Old Mutual sounds alarm on skyrocketing deepfake scams
Old Mutual has urged South Africans to be on high alert as deepfake scams become increasingly sophisticated and widespread, with scammers now using artificial intelligence (AI) to create convincing fake videos, voices, and images to defraud unsuspecting individuals...
Chris Norton joins Kaspersky as GM: sub-Saharan Africa
Kaspersky has appointed Chris Norton as its new GM for sub-Saharan Africa, with the goal of driving Kaspersky’s expansion across the continent. Kaspersky has been operating in Africa since 2009. In 2024, Kaspersky’s business in Africa achieved standout performance,...
GenAI will drive consolidated customer-facing roles
By 2027, 30% of the Fortune 500 will consolidate postpurchase tasks such as expansion, service, success and renewal into a unified customer-facing employee role, according to Gartner. Generative AI (GenAI) promises to automate greater portions of customer service...
Pawsey Supercomputing Centre accelerates quantum computing exploration
Australia's Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre will add the NvidiaCUDA Quantum platform accelerated by Nvidia Grace Hopper Superchips to its National Supercomputing and Quantum Computing Innovation Hub. Researchers at the Perth-based center will leverage CUDA...
MSSA to hold online inter-school provincial championships
Mind Sports South Africa (MSSA) will hold the 13th Online Inter-school Provincial Championships on 3 March 2024. An important feature of this championship is that it is open to any learner, whether or not the school is affiliated or not. However, approval from the...
Alternative data market set for 50% CAGR
The global alternative data market size is anticipated to reach $135,72-billion by 2030, according to a new report by Grand View Research. The market is expected to expand at a CAGR of 50,6% from 2024 to 2030. The increasing emphasis on gaining alpha from hedge funds...
Teraco secures grid capacity allocation for utility-scale solar
Teraco has secured its first grid capacity allocation from Eskom and will start construction of a 120MW utility-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) energy facility in the Free State. The grid capacity allocation from Eskom enables Teraco to connect its planned 120MW solar...
Should governments regulate AI?
Mark Davison reports from Kaspersky’s Cyber Security Weekend in Kuala Lumpur – When ChatGPT launched in late 2022 it put artificial intelligence firmly in the spotlight, but the advance of the technology to generative AI (GenAI) has seen that glare intensify – so much...
Africa’s love for Android lures cybercriminals
Mark Davison reports from Kaspersky’s Cyber Security Weekend in Kuala Lumpur – With emerging nations in the META (Middle East, Turkey and Africa) region embracing digital transformation faster than most western countries – and the subsequent widespread adoption of...
Massive increase in targeted ransomware groups
There’s been a surge in the number of targeted ransomware groups globally by 30% from 2022 to 2023. In parallel to this increase, the number of victims of targeted ransomware attacks spiked by 70% within the same time period. These insights were shared at Kaspersky’s...
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2018’s top 25 global tech companies by M Cap
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Cisco adds WiFi 6
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Small e-commerce companies well-positioned to weather the slowdown
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NEC XON increases F5 specialisation
NEC XON is one of just a few African organisations capable of maximising customer benefits from F5 Networks solutions since it recently gained rare certifications, which has improved opportunities for African organisations to adopt secure and optimised multi-cloud...
Giving office equipment a second life
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Conquering the fear of AI with EI
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How digital technology is reshaping needs, expectations of SA’s young consumers
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AfrAsia Bank increases HR efficiency up to 75%
AfrAsia Bank, headquartered in Mauritius with a representative office in South Africa, has chosen Oracle Human Capital Management (HCM) Cloud Application to deliver employee experience, retain talent and be recognised as an employer of choice. Under this...
IRESS clients cut over to the JSE’s ITaC platform
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Granadilla the first SA insurtech to cover gaming
Insurtech company Granadilla has gamers covered. Jonathan Walker, CEO of Granadilla, explains: "Granadilla is customer-centric so we make everything, from signing up to claiming, as easy as possible. Everything we do is simple, digital and available 24/7. Granadilla...
Senior Software Engineer at The Foschini Group – Western Cape Cape Town
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Solutions Architect – Gauteng Gauteng
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Junior Programmer – Gauteng Johannesburg
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