IT spend will breach $7trn for the first time in 2027

Worldwide IT spending is expected to reach $7,35-trillion in 2027, up 15% from 2026, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. “Collectively, the market forces are reinforcing spend around AI infrastructure, AI-enabled cloud platforms, and advanced software...

As African CEOs embrace AI, ROI is still elusive

By Kathy Gibson - African companies are in the middle of learning and adopting artificial intelligence (AI), and adapting to the changes it brings. But they are also looking beyond adoption at how to measure value from their AI investments, says Ladi Asuni, partner...

Africa moves from AI ambition to action

AI has moved from potential to proven economic value and while ambition setting is near universal across economies, execution speed is the differentiator, according to Boston Consulting Group’s The AI Maturity Matrix 2026: AI Is Transforming How Economies Develop and...

The shocking reality facing jobseekers

Of the 867 706 people who registered looking for entry-level work in retail, restaurants and quick-service outlets over a 13-month period, just 6 566 were appointed - approximately one in every 132 – and between them, they sent nearly five million applications. The...

OEMs roll out Nvidia RTC Spark laptops

Nvidia has announced the availability of Nvidia RTX Spark laptops, bringing together RTX graphics and Nvidia’s full-stack AI platform in slim, premium Windows PCs for accelerated creation, immersive gaming and powerful local AI — rolling out from ASUS, Dell, HP,...

Nvidia opens Vera Rubin architecture to help scale AI factories

As AI factories grow from megawatts to gigawatts, building them takes more than advanced computing. Open standards are helping the industry scale AI infrastructure faster, more efficiently and more reliably. At the Open Compute Project (OCP) Global Summit yesterday,...

Intel accelerates open infrastructure for agentic AI

At the Open Compute Project (OCP) Global Summit yesterday, Intel shared new technical details on the Intel GPU D-series, formerly code-named Crescent Island, introduced new Intel Xeon-based rack designs and highlighted open software and ecosystem innovations. As open...

AMD Helion brings agentic AI compute at rack scale

AMD has introduced the AMD Helion agentic AI rack, an open blueprint for agentic AI infrastructure based on an Open Compute Project spec-design and powered by AMD compute. Building on the open-platform approach of the AMD Helios rackscale solution, AMD Helion is...

Refurbished printer demand surges as EU regulation kicks in

The worldwide market for OEM-refurbished multifunction printers (MFPs) and printers strengthened in the first half of 2026, according to the IDC Worldwide Semiannual Refurbished MFP/Printer Tracker, with unit shipments growing 14,5% year-on-year (YoY), with growth...

PC shipments fall to Q1 2023 levels

Worldwide PC shipments totaled 55,4-million units in the third quarter of 2026 - down 22,4% from the third quarter of 2025 - according to preliminary results from Gartner. “The impact of higher memory and storage costs is now fully reflected in PC pricing,” says...

IBM a step closer to building a fault-tolerant quantum computer

IBM has been selected for Stage C, the third phase of the Quantum Benchmarking Initiative (QBI) led by DARPA - the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency – which will advance it through DARPA's verification process in which independent experts extensively test...

Underfunding a leading cause of AI failures for SA firms

South African organisations whose AI ambitions outrun their budgets are seven times more likely to say AI has fallen short, according to preliminary results from DayOne’s State of AI Delivery in South Africa survey. Of the more than 170 employees, founders, managers...

President Ntuli to leave HPE

By Kathy Gibson - President Ntuli has resigned as member of the board and MD of Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (HPE) in South Africa. “We can confirm that, after 14 years with HPE, President Ntuli has decided to take a career break as he considers the next chapter of his...

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Takealot promotes made-in-SA products

The Takealot Group, in partnership with the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA), has launched the 2026 Takealot TIA Local Innovation Challenge, ‘Made Local’. South Africa has a wealth of innovative, locally manufactured products, with many entrepreneurs already...

Paymenow launches engageHR

Paymenow, an earned wage access and HR solutions platform, has launched engageHR, an AI-native employee self-service and HR platform. With engageHR, employees can check a payslip, apply for leave, update personal records, apply for a job, complete training and receive...

Cloudera and Mistral partner for enterprise data intelligence

Cloudera and Mistral have announced a strategic partnership to bring secure, sovereign AI directly to enterprise data wherever it resides. Cloudera and Mistral will combine Cloudera’s hybrid data and AI platform with Mistral’s sovereign AI models to give enterprises a...

Pan-African payment system enters next phase

The Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS) is preparing to accelerate adoption and transaction growth across Africa as it enters the next phase of its strategy, following significant expansion of its network and strong growth in payment volumes and values....

So your NPS improved: but are your services easier to access and use?

The conversation around customer experience (CX) has changed. What was once largely about making interactions easier or resolving problems quickly is increasingly about what those interactions enable customers, and the business, to do. By Richard Eberlein, executive...

Escalating risk demands a broader reinsurance leadership pipeline

The demands of the reinsurance sector provide a timely opportunity to consider how specialist industries can benefit from more inclusive pathways to leadership, writes Izabela Stofberg, chief underwriting officer at Santam Re. Attracting, developing and retaining the...

Why your cloud journey must start with a ‘gearlock’ mindset

Recently, I was involved in a discussion with an acquaintance about a home-security upgrade, writes Allan Juma, lead cyber security engineer at ESET. The additional investment was not necessarily on the radar, except that the person told me that he had suspected...

True customer enablement starts on the inside

The telecommunications industry is renowned for being slow and transactional, where larger players set the terms in a cold, utility-driven relationship. By Graeme Thomson, chief operating officer at Backspace Technologies However, as organisations of all sizes will...

SA SMEs use AI but many still don’t know where it fits

More than half of South African small businesses are now using AI tools daily or weekly, but many are still struggling to understand where the technology fits into their operations. Xero's 2026 State of South African Small Business report found that 52% are using AI...

Visibility before velocity: Taking control of IT infrastructure costs

Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly moving from experimentation to everyday business operations. Whether it's developers using AI-assisted coding tools, knowledge workers leveraging intelligent assistants, or organisations embedding AI into customer experiences,...

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Role OverviewWe are looking for an experienced Senior Machine Learning Engineer to design, build, deploy and support enterprise-scale Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence and Generative AI solutions.The role is strongly focused on the productionisation and...

Intermediate Network & VoIP Engineer

Intermediate Network & VoIP EngineerLocation: Kyalami, GautengEmployment Type: PermanentLevel: IntermediateAbout the RoleWe are looking for an experienced Intermediate Network & VoIP Engineer to join our technical team in Kyalami, Gauteng.The successful...

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Role OverviewOur Insights Team turns enterprise data into reliable business decisions. We are looking for a hands-on Data Engineer to develop and support the data pipelines, warehouse structures, reports and dashboards used across the Group.The role is centred on SQL...

Intermediate Network & VoIP Engineer – Gauteng Midrand

Intermediate Network & VoIP EngineerLocation: Kyalami, GautengEmployment Type: PermanentLevel: IntermediateAbout the RoleWe are looking for an experienced Intermediate Network & VoIP Engineer to join our technical team in Kyalami, Gauteng.The successful...

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Senior .NET Application Developer at Sabenza IT & Recruitment

Build software that people actually use. This is a senior seat for a developer who can take a requirement, design the application, and ship it. You will own the work from specification through coding, testing, debugging and release, inside an Agile team that expects...

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