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...

Businesses win when women gain workplace flexibility

When businesses give women access to professional workspaces closer to home, they gain stronger collaboration, networking and performance in return. This ties into this year’s National Women’s Day theme, “Empower Woman, Empower the Nation”, to life, according to...

AI infrastructure boom shifts from chip race to supply-chain race

AI infrastructure spending has entered a new phase, says GlobalData, with demand outpacing semiconductors, memory, and power capacity despite record earnings across the technology ecosystem. This earnings season reveals that capital investment, geopolitics, and...

January breaks temperature records

January 2025 was the warmest month on record globally, despite an emerging La Niña. Typically, La Nina conditions are expected to reduce temperatures around the world – something that hasn’t happened this time around. Surface air temperature and sea surface...

AI expected to speed up financial transactions

Agentic artificial intelligence (AI) will allow financial institutions to better service and faster transactions. This is according to Salesforce’s latest “Connected Financial Services” report that shares insights from 9 500 financial services institution (FSI)...

High-effort’ customer service transitions impact CX

Sixty-two percent of customer service channel transitions are "high-effort" for customers, according to Gartner, which adds that less than half of customers who experience a high-effort transition will use self-service again for their next interaction. A Gartner...

Why Threads is a genuine threat to Twitter

With the new Threads social media platform on the rise - destined, some say, to reshape how we communicate, promote brands, and engage with each other - an exciting new era is seemingly underway. "Among the launch of numerous social media platforms over the years,...

Check Point raises security concerns over Google Bard

With the slew of generative AI intelligent platforms emerging, starting with ChatGPT, Check Point Research (CPR ) recently conducted a security analysis of the latest one - Google Bard - and did a comparative analysis vis-à-vis ChatGPT. What the security experts found...

Africa still prone to phishing, but training cuts risk

More than one in three of corporate employees in Africa are vulnerable to phishing attacks and social engineering scams. However, regular training can significantly reduce their chances of falling victim to such cyber threats. This is among the key findings of...

Google Bard launches in Swahili

Google has announced the expansion of Bard, its conversational AI service, to 40 new languages including Swahili - the first African language to be included and 59 new countries and territories. With the expansion, Bard is now available in most of the world, including...

Saphila 2023: it’s a wrap …

Saphila 2023 wrapped up today after three days of conferencing and networking. The biennial African SAP User Group (AFSUG) event has been on hold since 2019, so delegates seized the opportunity to reconnect with their peers for the first time in four years. Kathy...

For apathetic SA consumers ‘good enough is good enough’

Online engagement has grown significantly over the years as more consumers chose digital options to buy groceries, medication and clothing, among other items - and this was fast-tracked by the Covid-19 pandemic. But now that the Covid hangover is almost over,...

Generative AI could revolutionise pharma and healthcare

The implementation of generative AI in pharma and healthcare has the potential to address the issues of high costs and poor patient experiences while enhancing efficiency and patient outcomes, says GlobalData, and can significantly transform the industry. Kiran Raj,...

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Sunshine Tour signs up Itec South Africa

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How to protect your data

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