services back to the original...

Gitex Africa Morocco 2024: It’s a wrap …

The second edition of Gitex Africa has wrapped up in Marrakech, Morocco. Kathy Gibson was there to find out what’s happening in the African tech space.   Into the future with frontier technologies Humanity is facing an existential crisis as planet-wide issues...

Into the future with frontier technologies

Kathy Gibson reports from Gitex Africa Morocco 2024 – Humanity is facing an existential crisis as planet-wide issues like climate change threaten to cause irreparable damage. But frontier technologies are already on the drawing board that could reverse the damage...

New report to inform policy changes for 400m young Africans

Caribou Digital, in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation, has released a new report on young African people and their digital technology experiences - Youth in Digital Africa: Our connections. Our Choices. Our future. The report, a compilation of personal...

Africa keeps position of second-fastest growing region in the world

African economies remain resilient, despite challenges that are testing economies worldwide. According to the latest African Development Bank Group’s African Economic Outlook, 41 countries on the continent are projected to experience stronger growth rates in 2024 than...

PMI dips to 43.8 amid election uncertainty, sluggish demand

The seasonally adjusted Absa Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) fell below 50 points in May 2024. The headline PMI fell to 43.8 points from 54 points in April. The drop was despite another month of no load-shedding, although local power outages remain frequent, and the...

Webb finds most distant known galaxy

Over the last two years, scientists have used the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope to explore what astronomers refer to as Cosmic Dawn - the period in the first few hundred million years after the big bang where the first galaxies were born. These galaxies...

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2020 ushers in new era for HR and payroll data

This year will see HR and payroll data play a pivotal role in business, becoming an increasingly valuable asset that provides a snapshot overview of the current status of the business. This is according to Ian McAlister, GM of CRS Technologies. "Beyond the nuts and...

Successful launch for Eutelsat Konnect

The Eutelsat Konnect satellite was successfully launched into Geostationary Transfer Orbit by Arianespace using an Ariane 5 rocket that lifted off from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana, on January 16. The separation of the all-electric satellite...

iHealthcare Group listings live on 4AX

iHealthcare Group and iHealthcare Group Holdings have successfully listed on the 4 Africa Exchange (4AX), effective 17 January 2020. Both listings were geared up in December 2019, though due to an unexpected delay and the holiday season, the decision was taken by the...

Angola Cables trials direct US-Africa optical connection

Angola Cables is trialling Nokia's Photonic Service Engine 3 (PSE-3) chipset for the first direct optical connection between the US and Africa. The route provides direct, low-latency trans-Atlantic routing and greatly simplifies the turn-up of services to better serve...

40m affected in US health data breaches

Data gathered by PreciseSecurity shows that in 2019 health records for 40-million Americans were breached. This is the highest number of health data breaches since 2015. From the data, over the last decade, exposure of health records has been rising steadily. Only...

Privacy debate set to shift in 2020

Data privacy and protection are likely to be high on the agenda for 2020 in the wake of Facebook-Cambridge Analytica and other data scandals. By Grant Lapping, MD of DataCore Media These controversies have prompted regulators and consumers alike to question how much...

2020 cybersecurity trends predictions

The realities of the negative impact of modern cyber threats arguably hit home for South Africans in 2019 more than any other year in memory. By Brian Pinnock, cybersecurity expert at Mimecast The country fell victim to several high-profile breaches, including a...

Cloud can help educational institutions cut costs

With the highest youth unemployment rate in the world, paired with worrying skills shortages, the pressure is on universities and other tertiary education institutions in South Africa to admit more students. By Gomedi Makhongoana, technology public sector director at...

Set goals for career resolutions in 2020

Self-improvement is about developing healthy habits - including ways to improve your career path. The New Year is a great time for self-improvement. Along with your personal goals, ManpowerGroup South Africa's MD Lyndy van den Barselaar, suggests that you include ways...

Trends that will shape travel experiences in 2020

Travelport has shared its 2020 trends that will shape travel experiences as we start the next decade. Through independent research with thousands of global travellers - including 500 in South Africa, , Travelport has uncovered the major forces that will become the...

Intermediate Systems / Networks Administrator (Ops Specialist)

We are looking to hire an experienced Intermendiate Systems Networks Administrator with a proven track record of ensuring optimal IT operations and infrastructure reliability. Skilled in deploying and maintaining complex network systems, managing server environments,...

Senior Integration Engineer at Resourgenix

WE'RE HIRING: SENIOR INTEGRATION ENGINEERDesign, integrate, and build cutting-edge solutions in asset management!Location: Constantia, Cape Town; Salary: R1mil per annum, Permanent Employment ContractEE Status: Preference will be given to designated groups in line...

Mid-Level C#.Net Developer (JHB Remote)

ENVIRONMENT:THE talents of a dedicated and deadline-driven Mid-Level C#.Net Developer is required by a Joburg-based Marketing & Media Solutions Provider to join its team. Your core role will entail developing new products and features while maintaining existing...

Senior Integration Engineer at Resourgenix – Western Cape Constantia

WE'RE HIRING: SENIOR INTEGRATION ENGINEERDesign, integrate, and build cutting-edge solutions in asset management!Location: Constantia, Cape Town; Salary: R1mil per annum, Permanent Employment ContractEE Status: Preference will be given to designated groups in line...

Mid-Level C#.Net Developer (JHB Remote) – Gauteng Randburg

ENVIRONMENT:THE talents of a dedicated and deadline-driven Mid-Level C#.Net Developer is required by a Joburg-based Marketing & Media Solutions Provider to join its team. Your core role will entail developing new products and features while maintaining existing...

Project Manager (Applications) (Contract) (CPT Onsite)

ENVIRONMENT:A cutting-edge Energy Specialist urgently seeks to fill a 6 to 12 Month Contract role for a proactive & highly driven Project Manager with proven knowledge and experience of the Software Development Lifecycle and how this translates to the project...

Systems / Networks Administrator (Ops Specialist)

Keeping systems secure, networks strong, and operations seamless!Our client is seeking a dynamic Systems Networks Administrator (Ops Specialist) to ensure the stability, security, and efficiency of their IT infrastructure. This role is perfect for a tech-savvy...

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