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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...

Africa’s young people want jobs, clean government

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Intel Gaudi 3 AI Accelerators now available on IBM Cloud

At Intel Vision 2025, IBM announced the availability of Intel Gaudi 3 AI accelerators on IBM Cloud. The offering delivers Intel Gaudi 3 in a public cloud environment for production workloads. Through this collaboration, IBM Cloud aims to help clients more...

Young scientists fly the SA flag in Tunisia

South African young scientists have been awarded after successfully showcasing their innovative research projects in the environmental science and computer science categories at this year's International Festival of Engineering, Science and Technology in Tunisia...

Role of leadership changes as businesses embrace GenAI

The rise of generative AI in 2023 has been nothing short of remarkable. As the technology went mainstream in the consumer market, progressive senior leaders were quick to respond, seeking to secure their place in the emerging transformation. It's a safe bet that 2024...

CIOs must balance environmental promises and AI risks

The benefits of artificial intelligence (AI) need to be balanced against the environmental implications and unintended consequences arising from hardware, model training and energy consumption, according to Gartner. CIOs can use their digital knowledge and foundation...

Companies across sectors are posting jobs for GPT-4

Large language model (LLM) is a rapidly growing field, and the demand for skilled professionals with expertise in deep learning, machine learning, natural language processing (NLP), and related technologies is on the rise. As more companies adopt chatbots and other...

AfCFTA could break Africa’s colonial legacy

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) could break Africa's colonial legacy of exporting raw materials and importing finished goods. This is the word from Jean-Louis Ekra, deputy chairperson of the Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF2023) Advisory Council and a...

Very few supply chains will gain value from uncertainty

Only 9% of supply chain organisations expect to achieve revenue gains due to uncertainty, according to a survey by Gartner. Supply chain organisations that achieve an antifragile state not only survive, but benefit, from uncertainty. Antifragility can transform how...

Intel Gaudi AI accelerator drives doubled performance on GPT-3

MLCommons has published results of the industry standard MLPerf training v3.1 benchmark for training AI models, with Intel submitting results for Intel Gaudi2 accelerators and 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors with Intel Advanced Matrix Extensions (Intel AMX)....

HIV triples the risk of cervical cancer

New research has found that women with HIV in South Africa face a three times higher risk of cervical cancer than those who do not live with HIV. Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer among women worldwide, but women in sub-Saharan Africa are...

AI ambition and AI-ready scenarios must be top CIO priorities

Artificial intelligence (AI), and the emergence of generative AI (GenAI), are shifting how humans and machines interact, and this is resulting in two key focus areas for CIOs as AI becomes an enterprise initiative, not just an IT initiative, according to Gartner....

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The race to the edge will define digital transformation

As enterprise moves to cloud computing models, traditional enterprise data centres are beginning to shut down. Cloud, together with a necessity to move applications closer to their users are reasons why Teraco, Africa's first vendor neutral data centre provider, says...

The state of email marketing two months after GDPR

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Sygnia shares begin trading on A2X today

Sygnia shares begin trading on A2X today under share code SYG. Sygnia is the eleventh issuer to secondary list on the exchange, and retains its primary listing on the JSE. Sygnia is an innovative FinTech company based in South Africa and listed on the main board of...

VMXperts adds to its VMware competencies

VMXperts, specialist consulting and technology infrastructure implementation house, has successfully achieved a VMware Master Services Competency in Data Centre Virtualisation. This competency demonstrates that VMXperts is committed to helping organisations accelerate...

AI and how driving will change forever

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Delivering healthcare that is right for Africa

Eliminating barriers and ultimately increasing access to quality health services, for all, is a key pillar that requires significant focus if the aspirations laid out in the Agenda 2063 are to be achieved. It is also crucial if a prosperous future of inclusive and...

Upskill from within for business growth 

Businesses in the digital age need to adapt quickly to new technologies but upskilling to stay ahead of the technology curve can be expensive and time-consuming. An effective strategy to address this skills gap is growth from within - a strategy that requires savvy...

Netstar invests in making mine operations safer

Ensuring safe working conditions for the mining sector is a challenge, particularly when it comes to complying with regulatory standards such as the Department of Mineral Resources’ collision avoidance system requirements for mine vehicles. Pierre Bruwer, Group MD of...

Take a human centric approach to security

Every time the details of a new security breach hits the headlines, something is made clear: Security tools and solutions aren’t working. Yet businesses continue to throw more and more money and technology at the problem. It’s time to look at the human factor, which...

AYO buys majority stake in Sizwe

AYO Technology Solutions is acquiring a 55% equity stake in Sizwe Africa IT Group for an estimated R165-million. The investment into Sizwe is set to more than double AYO’s revenue and significantly contribute to growing its bottom line. Sizwe has a broad base of blue...

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