Climate change is redrawing the malaria map in Africa

Malaria is the deadliest climate-sensitive infectious disease. Yet, researchers and public health officials have debated how climate change has shaped its spread. A new Nature study by an international team, including the University of Cape Town (UCT), resolved this...

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...

Sun releases strong flare

The Sun emitted a strong flare on Tuesday (17 June 2025). NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, which watches the Sun constantly, captured an image of the event. The image shows a subset of extreme ultraviolet light that highlights the extremely hot material in flares...

Geopolitics puts focus on data control

There’s been a dramatic rise in concern over data sovereignty across the UK technology sector, with 83% of IT leaders worried that geopolitical developments may affect their ability to control and access their data. According to survey by Civo, 61% of IT...

SA enterprises are embracing GenAI

Kathy Gibson reports – South Africa’s largest enterprises are well on the way on their generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) journeys. This is according to the South African Generative AI Roadmap for 2024 survey by World Wide Worx, commissioned by Dell...

Identity cyberattacks on the rise in MEA

There is a global identity crisis emerging as cybercriminals double down on exploiting user identities to compromise enterprises worldwide, according to IBM's latest 2024 X-Force Threat Intelligence Index, and the MEA (Middle East and Africa) region is no exception....

Healthcare organisations under pressure to modernise IT

Hybrid multicloud adoption is surging among healthcare organisations as the majority are significantly increasing investments in IT modernisation, according to the sixth annual global Healthcare Enterprise Cloud Index (ECI) report from Nutanix. The report reveals that...

MTN, Investec, Electrum bring PayShap to MoMo

MTN South Africa, in collaboration with Investec and Electrum, has introduced the PayShap solution on its MoMo platform, offering users an instant, cost-effective payment system. MoMo is the first non-banking player to offer PayShap . "We are thrilled to pioneer the...

Intel Foundry opens new frontier in chipmaking

Intel Foundry has reported a key milestone in advanced semiconductor manufacturing with completed assembly of the industry's first commercial High Numerical Aperture (High NA) Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) lithography scanner at the chipmaker's Hillsboro, Oregon R&D...

Globally, companies push for zero-trust

Worldwide, 63% of organisations have fully or partially implemented a zero-trust strategy, according to Gartner. For 78% of organisations implementing a zero-trust strategy, this investment represents less than 25% of the overall cybersecurity budget. A fourth quarter...

These are the top 10 social media LLMs

Large language models (LLMs) have seen significant advancements in recent years with the introduction of new artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots and upgrades to the existing models. These advancements have not only revolutionised the ability of LLMs to mimic...

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SA tech to register Zambian SIM cards

Several million Zambian mobile users have been successfully registered by over 3 000 local agents over the past nine months using South African SIM card registration software. The African-developed SIM (Subscriber Identity Mobile) registration system is helping...

Côte d’Ivoire, Kenya improve trade potential

Côte d'Ivoire is the market that has most rapidly improved its trade growth potential over the past decade, according to new research from Standard Chartered. The Trade20 index, which identifies the 20 rising stars of trade, places African markets Côte d'Ivoire in the...

Feed the board a diet of low-risk cyber security

Chief information security officers (CISO) have become part of the C-level team because of the importance of cyber security. They're really there to help the board members and C-level executives know and understand the organisation's position on cyber security in...

Vilnius prepares children for future jobs

It is expected that by 2020, Europe will have a shortage in the ICT sector of around one million employees. Therefore, EU countries are developing strategies to engage future developers from the youngest age - besides offering a future career in programming, coding...

FNB scoops global Data Anywhere award

First National Bank (FNB) has won the Data Anywhere Award at the Data Impact Awards Celebration in New York City. The Data Impact Awards recognize organisations' data success and recognizes the best of the best organizations, leaders of industry and creators of...

Xerox VersaLink B600 printer series debuts

Altron Bytes Document Solutions has debuted its VersaLink B600/B605 and B610/B615 printers and multifunction devices equipped with new features that save time and increase workplace productivity. The affordable, new black-and-white printers are part of the company's...

Tarsus On Demand scoops Microsoft CSP award

Tarsus On Demand clinched the Top Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) -Indirect of the Year award from Microsoft for the second year running. The CSP award is a fiercely-contested category, with Microsoft's landing of two Azure data centres in South Africa earlier this year...

Océ changes to Canon Production Printing

Canon's chairman and CEO Fujio Mitarai and Océ Holding's president and CEO Minoru Asada have announced the official corporate name (trade name) change of Canon Group company Océ to Canon Production Printing. Since joining the Canon Group in 2010, Océ has continued to...

Kaspersky gains a leader status for endpoint security suite

Kaspersky has been named a Leader in the Forrester Wave Endpoint Security Suites 2019 evaluation¹. Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business is cited among the top five scoring in both the current offering and market presence categories. The Forrester Wave is a guide...

Connecting Africa using TVWS

Imagine a world where we cannot immediately pick up our phones to google whatever is on our minds? Whether it’s the latest phone on the market, the closest hospital in the case of an emergency or even how to unblock an overflowing drain, information or knowledge is...

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Systems Engineer SpecialistAn Enterprise Technical result-driven Engineer (Cloud, Virtualisation, Storage and Server) offering more than 10 years of extensive experience in enterprise infrastructure projects, system administration, systems architecture, hardware...

Systems Engineer at Datonomy Solutions

To provide specialist technical expertise and support in installing; testing; tuning; optimising; diagnosing problems; repairing; upgrading and maintaining both externally and internally supplied hardware and systems software (i.e. Operating systems; data management...

Senior Backend Software Engineer

My client is seeking a skilled Backend developer to design, develop, and maintain client-facing web systems, ensuring high performance and security. Key Requirements Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (preferred).5+ years of relevant...

Systems Engineer Specialist – Gauteng Braamfontein

Systems Engineer SpecialistAn Enterprise Technical result-driven Engineer (Cloud, Virtualisation, Storage and Server) offering more than 10 years of extensive experience in enterprise infrastructure projects, system administration, systems architecture, hardware...

Systems Engineer at Datonomy Solutions – Gauteng Sandton

To provide specialist technical expertise and support in installing; testing; tuning; optimising; diagnosing problems; repairing; upgrading and maintaining both externally and internally supplied hardware and systems software (i.e. Operating systems; data management...

Senior Backend Software Engineer – Gauteng Johannesburg Region

My client is seeking a skilled Backend developer to design, develop, and maintain client-facing web systems, ensuring high performance and security. Key Requirements Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (preferred).5+ years of relevant...

Cyber Security Specialist at Ntice Search

Are you a skilled Cyber Security Specialist looking for a challenging role in a dynamic environment? We are seeking a highly motivated professional to lead and implement cyber security initiatives across our Africa region operations. Join us and play a critical role...

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About our client:Looking for an opportunity to make impactful contributions that benefit society? Joining this dynamic, organised and innovative employer will allow just that, all while earning well and working alongside a global team of specialists. You will be able...

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