IT channel pivots to add value as AI takes off

Kathy Gibson reports from Pinnacle TechScape - Artificial intelligence (AI) may be at the peak of the hype cycle, but this doesn’t detract from the value that the technology will bring to the industry. That’s the word from Tim Humphreys-Davies, CEO of Pinnacle, who...

Network to the fore as agentic AI adoption takes off

In the era of agentic AI, the network is becoming the critical foundation for trust, security and the seamless operating models through which people and AI can build the future. However, as organisations move quickly to gain an advantage from AI, a significant gap has...

Labour disputes emerge as SA’s top legal concern

Labour matters rank highest among the everyday legal questions that South Africans are asking. This is according to data aggregated by My AI Lawyer, which found that more than a third (37%) of the queries processed on My AI Lawyer in the first six months of 2026 is...

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...

AMD debuts Ryzen chips to enhance gaming

AMD has launched its next-generation Ryzen processors designed specifically to enhance performance for gamers. The lineup features the new AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Desktop processor, based on the "Zen 5" architecture and utilising 2nd Gen AMD 3D V-Cache technology. With...

The pivotal role of cities in global growth and stability

Business leaders and policy makers recently gathered at the World Economic Forum's fourth annual Urban Transformation Summit to address the increasingly critical role of cities in today’s shifting geopolitical landscape. Cities, which generate over 80% of global GDP,...

Manufacturers less confident in the face of new challenges

Manufacturer confidence levels remained low in the fourth quarter of the year amid a challenging outlook, according to the Q4 Absa Manufacturing Survey. Overall business confidence during the quarter remained unchanged at 26 points, after two consecutive quarterly...

Fraud surges as digital transactions dominate worldwide

Digital transactions dominated the global marketplace in the first six months of 2022, as the pandemic-driven trend of consumers migrating to online interactions became commonplace behaviour. This is the headline finding from LexisNexis Risk Solutions' Global State of...

African fintech revenues on track to hit $30bn by 2025

As the fastest-growing start-up industry in Africa, African fintech raised over $1,3-billion in 2021 alone. According to McKinsey research, the success of fintech companies is being fueled by several trends, including increasing smartphone ownership, declining...

Mobility-as-a-service set for massive growth

A new study from Juniper Research has found that MaaS (mobility-as-a-service) will generate revenue of $92-billion globally by 2027, up from $20-billion in 2022. Growing by 357% over the period, the main drivers will be the cost and convenience of MaaS solutions and...

Prepare to defend against crimeware and financial threats in 2023

In 2023, we will observe a great demand for malware loaders on the darknet: instead of developing their own malicious samples, attackers will opt for ready-made services with enhanced detection avoidance. Moreover, due to increasing regulations imposed on...

SA wins 15 medals at the BRICS Future Skills Challenge

South Africa's best future-forward digital skills are comparable to those of top candidates from Brazil, Russia, India and China. This is according to the results of the BRICS Future Skills Challenge, an online multi-day competition hosted by China this month. South...

Employers value procurement and supply professionals

The CIPS Procurement Salary Guide 2022: South Africa paints a clear picture of just how valuable procurement and supply professionals have become to organisations in an increasingly volatile and uncertain world. As the war in Ukraine escalates, inflation spikes,...

Online sales grew on Cyber Monday, Black Friday

The average transaction per minute on Cyber Monday was 408 as South Africans continued to shop for the best deals online. This is according to the 3D Secure data, BankservAfrica's online card authentication service (i.e., transactions that require customer...

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MPT opens branch in Namibia

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T-Systems debuts HANA Migration Factory for Africa

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CiTi launches women in business initiative

The Cape Innovation and Technology Initiative (CiTi), an incubator for local tech and tech-enabled entrepreneurs in Cape Town, launched its Women in Business programme with a bang. CiTi welcomed a group of 41 successful applicants who own and operate a diverse mix of...

How is banking fraud committed?

As more and more banks migrate banking services to mobile, enterprising and sophisticated (often globalised) criminal networks have devised ever ingenious ways to use mobile phones to separate customers from their money. This is according to  Tjaart van der Walt,...

Correlsense expands into Africa

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Customer insights for financial services

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Dell expands hyper-converged line-up

Dell has announced expansions to the industry's broadest hyper-converged infrastructure portfolio to help customers accelerate and simplify IT deployment and management to meet their goals now while also preparing for the future. New additions, from VCE VxRail...

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