20 years on and gender gap parity is fracturing

Twenty years after the World Economic Forum first measured the global gender gap, the world is closer to parity than ever, but progress is fragile, with gains reversing in some areas, according to the Global Gender Gap Report 2026. Women now reach senior leadership in...

Unemployed are least likely to prioritise betting spending-limit tools

The online betting group most likely to prioritise debt repayment with a windfall is also the group least likely to ask regulators or operators for spending controls, according to new research from Softswiss. Fewer than four in 10 unemployed South Africans think...

AI-first enterprises will win big if they do it right

Kathy Gibson reports - Enterprises that are reshaping and reinventing business domains around artificial intelligence (AI) are on track to experience great return on investment (ROI) and become more competitive. But there is a currently a big disconnect between AI...

AI leaders join call for a slowdown in new developments

The call for a global slowdown on artificial intelligence (AI) development is gaining traction, with the leaders of the some of the world’s largest AI companies adding their voices. On Saturday, Anthropic CEO Dr Dario Amodei penned an essay calling for AI companies to...

African cities rank among world’s most enthusiastic AI adopters

London, Dubai, New York City, Washington DC, and Amsterdam top the rankings of the world’s most intelligent cities, according to new research from Boston Consulting Group (BCG), but African cities do stand out in one major aspect – AI adoption. The top ranked cities...

Local payment options key for emerging market shoppers

Consumers in the Global South are becoming major contributors to overall economic growth – but  brands need to address these shoppers’ specific needs. A new research report from dLocal, “The Next Wave of Global Consumers”, provides key insights into the shopping...

There are remedits for .za domain name fraud

Close to 80% of South African households have at least one person who accesses the Internet. And, sooner or later, practically all local Internet users will experience online fraud. The good news, however, is there are specific remedies available for fraud involving...

Mitsumi to distribute Samsung’s mobile products in SA

Kathy Gibson reports – Samsung has appointed Mitsumi as a distributor for its mobile products in South Africa. The two companies have an existing partnership in the rest of Africa and the Middle East, but this is Mitsumi’s first foray into the South African market...

20 years on and gender gap parity is fracturing

Twenty years after the World Economic Forum first measured the global gender gap, the world is closer to parity than ever, but progress is fragile, with gains reversing in some areas, according to the Global Gender Gap Report 2026. Women now reach senior leadership in...

OpenAI discloses new agent issues, sets up reporting framework

OpenAI has revealed that six new incidents of unexpected or concerning AI model behaviour have come to light, prompting it to update its framework for reporting model misalignment. The best-known recent incident was an OpenAI agent acting autonomously to hack a...

How to beat the runaway cost of AI tokens

Kathy Gibson reports from Nutanix .Next in Sandton - For much of the 20th century, oil was the currency that drove the economy. As we entered the 21st century, businesses started to refer to data as the “new oil”. Today, organisations are realising that data is only...

SA consumers comfortable with AI making financial decisions

Consumers are ready to take the next step in their relationship with artificial intelligence (AI) with four in 10 South African consumers comfortable with AI agents applying for credit, according to new research from Experian. The study – AI in Risk: The Rise of...

Trustworthy practices boost companies’ ROI in AI

A new SAS report with research insights by IDC uncovers what’s powering the organisations winning the race to profit from their AI investments: embracing trustworthy AI measures. Organisations applying trustworthy AI practices were 15 times more likely to report...

The stark state of SA’s infrastructure and the hidden business risk

South Africa loses nearly half (47,3%) of all municipal water supplied through leaks, infrastructure failures, and other non-revenue losses, while copper theft is estimated to cost the economy more than R45-billion a year, and road maintenance backlogs exceed...

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PartServe takes after sales support 24/7 with WhatsApp

Technology customers no longer expect after sales support to switch off when the working day ends, and PartServe is responding by making its repair, spare-parts and product support accessible through WhatsApp around the clock. The technology after sales specialist has...

The real test of agentic AI is accountability, not autonomy

When businesses talk to me about agentic AI, the conversation usually starts with efficiency. They want to know whether an agent can take enough repetitive work off an overstretched team to justify the investment, and how soon that value will show. By Nicol...

