Roman telescope aims to travel 1m miles into space

This month could see the launch a new space telescope that aims to travel 1-million miles and record billions of galaxies. The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope could launch from the Kennedy Space Station as early as 30 August aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy. The Roman...

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...

As risks rise, CISOs should shift focus

Chief information security officers (CISOs) must focus on three areas to harness increased hype and scrutiny and turn disruption into opportunity, according to Gartner. These three areas include being mission-aligned, innovation-ready and change-agile. “Organisations...

The gap is closing, but gender parity is still a century away

The global gender gap has closed to 68,8%, marking the strongest annual advancement since the Covid-19 pandemic. Yet full parity remains 123 years away at current rates, according to the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2025. Iceland leads the rankings...

Super election year increases risk of political violence

With an unprecedented ‘super-cycle’ of elections in 2024, almost half the world’s populations will go to the polls before the year is out. According to a new report from Allianz Commercial, security is a concern in many territories, not only from the threat of...

Hybrid working becoming the norm in SA

Hard lockdowns may feel like a lifetime ago but working from home (WFH) isn't going anywhere, according to new data from Discovery Insure. Analysing the driving trends of Vitality Drive programme members, the insurer has revealed that 23% of its clients who began...

AWS beats Azure to top global cloud market share

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has 31% of the global cloud market share, surpassing Microsoft Azure, according to research group Stocklytics.com. "The cloud market is proving competitive with players keen to tap into new users," says Edith Reads, financial analyst at...

AI should enable, not replace, customer service employees

Leaders are looking to self-service and emerging technologies like generative AI to reduce the need for agents and generate greater returns. High-quality assisted service is increasingly expensive and difficult to provide as organisations struggle to attract and...

Healthy growth for digital healthcare SCM

The global digital healthcare supply chain management market is forecast to reach $5,4-billion by 2030 - growing at a CAGR of 9% from 2024 to 2030 - according to a new report by Grand View Research. Major factors driving the market growth include adopting the GS1...

Smart city technologies continue to shape cities of tomorrow

IoT specialist Berg Insight has released the latest edition of its comprehensive smart city technology report comprising in-depth studies of five key technology areas: smart street lighting; smart parking; smart waste collection; urban air quality monitoring; and...

IBM inks MoU with Spain to advance AI strategy

The Government of Spain and IBM have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote their collaboration in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and AI supercomputing; advance the development and practical deployment of open, ethical and responsible...

March is 10th month in a row to break heat records

Global record-breaking heat continues as March 2024 has come in as the hottest month on record – making it the 10th in a row. The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), implemented by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts on behalf of the European...

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Guardrisk sell insurance policy via WhatsApp chatbot

The launch of what is believed to be South Africa'ss first non-life insurance WhatsApp chatbot, took just two weeks from concept to launch. Guardrisk - part of Momentum Metropolitan Holdings Limited - has partnered with fintech start-up Root to extend its CarSure...

Kaspersky appoints Tarsus Distribution

Kaspersky has signed on Tarsus Distribution as a new distributor for the brand's portfolio of business to business and business to consumer product offerings in southern Africa. The new distributor agreement forms part of Kaspersky's growth pipeline for the local...

Fujitsu, Nutanix joint solution gets SAP HANA certification

Fujitsu is enabling the full integration of mission-critical SAP HANA deployments on hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) based on Nutanix Enterprise Cloud on PRIMERGY to unlock simplified management, higher performance and increased scalability across both private...

JSE to buy majority stake in Link SA

JSE Limited, the operator of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), has agreed to acquire Link Market Services South Africa (Link SA), the second largest share registry business in South Africa (with six of the top 40 listed companies as clients), subject to all...

Fincheck.co.za invests in FundingHub

Fincheck.co.za, which began in 2016 so consumers could compare financial services products, has taken over the full management and equity in FundingHub. This makes Fincheck the country's biggest financial comparison site as well as the biggest lead aggregator having...

An IT partner can accelerate a bank’s digital journey

Instead of examining the advantages and disadvantages of digital banking versus traditional banking, it should rather be accepted that digitisation is the direction in which all banks need to move. By Steve Lauter, head of banking for Africa at Wipro These days, it's...

Seacom, Sophos secure SMEs

Seacom has joined forces with Sophos to provide a next generation security solution called On-Premise Security to cost-conscious small and medium enterprises (SMEs) across South Africa. Seacom's On-Premise Security is a full-suite solution that uses Sophos' XG...

Citrix to offer desktop as a service solution

Citrix Systems has launched Citrix Managed Desktops, a cloud-hosted offering that enables organisations - regardless of their size or IT expertise - to provision Windows-based applications and desktops from the cloud to any device, anywhere in a simple, unified...

Why co-sourcing is on the up

It seems like yesterday when outsourcing their software and application development projects to specialist partners was the modus operandi for most South African companies, writes Matt Chittenden, business development manager at DotModus. The outsourcing boom of the...

MTN launches newly-revamped premium

MTN has announced the launch of new-and-improved premium MTN Sky plans - MTN Sky, MTN Sky VIP and MTN Sky Black - offering unlimited calls, unlimited SMSs and a significantly higher inclusive-data value from R999 PMx24. As part of the plan, customers will receive...

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