Memory shortage drives external enterprise revenue up
The worldwide external OEM enterprise storage systems (ESS) market continued its sharp acceleration in the second quarter of 2026, reaching $10,3-billion in vendor revenue, a 33,6% year-over-year increase, according to IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Enterprise Storage...
Research unlocks new insights into the hidden health of Africa’s giraffes
With their long necks, distinctive limbs and ornamented heads, giraffes are among Africa’s most iconic megafauna. Yet, despite being reasonably well studied in terms of their biology and ecology, remarkably little is known about pathologies and developmental...
In the age of agentic AI, who is actually doing the shopping?
Venture money is flooding into AI shopping agents. Payment networks, browser makers and AI labs are racing to define how autonomous agents will shop, compare and buy. However, the infrastructure behind that race isn't keeping pace with the capital says Joshua Harvey,...
Nvidia and CrowdStrike strengthen agentic cybersecurity frontier
Attacks are now automated. Defense has to be, too. This is the word from Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang, telling the CrowdStrike Fal.Con 2026 conference last week that the IT industry is at an inflection point in cybersecurity. Huang joined CrowdStrike CEO and...
Incubator aims to test AI EdTech tools
Injini has launched its AI for Education Venture Builder and Incubation Program. Supported by philanthropic funder Coefficient Giving, the eight-month initiative takes pre-formed teams from the ideation stage to launching market-ready, impactful EdTech startups. The...
Scan to Pay now live in Samsung Wallet
EFT Corporation has partnered with Samsung to bring its Scan to Pay QR payment technology into Samsung Wallet, giving Galaxy device users in South Africa a fast, secure way to pay at thousands of merchant locations nationwide. Galaxy users can now open the Wallet,...
Ford SA partners with TUT for Sasol Solar Challenge
Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa will sponsor the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) SunChaser IV team in the 2026 Sasol Solar Challenge. On 10 September, TUT’s student-built solar car will cross the start line in Sasolburg, beginning an eight-day public-road...
FairMoney passes 30m Nigeria users
FairMoney Microfinance Bank, a CBN-licensed digital financial institution in Nigeria, has surpassed 30-million registered users in the country. Through the FairMoney app, customers can open and manage an account, save money, pay bills, make transfers, use cards,...
Digital companies’ emission reductions lag climate commitments
Despite progress in climate reporting and renewable electricity use, digital companies are falling short in cutting emissions at the pace required to achieve global climate targets, according to the new report Greening Digital Companies: Monitoring Emissions and...
Customers are not forgiving of chatbots after a negative experience
Customers say they are open to using customer service chatbots, but only 27% of customers say they would be willing to try a chatbot again after a negative experience, according to a Gartner survey. Eric Keller, senior director analyst in the Gartner Customer Service...
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Women build small businesses with big intelligence
Accessible AI is giving women entrepreneurs greater commercial decision-making power, writes Christina Naidoo, chief operating officer of Huawei South Africa. Women know shrinkflation when they see it. Your favourite perfume suddenly comes in a smaller bottle, even...
SA’s tertiary education capacity crisis grows
As South Africa's matric learners prepare for the next chapter of their lives, many are already looking towards taking further steps in their academic journey. Yet for thousands of qualifying high school graduates a significant challenge may be securing a place at a...
Telkom Business partners with OneOffice
South Africa has around 3-million small-, medium- and micro enterprises (SMMEs), which collectively employ 13,4-million people. Many still lack affordable, secure and easy-to-manage digital tools. They need the same core capabilities as larger companies, without...
SANSA launches high school design competition for national space mascot
South Africa has never had a formal symbol to represent its national space programme. That is about to change, with the South African National Space Agency (SANSA) launching a competition inviting high school learners to design the country's first official space...
Africa is missing out on the MVNO opportunity
According to a 2025 report from the GSMA, the mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) business model boosts access, diversifies services and fosters greater competition. The same report found that there were over 2000 MVNOs operating across nearly 100 markets around...
