Global coalition tackles AI nudification tools
A growing global coalition, currently number more than 107 major organisations, has united to fight AI nudification tools. The group, which includes Safe Online, Child Helpline International, Offlimits, the National Centre for Missing & Exploited, We Protect,...
Malicious email attacks spike in 2025
According to Kaspersky telemetry, almost every second email – 44,99% of global traffic – was spam in 2025. Spam consists not only of unsolicited emails, but can also include various email threats such as scam, phishing and malware. In 2025, individuals and corporate...
The spectre of AARTO still looms
Not unexpectedly, the rollout of the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (AARTO) Act has been postponed to 1 July 2026 due to the inadequate state of readiness of several municipalities that are part of the initial implementation phase. The Department...
Resellers: Last chance to make your voice heard
Voting in the Channelwise Awards 2025 has been extended to midnight on 13 November – and resellers are urged to make their mark. The Channelwise Awards are the South African IT distribution channel’s most prestigious awards, where resellers and partners get the chance...
Seacom unveils new branding as it plans for Africa’s future
Kathy Gibson reports - Seacom, which pioneered Africa’s submarine cable boom 16 years ago, is planning a major new undersea network. Seacom 2.0, due to be completed by 2029, is designed to carry the data traffic that will be generated by Africa’s embrace of...
Cell C partners to offer Huawei Cloud
Kathy Gibson reports - Cell C Business has penned a strategic partnership with Huawei Cloud to offer customers solutions built on the Huawei Cloud. Steven Chen, MD of Huawei Cloud South Africa, points out that Huawei has built 101 data centres globally - three of them...
SA company among winners of 2025 G20 TechSprint challenge
The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) and Bank for International Settlements (BIS) have announced the winners of the 2025 G20 TechSprint challenge on trust and integrity in scalable and open finance. Hosted under South Africa’s G20 Presidency, the 2025 G20 TechSprint...
SMEs aspire to sustainability, but obstacles abound
Sage’s SME Sustainable Finance Stocktake: Turning Ambition into Action report reveals record levels of sustainability ambition among small businesses, but warns that slow progress on finance and reporting risks is leaving millions behind and putting global net-zero...
Trade can power climate ambition
Trade can be a powerful policy to achieving the Paris Agreement, the 2015 global accord under which all nations pledged to limit warming to well below 2 °C, pursue efforts to 1.5 °C, and submit updated national climate plans every five years. This is according to the...
Teraco, NAPAfrica accelerate the continent’s digital transformation
Teraco has introduced a new API for its Africa Cloud Exchange (ACX) enabling partners to automate cloud connectivity and enhance hybrid and multi-cloud performance across Africa. At the same time, NAPAfrica has reached a major milestone of 6Tbps of traffic and 680...
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AI and its growing impact on compliance
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E-learning learnings to take into 2025
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Check Point Infinity XDR/XPR achieves 100% detection rate
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Qlik placed in Magic Quadrant again
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Cisco debuts WiFi 7 APs
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New MD for Business Partners
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Boost SaaS sales through the power of data
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