Crackdowns alone won’t stop online wildlife trafficking

A new major global review shows that platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube are fueling a fast-growing and difficult-to-track illegal wildlife trade. The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Dr Annette Hübschle, a co-author of the study, says closing...

Nvidia’s quarter was bigger than TSMC’s entire year

Nvidia generated more revenue in a single quarter than the company that manufactures its chips generated in the whole of last year. This comparison puts the scale of the result into sharp focus, says deVere Group CEO Nigel Green. Nvidia reported quarterly revenue of...

AI dominates the corporate risk landscape

AI-enabled discovery of cyber vulnerabilities emerged as the most critical emerging risk facing organisations worldwide in the second quarter of 2026, according to Gartner. The Gartner Quarterly Emerging Risk Report series compiles insights and perspectives from...

AI misinformation is accelerating Africa’s risk landscape

As misinformation, cybercrime, health emergencies, civil unrest, extreme weather and infrastructure disruption become progressively interconnected across Africa, organisations are under growing pressure to distinguish fact from fiction before uncertainty escalates...

Hitachi Rail uses AI for realtime railway analysis

Hitachi Rail, a global transportation company powering railway systems in over 50 countries, is integrating Nvidia AI technology to lower maintenance costs for rail operators, reduce train idling time and improve transit reliability for passengers. The company is...

AI could help the world achieve SDGs

Just 17% of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) targets are on track for 2030, with nearly half making minimal or moderate progress, and over one-third stalled or in some cases regressing. This emerged during a World Economic Forum of over 1 400 business leaders,...

Rectron honours top partners

Rectron awarded its top-performing partners yesterday (7 October). The awards ceremony concluded the Rectron Innovation Day held in Johannesburg, where reseller partners learnt about how Rectron has restructured itself to meeting changing market demands, and met its...

Load shedding, petrol, interest rates hit SME confidence

South African small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) confidence levels took a dip in second quarter of 2022. This is according to the recently released Q2 2022 SME Confidence Index conducted by specialist SME financier, Business Partners, which reveals that SME...

Poor home security threatens corporate networks

Unwitting insider threats are becoming an increasingly common part of the attack chain for general consumers. Even the smallest of data leaks can lead to huge ramifications further up the business chain and poor cybersecurity at home could prove to a weak link for...

Despite headwinds, IT resellers remain confident

IT resellers across much of Europe and beyond are largely positive about the future despite strengthening economic headwinds, according to the latest ChannelWatch report from Context. The annual Context report polled 5 308 B2B and B2C resellers of all sizes and across...

Smart home device growth slows

Consumer buying continues to cool across the globe as macroeconomic issues persist. The slowdown in buying is expected to result in flat growth for smart home device shipments in 2022. According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Smart...

Big investment needed to prevent more energy poverty

Energy is key to the growth and prosperity of any modern economy, but it is estimated that nearly 1-billion Africans lack access to clean, sustainable energy. The shortage of electricity in many African countries is approximately equivalent to 1% of the global...

Liquid adds Equiano capacity

Liquid Dataport has acquired a pair of fibre cables on Equiano, the new West coast submarine cable, capable of delivering up to 12Tb of new Internet capacity. The Equiano sea cable is the highest capacity cable landing in South Africa. According to David Eurin, CEO of...

Private investors ‘back innovators to boost African connectivity’

Venture capital and private equity investors believe increased innovation in the delivery of Internet connectivity in Africa will help drive dramatic expansion in connecting the continent, new research from blockchain-based mobile network operator World Mobile shows....

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African businesses get serious about advanced data analytics

African businesses are starting to realise that advanced data analytics is no longer a nice to have but is crucial in helping them to increase productivity and competitiveness in the market, writes Razel Mavhungu Mushiana, GM for SAS Rest of Africa (ROA). That's...

Mobile tops threats in Q3

In its Q3 IT Threat Evolution report, Kaspersky Lab has published the details of the key security incidents of the quarter. Using statistics from the Kaspersky Security Network (KSN), which obtains information from millions of Kaspersky Lab product users in 213...

Commvault defines new challenges

Commvault has identified a series of emerging customer needs facing CIOs and technology and business leaders as they face the challenges of rapidly changing technology, tightening resource requirements, and ever-expanding volumes of data. The company has also outlined...

SUSE Enterprise Storage 2 offers Ceph-based solution

SUSE has announced the general availability of SUSE Enterprise Storage 2, the latest version of its self-managing, self-healing, distributed software-based storage solution for enterprise customers. SUSE Enterprise Storage 2 is the first and only Ceph-based solution...

Take control of MDM

Master data management (MDM) has a critical role to play in the pursuit of gaining that elusive single view of a customer. But are organisations effectively capitalising on the technology at their disposal or are they missing out on key opportunities? Petr Havlik,...

Pinnacle announces Proline 5000mAh Powerbank

Pinnacle Africa has unveiled its first branded power bank, the Proline PV-5000, available to the market immediately at a recommended retail price of R199.00. The Proline PV-5000 Power bank is the latest in a line of firsts for Proline following the release of its...

Ericsson develops skills in Rwanda

Worldwide E-Learning Campus (WEC) in Rwanda has launched a partnership with Ericsson to develop professional ICT competencies within the country. This program is available starting 1 November 2015. This partnership targets more than 10,000 students from different...

Truecaller reaches 200m user milestone

Truecaller's global community has reached the 200-million user milestone, doubling its user base in less than 10 months. With this milestone comes a new feature bringing richer information to the screens of Truecaller users around the world: number Tagging. Launching...

SWARM taking mobile loyalty card market by storm

Cape Town-based SWARM Loyalty, a specialist developer of mobile loyalty card and customer marketing applications, has secured the backing of an IT venture capital consortium as part of a rapid expansion drive in the local hospitality market. Made up of experienced IT...

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ENVIRONMENT:YOUR innate analytical mind & drive to solve complex challenges is sought to fill the role of a BI Business Analyst for a reputable Retail Concern. You will perform detailed requirements analysis, documenting processes, and performing User Acceptance...

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ENVIRONMENT:A prominent industrial IoT company in South Africa that specializes in AI-augmented solutions for digital productivity, workplace safety, and employee healthcare is currently in search of a Field Support Engineer. The role involves the installation and...

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