SA’s multi-billion rand telecom upgrades risk hitting an AI wall
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Urgent need to strengthen Africa’s trade and investment resilience
Africa’s trade landscape remains heavily dominated by export of raw materials, including agricultural products, oil, gas and minerals, while imports continue to be heavily skewed towards manufactured goods and machinery. This is the headline finding from “Africa’s...
Industry leaders on the cusp of quantum AI
As the supply chain to support quantum hardware stabilises, many experts anticipate that this emerging technology will be popularised and production-ready by the early 2030s. Some assume that means benefitting from quantum now is out of the question, according to a...
Last-mile experience still missing for SA consumers
Kathy Gibson reports - Customer service in South African is in a unique space: although there’s high smartphone adoption, the last-mile experience is still missing. Julian Dawkins, principal product marketing manager at Infobip, believes the country – and the...
AI is not driving supply chain operating model transformation
Chief supply chain officers (CSCOs) face increased pressure to transform their operating models, while the adoption of AI-powered supply chain orchestration technologies is constrained by multiple latent challenges, according to Gartner. Gartner surveyed 140 senior...
New SilverFox campaign targets SA companies
Kaspersky Global Research & Analysis Team (GReAT) analysed several new waves of cyberattacks conducted by the SilverFox group, observed since December 2025. The campaign targeted companies in South Africa, India, Indonesia, and Russia across industrial,...
Old Mutual warns of investment scam
Old Mutual is again warning the public about sophisticated investment scams circulating on social media, messaging platforms and email, that impersonate senior executives in efforts to mislead potential victims. The latest scam falsely uses the company’s name as well...
$2m winners in AI and Manufacturing awards named
The Milken Institute and the Motsepe Foundation have announced that BleagLee, a Cameroon-based AI-powered waste recycling company, is the $1-million grand prize winner of the Milken-Motsepe Prize in AI and Manufacturing. The award is designed to recognize established...
Strong passwords can’t save you from AI, infostealers and the Telegram Underground
Welcome to the real World Password Day 2026 (today, 7 May), and it's not the one where we remind you to add an exclamation mark to "Password123”. By Shayimamba Conco, security evangelist: Africa at Check Point Software Technologies This year's World Password Day is...
AI-enabled attacks drive ransomware surge
Cybercrime no longer functions as a series of isolated campaigns. Today, it operates as a system, with malicious hackers operating across an end-to-end life cycle and compressing the attack life cycle with shadow agents. This is the headline finding from the 2026...
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SA businesses underestimate cyber risks
A figure of 2 113 cyber security threats a week sounds daunting enough but, according to experts, this may only be a fraction of the total number impacting South African companies. In a July 2025 report, Check Point Software Technologies revealed the 2 000-plus figure...
Paystack integrates with Xero via Stripe
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Datacentrix is Hitachi Vantara’s New Partner of the Year
Datacentrix has been named as ‘New Partner of the Year’ by Hitachi Vantara, the data storage, infrastructure and hybrid cloud management subsidiary of Hitachi, at the organisation’s recent Africa Partner Day 2025. According to Pieter Engelbrecht, business unit...
Marketing drives Black Friday sales, but your phones drive customers away
You can’t control your courier, or your payment gateway or a lot of essential elements in your delivery process. Warren Hawkins, MD of Euphoria Telecom Your customers don't care whose fault it is - they just want to know what’s going on and that you are on it. The...
Treat Black Friday as a visibility moment, not a discount race
As the world prepares for another Black Friday (28 November), South African small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have a golden opportunity to stand out from the big brand noise by offering more value-driven, authentic alternatives. This is according to Sudir Sahadeo,...
Skills development isn’t just a numbers game
The Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) from Stats SA shows that South Africa’s unemployment rate increased by 1,7% from Q1 of 2025 rising to 33,2% in Q2. By Jessica Hawkey, MD of redAcademy This might not seem like a very big jump, but when you consider that this...
Don’t let downtime steal your Black Friday sales
As retailers and enterprises across South Africa prepare for the annual Black Friday surge on 28 November, network resilience is once again in sharp focus. For many organisations, the festive trading season is the ultimate stress test, one where downtime can have...
Cautious consumers set the tone for Black Friday 2025
South Africa’s technology and durables (T&D) manufacturers and retailers will face fierce competition for the consumer’s rand during the upcoming Black Friday promotional period, with NIQ South Africa forecasting relatively flat growth in terms of units and...
Vulnerable SA retailers in for brutal peak season
South African retailers face a perfect cybersecurity storm as they gear up for an extended peak season. The busiest time of year will see head offices at their most vulnerable as cyber criminals target overworked staff who are desperate to ensure sales are maximised...
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