CEOs take the lead as AI investment gains pace

Corporate AI investment is growing significantly and it’s not about to slow down. Companies are planning to double their spending on the technology in 2026, accounting for about 1,7% of revenues - more than twice the increase for 2025. Meanwhile, CEOs are rolling up...

Geoeconomic risks rise in new age of competition

The World Economic Forum's Global Risks Report 2026, published yesterday (14 January), finds geoeconomic confrontation emerges as the top risk for the year, followed by interstate conflict, extreme weather, societal polarisation and misinformation and disinformation....

South Africans stay optimistic as they adapt to financial pressures

South African households are showing signs of meaningful financial adaptation amid ongoing cost pressures, according to TransUnion’s latest Q4 2025 Consumer Pulse Study. While inflation and affordability challenges persist, consumers are becoming more intentional in...

Cyber-enabled fraud one of the most pervasive global threats

Artificial intelligence, geopolitical fragmentation and a surge in cyber-enabled fraud are redefining the global cyber risk landscape at unprecedented speed, according to the World Economic Forum’s Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2026. The report, developed in...

Co-ordinated remote attack targets 5 000 pagers

In an eye-watering demonstration of how the Internet of Things (IoT) can be employed to bring cyberwarfare into the physical realm, experts are scrambling to figure out how pagers used by Lebanon’s Hezbollah operatives were detonated yesterday. At least 11 people are...

Insurers have a critical role in defining ethical AI

Artificial intelligence (AI) promises to revolutionise how property and casualty (P&C) business gets done.  As a result, P&C insurers are uniquely positioned to advance the conversation for ethical AI – not just for their own businesses, but for all...

How can CIOs drive the future digital business?

Kathy Gibson reports - This year, spending on digital technology will grow eight-times faster than economic growth. This means CIOs, in their leadership roles, have a massive task ahead to drive their organisations forward. Jyoti Lalchandani, group vice-president and...

SA needs to get proactive on fraud prevention

South Africans are facing an increasingly risk-based landscape when it comes to fraud with huge surges in incidents such as identity theft, money muling, and a multitude of both physical and digital scams. "Our research shows that identity theft has grown by more than...

Fraud still a big problem for banking customers

Although banks appear to be making greater efforts to resolve some types of consumer disputes internally, banking fraud related to current accounts and Internet banking remains high on the list of complaints to the Ombud for Banking Services South Africa (OBS). Two...

The challenges facing generative AI

Implementing generative AI comes with a multitude of challenges for enterprises including identifying suitable use cases, vendor selection, and addressing ethical considerations. Concerns regarding privacy, content generation, copyright infringement, and data leakage...

IaaS revenue tumbles but outlook is positive

Infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) revenue growth dropped 9% between Q4 2022 and the first quarter of 2023, but is likely to bounce back later this year as cyclical trends return and organisations work through their cloud challenges. This is the view of market...

AppSec teams struggling to keep up with vulnerabilities

Application security (AppSec) teams are stuck in a catch-up cycle, unable to keep up with the increasingly rapid, agile development pace - and playing security defence via an endless and unproductive vulnerability chase. This is one of the key findings from a new...

IT industry wakes up to ESG

Kathy Gibson reports - What is your carbon footprint? In a world where climate change and decarbonisation is a big issue, this is an important question for everyone to ask themselves, says Adam Simon, global MD and chief financial officer of Context. "Most people...

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PoPI and GDPR a forgotten essential in HR

The Protection of Personal Information Act (PoPI) in South Africa and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in the European Union, have shone a light on the importance of protecting valuable personal information. However, while the focus has predominantly been...

Sophos makes email security smarter

Sophos Email Advanced claims to be the first email protection solution to offer predictive security with active threat protection (ATP), anti-phishing email authentication, and outbound scanning and policy support. SophosLabs research discovered that 75% of malware in...

DiData, Britehouse shine at Microsoft partner awards

Dimension Data has won the 2018 Microsoft Modern Workplace Transformation Partner of the Year Award, while Brtiehouse, a division of Dimension Data, has won South Africa Partner of the Year. Steve Joubert, group executive: partner alliances at Dimension Data, says:...

