AI-driven cybercrime moves into operational mainstream

AI, infostealers, vulnerabilities, ransomware, and geopolitical conflict are reshaping organisational risk and compressing the time defenders have to respond, according to Flashpoint’s latest 2026 Global Threat Intelligence Report: Midyear Edition. The threat...

MoonHacker uses NASA data to build lunar digital twins

The barren lunar landscape has some important resources, such as water and minerals like iron and titanium, but extracting and processing them will require special equipment. Where those resources can be found will dictate where to land and how to mine them. To help...

July economic activity reverses two months of decline

South Africa’s economic activity improved in July 2026, following a challenging performance in June and May, according to the PayInc Economic Index. Lower fuel prices provided some relief, while record transaction volumes point to resilient economic activity. However,...

Women embrace AI and narrow the workplace gender gap

South African women are narrowing the artificial intelligence (AI) skills gap with their male counterparts. This is according to the Pnet Job Market Trends Report for August 2026, based on an analysis of 1,5-million jobseeker profiles. Men account for around two...

Africa’s economy shows signs of strengthening

Africa’s economic performance is showing signs of improvement but remains vulnerable to global shocks, according to the 2025 Macroeconomic Performance and Outlook (MEO) report from the African Development Bank. The report, unveiled on the sidelines of the 38th...

4th Gen Intel Xeon takes off in the cloud

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced the general availability of new Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances powered by custom 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors. The launch is the latest on a growing list of 4th Gen Xeon-powered instances that...

Ombudsman sounds the alarm over digital wallet fraud

As payment methods become more convenient, the threats targeting users are growing too. Indeed, wherever money or the transfer of money is concerned, fraud will be a factor. Although banks have developed fraud detection and prevention systems, such as SIM Swap...

SA users hit with courier service scams

Kaspersky experts have detected a wave in scams related to the RAM courier service in South Africa: fraudsters are employing deceptive tactics to trick unsuspecting users into divulging their financial information by claiming packages were undelivered due to unpaid...

Single-vendor SASE set for huge growth

The increased enterprise preference for single-vendor SASE solutions is expected to propel its growth at twice the rate of multi-vendor SASE solutions. According to a recently published forecast report from Dell'Oro Group, enterprises are anticipated to spend nearly...

Crypto scam victims seldom recover losses

A new BanklessTimes.com report details the havoc that scammers continue to wreak on the cryptocurrency sector. The site has presented data indicating that crypto investors lost $667-million to different scams in the first half of 2023. It also highlights the...

PayShap nears 1m transactions

PayShap, the low-value real-time interbank digital payments service, has shown a robust market uptake since its launch in March this year, having recorded more than 800 000 transactions with a settlement value in excess of R660-million. "In the first few months of its...

Why we need a more inclusive energy transition

Advanced countries need to deepen their engagement with developing countries to overcome a new "North/South divide" on the pace and priorities of energy transition if the world is to make progress on reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the energy sector. This...

Top trends shaping data science, machine learning

Gartner has highlighted the top trends impacting the future of data science and machine learning (DSML) as the industry rapidly grows and evolves to meet the increasing significance of data in artificial intelligence (AI) - particularly as the focus shifts towards...

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R33m boost for SA job creation, innovation

The Craft + Design Institute (CDI) has launched R33-million in funding to boost SME growth, job creation and innovation. The CDI has raised the money to establish three funds -- a growth fund, an innovation fund and a loan book -- to be managed by its investment arm,...

What risks do interns pose?

With a saturated job market, and experience being a major employment requirement, more job-seekers are taking on low-paying -- and often unpaid -- internships for short periods to gain on-the-job knowledge to boost their CVs. This arrangement is also greatly...

Travel firms to connect more meaningfully

Several South African travel companies will kick off 2018 with a new focus on nurturing customer relationships with the adoption of a cloud-based, fully integrated travel management system that has been designed specifically for travel agents and tour operators. Club...

Barclays partners with CDB in Africa

Barclays Africa Group Limited (BAGL) and China Development Bank (CDB) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) aimed at strengthening co-operation and exploring opportunities to fund development projects in Africa. Given CDB's focus on infrastructure finance...

Orange Business Services wins with Cisco Spark

Orange Business Services has registered more than 200 000 user subscriptions for Cisco Spark and hundreds of the popular Spark Boards for more than 20 multinational enterprise customers, and the momentum is accelerating. Cisco Spark by Orange satisfies a growing user...

Google Cloud Platform users get Gemalto security

Gemalto providing Google Cloud Platform customers with the ability to manage and maintain full control of their encryption keys on Google Cloud Platform. Gemalto's SafeNet Luna Hardware Security Module (HSM) and SafeNet KeySecure now both fully support Google Cloud's...

Choosing the right cyber insurance provider

The slew of large-scale data breaches and cyber attacks have highlighted the need for organisations of all types to protect themselves against these risks. Cyber insurance is an effective way of mitigating these risks, particularly if you consider that the average...

A chilling portrait of the cyber-threat landscape

The cybercrime space is advancing so rapidly, it can be a challenge to keep up. Experts from world-leading security vendor, Check Point, provide a detailed look at the current threat landscape and, most importantly, what companies need to know. If when you picture...

MTN Music+ partners with Nasty C

MTN Music+ has partnered with hip-hop artist Nasty C for his IvySon Tour, which kicked off in Cape Town in September. Nasty C, affectionately known by his hordes of fans as Jigga Jigga, has already informed his fans about his plans to take the tour as far as Nigeria...

Mastercard pilots solutions for micro-businesses

Mastercard has unveiled Kionect, a digital ordering system that empowers small kiosk owners in Nairobi to order and pay for products from wholesalers via SMS. Orders submitted via a feature phone helps create a digital record for kiosk owners to get access to...

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