Over the last decade, the frequency of natural disasters in Africa has steadily increased, rising from 32 incidents in 2014 to 56 occurrences in 2023, mainly due to floods, in 29 countries where data is available. It is estimated that African governments spent...

The market turbulence, which saw major US stock indices experience their worst day in over 18 months last Wednesday (24 July 2024), created a buying opportunity for savvy investors, particularly in the technology and artificial intelligence (AI) sectors. Nigel Green,...

Ransomware operations have come a long way - from somewhat clandestine and amateur beginnings to fully-fledged businesses with distinctive brands and styles that rival each other on the dark web. Overall, they continue to develop and succeed despite big shutdowns of...

Check Point Research (CPR), the Threat Intelligence arm of Check Point Software Technologies has published its latest Global Threat Index for April 2022. Researchers report that. Emotet, an advanced, self-propagating and modular Trojan, is still the most prevalent...

A recent study by Genesis Analytics, in partnership with the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA), concluded that over-indebtedness remains a challenge in South Africa - more than 50% of the country's credit-active consumers can be considered to have too much...

During Day 2 of its inaugural Intel Vision event, Intel turned its focus to how it will meet the growing security needs of organisations today and help them prepare for the challenges of tomorrow. Focusing on one of the most critical security elements for any...

MTN has reported group service revenue growth of 15,9% for the quarter ended 31 March 2021. The company, which has 276-million customers in 19 markets, grew group voice revenue by 2,6%, group data revenue by 37,3% and group fintech revenue up by 21,2%. Group earnings...

A new report from Resolve to Save Lives (RTSL) and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) shows that excessive and inequitable hypertension medication pricing hinders efforts to control high blood pressure in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). High blood pressure,...

Data presented by Atlas VPN reveals that LinkedIn was related to over 52% of all phishing scams globally in the first quarter of 2022. It's the first time that social media network was leveraged much more often than any tech giant brand name like Apple, Google, and...

What employees want from work and what they are willing to give in return has changed, according to Microsoft's annual Work Trend Index. South Africa is at a long-awaited inflection point: the lived experience of hybrid work. To help local organisations navigate this...