Westcon-Comstor partners with Zyxel on PoE

Westcon-Comstor Sub-Saharan Africa and vendor partner Zyxel, are enabling small and medium sized enterprises to take advantage of a full digital infrastructure at a fraction of the cost with a wide range of unmanaged, smart managed, and managed Power over Ethernet...

Who will GDPR regulators be looking at?

When it comes to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), many of you may be feeling a bit like Scrooge, the miserable character from Charles Dicken's Christmas Carol, during the festive period. By Gregg Petersen, regional vice-president at Veeam You can't get...

Cloud-based training benefits can’t be ignored

Despite the fact that Africa's e-learning market doubled from 2011 to 2016, reaching $513-million, the continent's three biggest economies, South Africa, Nigeria, and Kenya, are not yet moving their training applications to the cloud en masse. By Matthew Barker,...

Collaboration key for building organisational resilience

Today's world is volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous. In such an environment, future planning is difficult, if not impossible. As a result, organisations are increasingly focusing on becoming resilient; that is, to be able to anticipate, adapt and respond both...

How to modernise your organisation

Changing with the times is hard, yet critical. But many companies are failing to get there. What can they do differently?  There is no question that companies need to transform their technology stacks, both to improve their competitiveness and to remain relevant in...

Diversified fraud prevention with Kaspersky

Kaspersky Lab has released a new generation of Kaspersky Fraud Prevention solutions, comprising two standalone products. Kaspersky Advanced Authentication, aims to prevent account compromise scenarios when developing digital channels; Kaspersky Automated Fraud...

Drive your business with the right customer management tools

writes Edward Carbutt, managing executive of Marval Africa. Do you remember your first car? That great feeling of freedom that came with the ability to drive yourself wherever you wanted or needed to go, without having to ask for a lift, take public transport or cycle...

Test Analyst – Western Cape Cape Town

We're looking for a Test Analyst who will be responsible for testing software before it is made available to stakeholders. The aim is to design and execute test plans on applications and to detect and actively assist to resolve any concerns. What you'll do:Participate...

Senior .NET Developer – Western Cape Rondebosch

We are looking for a Senior Software Developer who is passionate about technology to join our Technical Consulting team. Please note that this is a hybrid position so you would need to be Cape Town based. Our projects include developing custom software, maintaining...

Senior Software Developer (C++, Delphi) (CH1012)

Our client in the financial services industry is looking for a Senior Software DeveloperThe Senior Developer will part of an inhouse development team that produce software solutions. The developer work together with a team of business analysts and other developers to...

Senior Cloud Networking Engineer (CH1040)

Our client in the banking industry is looking for a Senior Cloud Networking Engineer to join their team at their head office in Stellenbosch.The successful candidate will join the Technology Platforms department which oversees all infrastructure and systems within AWS...

DATA ANALYST

JOB TITLE - DATA ANALYSTJob Advert Summary: Guided by Senior Data Analyst/Data Scientist, this role will be responsible for sourcing and transforming a wide range of data across the business into formats that can be used by end users to develop differentiating...

Software Quality Engineer

We are looking for both intermediate and Senior Software Quality Engineers to join our Johannesburg based team. The role requires strong Automation Testing experience, as well as Manual experience. You'll use the automation framework and pre-defined test tools to...

Lead Business Analyst at QES

Hiring : Lead Business Analyst Retail/Supply chain / Lead BA / contract / Cape Town / Fully onsite My client based in Cape Town is currently sourcing for a Lead BA to join their team on an independent contract basisWe are seeking a proficient and experienced Business...

Senior Software Developer (C++, Delphi) (CH1012) – Gauteng Arcadia

Our client in the financial services industry is looking for a Senior Software DeveloperThe Senior Developer will part of an inhouse development team that produce software solutions. The developer work together with a team of business analysts and other developers to...

Senior Cloud Networking Engineer (CH1040) – Western Cape Stellenbosch

Our client in the banking industry is looking for a Senior Cloud Networking Engineer to join their team at their head office in Stellenbosch.The successful candidate will join the Technology Platforms department which oversees all infrastructure and systems within AWS...

DATA ANALYST – Gauteng Sandton

JOB TITLE - DATA ANALYSTJob Advert Summary: Guided by Senior Data Analyst/Data Scientist, this role will be responsible for sourcing and transforming a wide range of data across the business into formats that can be used by end users to develop differentiating...

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