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.

Paratus Zimbabwe, Powertel sign long-distance fibre deal

Paratus Zimbabwe has signed a deal with PowerTel to launch a high-capacity national fibre network across Zimbabwe. PowerTel is the wholly-owned subsidiary of Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) and is licensed to operate an optic fibre backbone network. ...

Mixed results for hardcopy peripherals

The global HCP market grew year-over-year (YoY) for the third consecutive quarter in Q1 2025, recording a 2,7% growth to approximately 19,4-million units shipped. Shipment value, on the other hand, saw a YoY decrease of -3,2% to roughly $9-billion, according to...

Intel welcomes Open Platform for enterprise AI

The Linux Foundation AI & Data have announced the Open Platform for Enterprise AI (OPEA) as its latest Sandbox Project. OPEA aims to accelerate secure, cost-effective generative AI (GenAI) deployments for businesses by driving interoperability across a diverse and...

Hackers get more precise with malware attacks

In the last four years, hackers performed over 11-million malware attacks, reveals the latest study by NordPass, which also investigates which countries are the most targeted, which credentials are the most leaked, and which type of malware Internet users fall victim...

Huge surge in data breaches in Q1 2024

Leaked accounts increased by five times in Q1 2024 compared to Q4 2023 - up from 81-million to 435-million - according to data from cybersecurity specialist Surfshark. So far this year, the US, China and Russia were the most breached countries. Since 2004, a total of...

SDV market on track to hit $700bn by 2034

The self-driving vehicles (SDV) and artificial intelligence (AI) cars market is set to be worth over $700-billion by 2034, representing around 20% of the global car market, according to IDTechEx's "Software-Defined Vehicles, Connected Cars, and AI in Cars 2024-2034"...

Data stealers still on the prowl

The malware development market continues to flourish with new stealers such as Lumma, but for the last three years, Redline still remains the dominant data-stealing malware used by cybercriminals. More than half of every device (55%) targeted by password-stealer...

Telcos lead the way in digital inclusion

Initiatives sponsored by global telcos set the standard for digital inclusion by promoting digital skills development, accessibility, and affordability for the disadvantaged in both underdeveloped and developed nations, according to research group GlobalData. Digital...

Bitcoin mining profitability plummets

Bitcoin mining profits have crunched by 75% in the last three years, according to new research from Stocklytics. "Bitcoin mining is becoming less profitable day after day due to various factors including the cost of mining," says Edith Reads, financial analyst at...

Intel adds AI experiences to Paris Olympic Games

Through its AI Everywhere platform, Intel plans to implement artificial intelligence (AI) technology powered by Intel processors to the Olympic and Paralympic Games Paris 2024. As the Official Worldwide AI Platform Partner of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Paris...

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Duxbury Networking partners with Versa Networks

Duxbury Networking has announced a new partnership with Versa Networks, a software-defined networking vendor. Versa provides a full-featured, end-to-end set of software-defined products and solutions to help service providers and enterprises move from legacy...

Teraco achieves global top 3 data centre ranking

In Cloudscene's 7th publication of the Data Centre Ecosystem Leaderboard, Teraco's JB1 East & West data centre, is ranked third globally in terms of service providers available at the facility Cloudscene's rankings are derived from the data published in the...

Cyber security at the rugby world cup

Get the braaivleis and biltong ready because this year's highly anticipated rugby world cup in Japan will be the biggest and most tech-enabled event the world has ever seen. Simon McCullough, F5 Networks' major channel account manager, discusses the cyber security...

Kyocera achieves top copier, MFP position

Kyocera Document Solutions South Africa has been placed first overall in unit sales for the first half of 2019, with a market share of 14,6%. This is according to market data specialist InfoSource's latest research which shows market sizing data in the office...

Cloud-based solution counters cheating in e-sports

Kaspersky has taken the first step in protecting fair play in eSports: the company introduced a beta version of its new solution Kaspersky Anti-Cheat to help tournament organisers combat in-game cheating. With this new cloud-based offering, Kaspersky provides...

Ulwembu secures stake in JumpCO Consulting

Black-owned Ulwembu Business Services has purchased a stake in JumpCO Consulting, a professional services and software product business focused on delivering digital economy-ready enterprise solutions in: integration and business process management (BPM), cloud and...

Dell EMC PowerMax delivers multi-cloud flexibility

Dell Technologies has announced significant updates to the Dell EMC PowerMax, incorporating next-generation technologies. Dell EMC PowerMax is first-to-market with dual port Intel Optane SSDs and the use of Storage Class Memory (SCM) as persistent storage. Dell...

Botswana telco doubles satellite capacity

Botswana Telecommunications Corporation Limited (BTC) today announced that BTC is doubling its capacity on Spacecom's AMOS-7 communication satellite KU-beams. With this new capacity, BTC is adding cellular backhaul and various long-distance communication services to...

Digicloud Africa signs up Google Cloud

Digicloud Africa has joined Google Cloud's partner ecosystem as a value-added distributor for Google Cloud Platform and G Suite in Africa. Digicloud Africa will operate as a two-tier distributor supporting G Suite and Google Cloud Platform resellers across Africa,...

SA agent is a globally-recognised hero

Helping young work-seekers change their lives for the better is all in a day's work for Harambee contact centre agent Thapelo Kwenane, but his dedication and amazing results have seen him awarded international recognition and the title of CX Hero at the Genesys...

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My client is looking for a full stack developer in the LAMP stack to join a dynamic, fast-growing team managing internal development projects. Key Requirements At least 5 years' hands-on experience with vanilla HTML5 & CSS3, Bootstrap, SASS, LESS.Tailwind or...

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My client is looking for a full stack developer in the LAMP stack to join a dynamic, fast-growing team managing internal development projects. Key Requirements At least 5 years' hands-on experience with vanilla HTML5 & CSS3, Bootstrap, SASS, LESS.Tailwind or...

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