New battery factory drives industrialisation, job creation

Kathy Gibson reports - Actom has opened a new assembly line for locally-assembled LiFePO₄ battery energy storage systems (BESS). Yesterday, the company also announced that is expanding manufacturing capacity for its high voltage equipment. These moves are significant...

Herotel brings Amazon’s Leo satellite services to SA

Kathy Gibson reports – Herotel has signed a distribution agreement with Amazon to bring its Leo Constellation satellite service to South Africa. Set to go live in 2027, South Africa will be among one of the first countries in the world to connect to the low earth...

Social media the top culprit as deepfake fraud grows

Deepfake attacks are growing, and costing people more. Scial media is the main culprit

Muse highlights privacy, copyright issues in AI training

Copyright and privacy issues under the spotlight as Meta withdraws Muse feature

AI-powered cybercrime and defenses on the rise

Check Point Software Technologies has launched its inaugural AI Security Report at the RSA Conference 2025 in San Francisco, offering an in-depth exploration of how cyber criminals are weaponising artificial intelligence (AI), alongside strategic insights for...

Crypto crime surges in 2025

The 2024 crypto bull run fueled a surge in crypto-related crimes, a trend that has carried into 2025. Over the course of last year, cybercriminals stole $1,73-billion worth of digital assets, making 2024 the fourth-worst year for crypto crime on record. But that...

Decline, then growth, forecast for campus switches

Well in excess of $100-billion will be spent on campus switches over the next five years, according to a new report from Dell'Oro Group, which says that after three strong years in campus switch sales it foresees a significant correction in 2024, followed by a...

African gains boost Vodacom results

Vodacom has announced that, for the quarter ended 31 December 2023, group revenue increased 26,8% to R38,9-billion, positively impacted by the acquisition of Vodafone Egypt. Group service revenue growth including Vodafone Egypt on a pro-forma basis was 8,8%, at the...

Digital assets revenue to hit $80bn this year

After a 37% plunge in 2022, the global digital assets market - including cryptocurrencies, NFT, and DeFi - soared by 127% last year and hit $60,1-billion in revenue. The rebuilt confidence in digital assets is expected to continue driving growth this year, with the...

Shrinking Moon causing earthquakes that could affect landing

As NASA continues to make progress toward sending astronauts to the lunar South Pole region with its Artemis campaign, data from a NASA-funded study is helping scientists better understand this strategic part of the Moon. The study presents evidence that moonquakes...

Robust performance for ACSA as domestic travel recovers

Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) says it is well on its way to a full recovery - with some of its airports even exceeding projections - following a bustling and active peak and festive season that saw passenger volumes climbing strongly towards the end of last...

Over £1m invested in African innovators

The Royal Academy of Engineering is investing over £1-million this year in alumni of the Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation programme through grants, prizes and accelerator programme awards, to facilitate long-term success of innovations addressing local...

Companies flag GenAI as privacy, data security risk

Privacy is much more than a regulatory compliance matter, and businesses are increasingly concerned about the use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI). This is among findings in the Cisco 2024 Data Privacy Benchmark Study, an annual review of key privacy...

SA kicks off AfCFTA shipments

The first shipment of products from South Africa to other African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) countries has embarked from the eThekwini port. President Cyril Ramaphosa hailed it as the start of preferential trade by South Africa under the AfCFTA. "African...

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Fujitsu Eternus DX8900 S4 comes out tops in SPC-1

Fujitsu's storage solution Eternus DX8900 S4 has achieved a double first in terms of high performance for a storage system - setting a new benchmark record as well as being the first to break the 10 Million IOPS per second barrier, as confirmed by the latest results...

Achieve a clean audit with supplier vetting

Is a clean audit possible for organisations at a time when corruption, fraud, dishonesty and non-compliance in procurement threaten to undermine the very foundations of an honest company? With so many risk areas to consider, it can be extremely challenging to keep...

5G will drive Industry 4.0

Industry 4.0 has arrived, and it is going to spark an unprecedented wave of innovation in the Middle East and Africa (MEA). By Mikael Bäck, corporate officer for Ericsson's group function technology group Industry 4.0 merges operational, information and communication...

Autonomous IT, security solutions enable proactive IT

The cybersecurity of a business is still largely reliant on the people within each company's IT department. This is not sustainable long-term and organisations need to start looking to autonomous security measures to relieve some of the pressure felt by IT teams. By...

How SME connectivity links to customer retention

Did you know that you could lose business because of connectivity issues that aren't even your fault? By Louis Fourie, CEO of Pansmart When you look at the connectivity options over time, you will see a clear wave forming. This knowledge can be used by end users and...

Striking a cryptocurrency security balance

The travails of a Canadian cryptocurrency business highlight how too much security can be as bad as too little. However, adopting the right approach should enable your business to find the perfect middle ground. In a news report, it was announced that one of the...

HPE, Nutanix to deliver hybrid cloud as a service

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) and Nutanix has announced a global partnership to deliver an integrated hybrid cloud as a Service (aaS) solution to the market. The offering will leverage Nutanix's Enterprise Cloud OS software including its built-in, free AHV...

Trend Micro extends security offerings

Trend Micro has announced enhancements to its Deep Security and Cloud App Security products designed to extend protection to virtual machines on the Google Cloud Platform, Kubernetes platform protection, container image scanning integration with the Google Kubernetes...

Chatbots elevate customer experience in financial services

The growing sophistication of chatbots and the artificial intelligence (AI) that powers them could soon make time-consuming, frustrating interactions with financial services companies thing of the past. "Chatbots will dramatically change how you interact with a range...

Toshiba rebrands as Dynabook Europe

Toshiba Client Solutions Europe is embarking on a company rebrand effective immediately and will be known as Dynabook Europe. Toshiba Client Solutions joined Sharp Group on 1 October 2018 and changed its name to become Dynabook on 1 January 2019. The long established...

Application Support Engineer at The Foschini Group

Package & RemunerationJOB DESCRIPTION Key Responsibilities: Test and implement application solutions Operational support including, amongst others, root cause analysis; management of incidents, problems, changes and service requests; and SLA achievement...

Business Analyst (Engineering/Construction)

Our client, a national civils, engineering and construction company specialising in medium to large scale projects, seeks to employ a Business Analyst to join this progressive and expanding professional team.Please note that certification such as CBAP or PMI-PBA is...

Data Analyst

Our client in the banking sector is looking for a Data Analyst.Duration - 1 March 2025 to 31 December 2025You will be required to maintain the Client Reference Data, Market reference data of financial instruments and the valuation of these instruments. Investment...

Technical Lead – IBM Integration at Sabenza IT & Recruitment

We are looking for a Technical Lead with expertise in IBM Integration technologies to manage technology implementation in projects and provide technical guidance and solutions. Key Responsibilities: Provide technical guidance, mentorship, and hands-on expertise to...

Business Analyst (Engineering/Construction) – Gauteng Fordsburg

Our client, a national civils, engineering and construction company specialising in medium to large scale projects, seeks to employ a Business Analyst to join this progressive and expanding professional team.Please note that certification such as CBAP or PMI-PBA is...

Data Analyst – Gauteng Houghton Estate

Our client in the banking sector is looking for a Data Analyst.Duration - 1 March 2025 to 31 December 2025You will be required to maintain the Client Reference Data, Market reference data of financial instruments and the valuation of these instruments. Investment...

Senior Software Engineer at The Foschini Group

Package & RemunerationJOB DESCRIPTION Key Responsibilities: Design, code, test and implement APIs and applications in multiple frameworks and stacks. Work with architecture and engineering team members to build components and APIs for the enterprise Qualifications...

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