20 years on and gender gap parity is fracturing

Twenty years after the World Economic Forum first measured the global gender gap, the world is closer to parity than ever, but progress is fragile, with gains reversing in some areas, according to the Global Gender Gap Report 2026. Women now reach senior leadership in...

Unemployed are least likely to prioritise betting spending-limit tools

The online betting group most likely to prioritise debt repayment with a windfall is also the group least likely to ask regulators or operators for spending controls, according to new research from Softswiss. Fewer than four in 10 unemployed South Africans think...

AI-first enterprises will win big if they do it right

Kathy Gibson reports - Enterprises that are reshaping and reinventing business domains around artificial intelligence (AI) are on track to experience great return on investment (ROI) and become more competitive. But there is a currently a big disconnect between AI...

AI leaders join call for a slowdown in new developments

The call for a global slowdown on artificial intelligence (AI) development is gaining traction, with the leaders of the some of the world’s largest AI companies adding their voices. On Saturday, Anthropic CEO Dr Dario Amodei penned an essay calling for AI companies to...

Customers prefer third-party GenAI to chatbots

Customers are approximately three times more likely to use third-party GenAI tools than company-provided chatbots when resolving customer service issues, according to a survey by Gartner. A Gartner survey of 3 566 B2B and B2C customers, conducted in February and March...

Security awareness training can curb phishing

Organisations in Africa can reduce phishing susceptibility by 79% after just one year of consistent security awareness training (SAT) - despite a threat landscape increasingly powered by AI, according to new research from KnowBe4. The 2026 Phishing By Industry...

Strategic AI deployment set to drive significant growth

By 2029, chief financial officers in organisations that implement strategic AI and technology portfolio resource deployment will unlock an additional 10 points of margin growth, according to Gartner. “Three quarters of CFOs are raising their tech budgets for 2026,...

Hormuz disruption shows why early-warning data matters

What began as a shipping disruption in one of the world’s most critical maritime chokepoints has become a wider development risk. Since early March, UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has alerted that disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz are hitting far more than energy...

China raises cloud spending

Mainland China’s cloud infrastructure services spending reached $14,7-billion in Q4 2025, up 26% year-on-year, according to new research by Omdia. This marked a continued acceleration from the previous quarter and the third consecutive quarter of growth above 20%....

Nvidia launches unified AI model

AI agent systems today juggle separate models for vision, speech and language — losing time and context as they pass data from one model to the other. Nvidia has launched Nvidia Nemotron 3 Nano Omni, an open multimodal model that brings these capabilities together...

How to manage agent sprawl

Gartner has identified six steps to help organizations reduce the risks of AI agent sprawl. The researcher predicts that, by 2028, an average global Fortune 500 enterprise will have over 150 000 agents in use, up from less than 15 in 2025 – which will generate...

With VECT ransomware, paying is not an option

If newbie to the ransomware scene VECT comes knocking at your organisation's door - do not pay the ransom. That's the call from researchers at Check Point, which has been monitoring the emerging ransomware-as-a-service group. Together with partners BreachForums and...

SA’s rising young scientists take on global challenges

Three emerging young scientists are set to represent South Africa at the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF), showcasing innovative research that addresses critical global challenges in environmental sustainability, space science and biomedical...

SA’s economic recovery remains fragile

After nearly two decades of weak growth, declining investment and rising structural constraints, South Africa faces a narrow window in which decisive reforms could determine whether it escapes long‑term stagnation or remains trapped in low growth. Coface research...

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NetScout advances AI-driven network operations for NeuroNOC

NetScout Systems has announced its recent participation in TM Forum’s NeuroNOC Catalyst, an innovation project at DTW Ignite 2025 that set records for having the most Communication Service Providers and countries represented at a DTW Ignite event. TM Forum is a global...

Check Point Software appoints new regional VP

Check Point Software Technologies has announced the appointment of Diego Arrabal as vice-president for Eastern Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EEMEA). Based in Dubai, Arrabal will oversee operations across this fast-growing and strategically vital region, driving...

Counting down to the death of the magstripe

With just nine months to go until the March 2026 deadline set by the Payments Association of South Africa (PASA) for the industry-wide replacement of magstripe fleet cards, Payment24 in close partnership with its partners, is already prepared. With traditional...

In2IT Technologies wins Huawei Network Partner of the Year award

In2IT Technologies was awarded Network Partner of the Year by Huawei at the Huawei Africa Connect 2025 event, held in Johannesburg recently. The Huawei Network Partner of the Year award recognises In2IT’s excellence in delivering high-performance network solutions...

Acer Africa champions education innovation

Acer Africa has reaffirmed its commitment to fostering educational innovation across the continent, actively supporting educators through its sponsorship of the Schoolscape Innovator of the Year Competition 2025. The company recently participated in the Schoolscape...

What’s your cyber game plan? 

Cybersecurity is a topic every business leader is concerned about, yet many aren’t fully involved in the process; after all the IT department should be handling it right? But cybersecurity is also a leadership issue, not just a technical one. There is a difference...

Holistic business communications is automated or human as you need it

There is no shortage of interest and discussion around artificial intelligence (AI), language modelling and other exciting new technologies in the context of business communications. However, the best way to see these technologies is that they are tools to achieve an...

Wearable devices help African learners thrive

Sixty percent of children in Kenya can’t count on three meals a day. For children in underserved communities across Africa, education remains the surest path to a more secure future — and yet hunger inhibits learning and optimal development for a majority of the...

Integrate security into your development lifecycle

In today's fast-paced digital world, organisations face a challenging balancing act: delivering software quickly while ensuring it's secure. By Nic Evans, head of business agility at iOCO Digital Traditional approaches that treat security as an afterthought or a final...

Holistic tech solutions can keep Africa current and competitive

As a developing continent with enormous growth potential, Africa stands at a crossroads. By Ziaad Suleman, CEO of Cassava Technologies, South Africa and Botswana   On the one hand, its young, tech-savvy population is eager to capitalise on the opportunities presented...

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Background:Wits Health Consortium (Pty) Limited ("WHC") is a wholly-owned Company of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (South Africa) under its Faculty of Health SciencesWHC provides Faculty with a legal framework within which to operate the research...

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Intermediate MLOps / Platform Engineer Department: Data SolutionsEmployment Type: 12-Month ContractLocation: Northern Suburbs, Cape Town (Hybrid) We are a dynamic technology-driven organisation delivering innovative, value-focused IT and data solutions within a...

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IT Data Analysts at Sabenza IT & Recruitment

WE ARE HIRING!A leading organisation in the healthcare and manufacturing sector is looking to appoint a dynamic, passionate, confident, proactive, and meticulous Data Analyst to join a goal-oriented team.The successful candidate will play a key role in transforming...

IT Security Analyst at Sabenza IT & Recruitment

WE ARE HIRING!We are seeking a dynamic, passionate, confident, proactive, and meticulous Security Analyst to join a high-performing and goal-oriented Information Technology team. The successful candidate will play a key role in protecting enterprise systems, networks,...

Senior Software Engineer, Applied AI – George (Onsite)

ENVIRONMENT:Our client who builds AI agents as products, systems that operate autonomously across business functions, handle real customer interactions, and deliver measurable outcomes within a regulated insurance environment, is looking for a Senior Software...

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