Transport costs keep millions away from work and education

As South Africans face sharply higher fuel prices from yesterday, new Ipsos research shows that transport affordability is already affecting access to work and education for a significant number of people. The nationally representative findings, from the Ipsos...

ID-based attacks rife as phishing, authentication abuse on the rise

Phishing accounted for more than half of cybersecurity incident response engagements in the second quarter of 2026, while authentication abuse was observed in 65% of engagements, according to the latest Incident Response Trends report from Cisco Talos. The findings...

Tech sales under the lash as consumers curb spending

South Africa’s fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) market is proving resilient so far in 2026, although retailers and brands in the tech and durables (T&D) sector are experiencing a number of challenges. This is according to NielsenIQ (NIQ) South Africa, which has...

Roman space telescope begins its quest to the dark universe

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has begun a three-month, million-mile journey to its final orbit where it is hoped it will reveal the universe’s darkest secrets. The mission launched at 7:26 AM EDT Sunday aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch...

Epson sets up new regional operations

Epson Middle East FZCO has been set up as a new sales company headquartered in Dubai, serving the Middle East, Türkiye, Africa, and Central & West Asia (META-CWA) region. The company will offer Epson’s printing, scanning, visual display, manufacturing and...

Emerging markets drive smart home growth

Global shipments of smart home devices are set to stall once again in 2024 as volume remains flat with 0,6% growth to 892,3-million devices, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Smart Home Device Tracker. High penetration and long...

Data analytics and AI set to drive fintech

Data analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) are the top technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution that are powering fintech solutions, found a Mastercard study on the state of fintech in the Middle East and Turkey markets. The white paper titled "The Future...

Avaya, Startek partner to offer CX in a box

Kathy Gibson reports from Gitex - Small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) will soon be able to choose from a bouquet of managed customer experience services. Startek, a global customer experience solutions and insights leader, today signed a memorandum of...

Early-stage entrepreneurial activity in SA surges 62%

Despite the difficult economic conditions South Africa has endured over the past two years we are seeing a surge in entrepreneurial activity, with many entrepreneurs reporting that they have identified new opportunities because of the pandemic. Yet the Global...

How to develop an Amazon-like culture of innovation

Kathy Gibson reports from Gitex - Innovation is key to survival in the fast-paced and disruptive world we live in, so companies have to develop a culture on innovation. "Anyone can innovate by accident," says Paul Misener, vice-president: global innovation policy and...

Consumers want more transparency on how businesses handle their data

Cisco's 2022 Consumer Privacy Survey, an annual global review of consumers' perceptions and behaviours on data privacy, highlights the critical need for further transparency as consumers say their top priority is for organisations to be more transparent on how they...

The top 5 cybersecurity trends of 2022

Since the Covid-19 pandemic forced increased digitalisation, threat detections have increased exponentially, according to Trend Micro's mid-year report on the latest developments and trends in cybersecurity. For many IT decision-makers, this rapid digitalisation is...

PC market sees steepest decline in 20 years

Worldwide PC shipments totaled 68-million units in the third quarter of 2022, a 19,5% decrease from the third quarter of 2021, according to preliminary results by Gartner. This is the steepest market decline since Gartner began tracking the PC market in the mid-1990s...

Global co-operation vital to counter cybersecurity threats

Kathy Gibson reports from Gitex - Cybersecurity is arguably the biggest challenge facing all organisations around the world, and global co-operation will be needed to mitigate the threats. Eugene Kaspersky, founder and CEO of Kaspersky, points out that, while states...

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HDS redefines flash portfolio

As organisations digitise their businesses, the demand for immediate access to information has soared, forcing IT departments to focus on modernising their core IT infrastructures. As a result, companies large and small are increasingly moving to flash-based...

Avaya appoints new leadership for SADC region

Avaya is making changes to its executive team to drive growth in the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) region. Danny Drew has been appointed MD for South Africa, while Selvin Kristnen has been appointed business development director for the SADC region....

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...

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Fintech Lead

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Are you the fintech innovator we've been searching for? We're looking for a Fintech Lead to push the boundaries of financial technology and create solutions that dazzle. If you can envision the future of finance and have the skills to bring it to life, apply now and...

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