Cyber insurance is forcing organisations to take compliance seriously

Cyber insurance has typically been a grudge purchase, but it is rapidly becoming something businesses cannot operate without. By Ryan Boyes, senior security administrator at Galix While it is not a legal requirement in South Africa, organisations are now expected to...

The CFO case for document automation

Companies often hand document automation to IT too early. Poor document processes quickly become finance problems. Contracts, invoices, approvals, supplier records and compliance evidence affect reporting, cash flow, controls and risk. When information is scattered...

Salesforce expands Missionforce with purpose-built AI

Salesforce has announced new Missionforce capabilities that give government agencies greater control over how they develop, customize, and deploy AI while streamlining policy execution, enhancing operations, and improving citizen support. Salesforce also announced a...

Salesforce expands Agentforce with portfolio of AI agents

Salesforce has introduced a new portfolio of job-ready agents built to take on high-value work across sales, service, commerce, employee experience, and the back office. Connected to Customer 360, these agents can work with the customer context and business processes...

Technical debt is now a boardroom metric, not an IT one

For years, technical debt was treated as an IT problem. Ageing systems, brittle integrations and hard-to-change applications created cost and complexity, but as long as the business kept operating, those problems stayed largely contained within the technology...

Hypervisor decisions are bankrupting IT strategies

The biggest infrastructure mistake businesses are making today is assuming that choosing a hypervisor is simply a licensing decision. It is not, writes Helen Kruger, MD of Troye. It is a long-term business decision that will determine operational flexibility, cyber...

From insight to action: the next leap for African retail

African retail is changing quickly, but not always in the ways conventional digital transformation models anticipated. By Blessed Hwaire, value advisor: retail, consumer products and life sciences at SAP Africa, and Shobhit Jain, executive advisor: retail at SAP EMEA...

The rise of robots in the warehouse

The global economy is currently undergoing the biggest technological transformation in history, according to a report by asset managers ARK Invest. The disruptive innovation focused firm says that massive disruption is on its way, including in AI, medical...

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Our client is a well-established retail and franchise group seeking an experienced Business Analyst based in East London to support business operations through data analysis, systems development, reporting and process improvement. The successful candidate will work...

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Our client is a well-established retail and franchise group seeking an experienced Business Analyst based in East London to support business operations through data analysis, systems development, reporting and process improvement. The successful candidate will work...

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Our client is looking for an experienced ERP Master Data Controller to take responsibility for the accuracy, integrity and ongoing management of master data across the organisation's ERP and connected business systems. The role supports data used across procurement,...

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Our client is looking for an experienced ERP Master Data Controller to take responsibility for the accuracy, integrity and ongoing management of master data across the organisation's ERP and connected business systems. The role supports data used across procurement,...

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Our client is looking for an experienced Native iOS Developer to take ownership of high-quality mobile features from concept through to production. This opportunity is suited to a technically strong developer who is passionate about Swift, modern iOS development,...

SAP BW Developer at Datonomy Solutions

We are seeking a SAP BW Developer to join our team based in Cape Town. This is an initial 12-month ongoing contract, onsite. Be part of building a future fit, centralised Data & Analytics division to support better decision making, scale self-service analytics and...

Native iOS Developer – Gauteng Johannesburg

Our client is looking for an experienced Native iOS Developer to take ownership of high-quality mobile features from concept through to production. This opportunity is suited to a technically strong developer who is passionate about Swift, modern iOS development,...

SAP BW Developer at Datonomy Solutions – Western Cape Cape Town

We are seeking a SAP BW Developer to join our team based in Cape Town. This is an initial 12-month ongoing contract, onsite. Be part of building a future fit, centralised Data & Analytics division to support better decision making, scale self-service analytics and...

Java Developer – Full Stack Engineer

Our client is seeking a skilled Java Developer with strong full-stack capabilities to contribute to the development of modern enterprise applications. This permanent opportunity is suited to a developer who enjoys working across backend services, frontend development...

Java Developer – Full Stack Engineer – Gauteng Johannesburg

Our client is seeking a skilled Java Developer with strong full-stack capabilities to contribute to the development of modern enterprise applications. This permanent opportunity is suited to a developer who enjoys working across backend services, frontend development...

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