Your AI governance policy should survive your next model change
The model migration is ready for approval. By Shayimamba Conco, security evangelist: Africa at Check Point Software Technologies Tests show better performance and lower costs. The application will serve the same users, process the same data, and support the same...
The growing scourge of payment fraud in SA
Payment fraud is a critical and growing crisis in South Africa. It is costing billions of Rands annually and showing massive spikes in digital banking and mobile app fraud. Criminals are increasingly utilising advanced social engineering, AI deepfakes, and...
Africa’s AI future dangles on a US-China tightrope
The global artificial intelligence (AI) landscape is rapidly fracturing into two distinct, increasingly incompatible ecosystems dominated by the US and China. By Rowen Pillai, CEO of LeanTechnovations For the developing world, particularly Africa, this bifurcation...
FCM Travel rolls out AI-powered booking feature
FCM Travel has launched an AI-powered conversational booking feature which will allow travellers to simply describe what they need and receive options shaped by their policy, profile, past trips, loyalty status and preferred routes, dramatically cutting the time it...
Mimecast unveils Agent Risk Centre and Managed Threat Response
Mimecast announced two significant platform additions at Black Hat USA 2026: the beta of Mimecast Agent Risk Centre, a new capability for discovering, monitoring, and governing AI agents across the enterprise; and Managed Threat Response, a redesigned 24/7 managed...
Cloud FinOps Analyst
Cloud FinOps AnalystCape Town | Hybrid | Contract This role will support proactive AWS FinOps and cloud financial management, improving cost visibility, forecasting, allocation, governance, optimisation and accountability. How you will contribute: Analyse and report...
Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Sabenza IT & Recruitment
To design, build, deploy and support Machine Learning, AI and Generative AI solutions in production.The role will focus on turning AI/ML models and prototypes into scalable, reliable and business-ready solutions.Key Responsibilities Build and deploy Machine Learning...
Cloud FinOps Analyst – Western Cape Cape Town Region
Cloud FinOps AnalystCape Town | Hybrid | Contract This role will support proactive AWS FinOps and cloud financial management, improving cost visibility, forecasting, allocation, governance, optimisation and accountability. How you will contribute: Analyse and report...
Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Sabenza IT & Recruitment – Gauteng Johannesburg
To design, build, deploy and support Machine Learning, AI and Generative AI solutions in production.The role will focus on turning AI/ML models and prototypes into scalable, reliable and business-ready solutions.Key Responsibilities Build and deploy Machine Learning...
Senior C#. Net Developer (Blazor) at Sabenza IT & Recruitment
We are on the hunt for a Senior Full Stack Developer to join a fast-paced, high-impact project building a modern, component-driven application using C#, .NET Core, and Blazor. This role requires strong full-stack capability, with a focus on clean architecture,...
Open-Source DBA
We are seeking a versatile and highly skilled Open-Source Database Administrator (DBA) to join our established database support team. This role offers an exciting opportunity to work in a fast-paced, enterprise-scale environment supporting critical business systems...
Senior C#. Net Developer (Blazor) at Sabenza IT & Recruitment – Western Cape Cape Town
We are on the hunt for a Senior Full Stack Developer to join a fast-paced, high-impact project building a modern, component-driven application using C#, .NET Core, and Blazor. This role requires strong full-stack capability, with a focus on clean architecture,...
Open-Source DBA – Gauteng Randjespark
We are seeking a versatile and highly skilled Open-Source Database Administrator (DBA) to join our established database support team. This role offers an exciting opportunity to work in a fast-paced, enterprise-scale environment supporting critical business systems...
Full Stack Developer (COBAL/PL1) at Sabenza IT & Recruitment
Ready to turn decades-old mainframe technology into the future?We're looking for a Senior Expert Java Consultant to join a high-performing Mainframe-to-Cloud Migration team working on complex, large-scale technology transformation.You'll be at the heart of a major...
Senior Data Scientist at Sabenza IT & Recruitment
Job Purpose To design, develop and optimise machine learning, AI and decisioning solutions that drive customer, risk and operational outcomes across Personal and Private Banking (PPB) and Digital channels.PurposeApply advanced analytics, machine learning and AI...
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