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...

Humanoids, AI agents expected in 2025

Nvidia experts across accelerated computing, data science and research predict multimodal models will speed industry innovation and efficiency. From boardroom to break room, generative AI took this year by storm, stirring discussion across industries about how to best...

Get ready for bigger, bolder attacks in 2025

While threat actors continue to rely on many "classic" tactics that have existed for decades, our threat predictions for the coming year largely focus on cybercriminals embracing bigger, bolder, and - from their perspectives - better attacks. From...

IoT devices in SA under cyberattack

During the course of last year, Kaspersky detected and blocked 221 695 cyberattacks on Internet of Things (IoT) devices in South Africa; 45 562 attacks in Kenya; and 30 089 in Nigeria. All these attacks were blocked on Kaspersky honeypots - decoy devices used to...

Mixed results for smart devices in META

The Middle East, Türkiye, and Africa (META) smart home devices market had a mixed performance in the last quarter of 2022 as end users adjusted their spending - and while shipments were up 15,9% YoY, the market was down 3,4% on Q3 2022. That's according to the latest...

Balancing privacy with customer data collection gets harder

A significant 60% of marketing leaders believe collecting first-party customer data with an appropriate balance of customer value exchange and privacy will become more challenging in 2023, according to a survey by Gartner. A Gartner survey of nearly 400 marketing...

These are the top cybersecurity predictions for 2023

Half (50%) of chief information security officers (CISOs) will adopt human-centric design to reduce cybersecurity operational friction, while large enterprises will focus on implementing zero-trust programs. And, going forward, half of cybersecurity leaders will...

Challenging economy keeps debt balances up

TransUnion's Q4 2022 South Africa Industry Insights Report finds that total outstanding balances and new account originations were higher year-over-year (YoY) across most consumer lending categories as consumers looked to access greater liquidity to finance increased...

Steady growth for RFID sales

The radio frequency identification (RFID) business will continue to grow in 2023, with IDTechEx projecting a market value of $14-billion in 2023, up from $12,8-billion in 2022. This market value comprises of RFID labels, cards, fobs, and other form factors, as well as...

Growth in gaming PCs and monitors stagnating

A three-year growth streak for gaming PCs and gaming monitors came to an end in 2022 as worldwide gaming PC shipments declined 6,4% while gaming monitors declined 7,1% compared to 2021. This is according to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Gaming Tracker, with the company...

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AccTech offers Annata’s range of solutions

AccTech Systems has partnered with Annata to offer Annata Dynamics Integrated Dealer Management Solution (IDMS), a Microsoft Dynamics 365 certified solution. Ideal for the African marketplace, Annata Dynamics IDMS is a flexible, fully integrated solution for materials...

KPMG in SA ins 2017 IBM Beacon Award

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The case for professional directors

The ongoing parliamentary enquiry into the SABC has eluded to the suggestion that one of the causes of the public broadcaster's poor performance was a board that did not possess the right mix of knowledge, skills and experience to be able to discharge its duties...

Content Guru delivers Verint solutions in the cloud

Verint Systems has entered into a global partnership with Content Guru in which Content Guru will deliver Verint customer engagement solutions--including workforce optimisation and speech analytics--as an integrated customer engagement suite in the cloud. In addition,...

DVT to sponsor National Software Testing Conference

South Africa and UK-based software and solutions company DVT will be a Gold level sponsor at the 2017 National Software Testing Conference in London, continuing its expansion into the post-Brexit UK market. The company, which runs one of South Africa's largest testing...

Sponsors promise ‘epic swag’ at DevConf2017

The sponsors behind DevConf, the only major independent developer conference in SA, promise a memorable presence at this year's developer community gathering. DevConf 2017 to be staged at Vodaworld in Midrand on 9 March, has attracted sponsorships from leading...

Fujitsu Wins 2017 Citrix Innovation Award for Partners

Fujitsu is the winner of the 2017 Citrix Innovation Award for Partners. With the award, Citrix recognizes Fujitsu for delivering a Desktop as a Service solution to the New Zealand government in just four days after a major earthquake cut off access to its IT...

BT links world’s biggest foreign exchanges

BT is linking up the world's five main foreign exchange (FX) locations to help boost the competitiveness of its global financial industry customers. The company is now offering BT Radianz FX express, dedicated high-speed links between financial hubs in the UK, US,...

Another bomb waiting to explode

Companies should refrain from irresponsible IT equipment disposal methods like staff sales, donations and auctions. Although they spend millions protecting their networks, they often overlook one crucial element of data security when disposing of redundant IT...

Lenovo partners with Vodacom

Following the successful launch of the Moto Z family and the Moto G4 Play in South Africa, Lenovo has announced its collaboration with Vodacom, the biggest mobile provider in South Africa, to offer three attractive bundle deals for the Moto Z, Moto Z Play and Moto G4...

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Hire Resolve is seeking a skilled Support Engineer to join their client's team, a leading supplier of online vending systems. This is an exciting opportunity to work with a innovative company that specializes in providing online vending solutions, and contribute to...

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