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...

Discovery Bank analyses festive spending

Discovery Bank has released an analysis of its client transaction data during December 2024, highlighting interesting festive spend behaviours. Hylton Kallner, CEO of Discovery Bank, comments: “The December holiday period is known as a time of increased spending. So...

Hackers shut down SA Weather Service

The South African Weather Services (SAWS) web site (weathersa.co.za) is still down following a cyberattack on the weekend. The agency says its systems went down on Sunday evening (26 January 2025) following a security breach. This was the second attempt in two days,...

Mobile computing sales set for double-digit fall

Sales of mobile computing products through European distributors are expected to continue on a downward trajectory in Q2 2023, although the second half of the year should see much improved performance, according to Context. The latest figures for mobile computing...

AMD adds EPYC CPUs, AI features

AMD has announced the products, strategy and ecosystem partners that will shape the future of computing, highlighting the next phase of data centre innovation. At its Data Centre and AI Technology Premiere, AMD was joined on stage with executives from Amazon Web...

Retail workers want technology to ease workloads

Most South African retail workers are feeling overworked but the vast majority believe technology is the answer to their situation, a Microsoft-sponsored IDC study has revealed. "We often refer to them as 'the deskless workforce' - our economic lifeline during the...

JSE expands colocation services offering

Through an international tech collaboration, the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) will soon launch Colo 2.0, a managed infrastructure as a service (IaaS) solution that will provide JSE clients with cloud-based colocation services. "The launch of Colo 2.0 will further...

Liquid deploys undersea cable connecting Mauritius and SA

Liquid Intelligent Technologies has successfully installed the Mauritius Telecom T3 subsea cable connecting Mauritius to South Africa. The cable has been deployed at Liquid's landing facility in Amanzimtoti, south of Durban. The move will bring a much-needed boost to...

Rootkit detections in SA up by 74% so far in 2023

Kaspersky reports that the number of Rootkit detections targeting businesses in South Africa grew by 74% in the first five months of 2023. In Kenya, the figure is 52% and in Nigeria 139%. Rootkit is a malicious software or a collection of software programs used by...

Dell Technologies launches full APEX suite in South Africa

Dell Technologies (NYSE:DELL) announces that Dell APEX Data Storage Services is now available in South Africa. Dell’s APEX as-a-Service hyperconverged, storage and data protection solutions are powered by Intel hardware. A recent survey conducted by Enterprise...

SA CEOs optimistic despite economic decline

A majority of CEOs in South Africa are anticipating a decline in economic growth over the next 12 months. This presents challenges for businesses, the government and individuals, necessitating cautious and adaptable strategies. These are insights from South African...

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Africa needs data centres fast

Sybrand Pretorius, sales director at Flexenclosure, says there is a solution at hand to fill Africa's need for data centres. Every day people around the world generate 500-million tweets, post 4,3-billion Facebook messages and make 6-billion Google searches. And these...

How flexible is flexible working in Europe?

After years of many predicting remote working as the future for everybody, why is it not the norm, asks Duncan Greenwood, vice-president: end user computing at VMware EMEA. Initial promises of the age of nine to five working hours to be coming to an end, now feel...

The second scramble for Africa

For the second time in history, the African continent has become a focal point for global expansion, writes Carla Collett, senior associate at Webber Wentzel. As a result of this, valuable goods, services and intellectual property are being exported into Africa. With...

Carpooling helps to get cities moving

Could carpooling be the future of urban mobility, asks Chris Megan, CEO and co-founder of mobility app, uGoMyWay. There would be something gratifying about guessing the future, particularly when it is patently counterintuitive. Isn't carpooling all about that quaint...

DVT presents value-based Agile solutions delivery course

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How do employees want to work?

Lauren Timmer-Somer, head of Marketing and Technology Services at Ricoh SA, outlines nine ways that employees want companies to beat the challenges of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.First there was water and steam. Then there was electricity. The Third Industrial...

Consolidation on the cards for Ghanaian ICT

While the Ghanaian ICT market is more mature in comparison to other West African countries, quality of service (QoS) remains a challenge, with telcos and internet service providers (ISPs) struggling to offer seamless connectivity of voice and data services. According...

DevOps: the missing link

Greg Pritchett, MD of Marval, examines why he thinks there's something missing from the DevOps model. For IT professionals, the idea of having a more collaborative approach between development and operations is highly appealing. Getting rid of the isolated "siloes",...

All-in-one tool helps SMEs digitise

mobical.me, a free all-in-one business tool for SMEs, schools, clubs and associations is a comprehensive platform to simplify business and personal digital engagement. The platform was established as a means to help entrepreneurs and SMEs create their own web presence...

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