As economies shift, Africa urged to follow the money

Kathy Gibson reports from the AI Everything Summit in Nairobi – Africa is enjoying a renaissance as it embraces technology and artificial intelligence (AI) to drive its future growth. But there is a danger that the continent will remain a mere consumer of the...

SA holds its own as global AI adoption accelerates

Worldwide adoption of artificial intelligence continued to rise in the first quarter of 2026, according to Microsoft’s Global AI Diffusion Q1 2026 Trends and Insights report from its AI Economy Institute. During the quarter, AI usage increased by 1,5 percentage points...

Enterprise AI hits the wall

Enterprise AI is outgrowing the architecture and infrastructure beneath it as data privacy and sovereignty requirements tighten, according to new research from NTT Data. The latest research finds a widening split between enterprises that are redesigning AI for...

Information integrity passes geopolitics as the top risk

Information integrity risk, caused by the proliferation of AI‑enabled decision-making and uncertain AI transparency requirements, gained the top rank of emerging risks for the first quarter of 2026, according to Gartner. The Gartner Quarterly Emerging Risk...

Strong gains in formal DEI objectives in the supply chain

Nearly half of supply chain organisations have formal DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) objectives with specific targets on management scorecards, according to Gartner, which adds that the number of supply chain organisations with formal DEI objectives has risen...

IT leaders see AI boosting productivity, but …

New Salesforce research shows 85% of IT leaders expect AI to increase developer productivity at their organisations over the next three years - a welcome relief as they simultaneously report a 39% increase in IT requests in the last year alone. However, 62% also say...

Double-digit growth for global hardcopy peripherals

The worldwide hardcopy peripherals market expanded for the fourth quarter in a row in the second quarter of 2021 (2Q21) with shipments growing 13,4% year over year to nearly 22,9-million units. Shipment value also increased during the quarter with year-over-year...

Ethereum could exceed bitcoin’s value within five years

Ethereum will continue to outperform bitcoin in 2021 and will, ultimately, exceed its rival's value. This is the prediction from Nigel Green, chief executive and founder of deVere Group, who comments: "Ethereum (ETH) is outperforming bitcoin (BTC) and it can be...

Americans to spend more than $60bn on 5G smartphones

The global penetration of 5G is increasing as different regions continue to adapt the revolutionary technology. Consequently, most Americans are projected to spend more on 5G-enabled smartphones. According to data acquired by Finbold, Americans are expected to spend a...

Teraco completes hyper-connected Isando campus

Teraco Data Environments has completed the JB3 data centre facility, located within the Isando Campus in Ekurhuleni, east of Johannesburg. The multi-billion-rand facility represents a strategic addition to Platform Teraco, comprising 4 5000sqm of building structure, 1...

SA companies fork out record amounts for data breaches

Data breaches now cost South African companies R46-million on average, according to a study by IBM Security - the highest cost in the six-year history of the report. Based on in-depth analysis of real-world data breaches experienced by organisations in South Africa,...

Malware attacks in Africa on an upward track

Kaspersky research highlights that malware is rife across Africa with various countries exhibiting strong growth in all malware types in the first half of 2021, when compared to the same period last year. This is a 5% increase in the region, as cybercriminals and...

CES 2022 to goes live – but only for the vaccinated

CES is set to go ahead in Las Vegas from 5 to 8 January 2022 - but only vaccinated delegates will be allowed to attend. More than 1 000 companies, including major brands and start-ups, have committed to be in Las Vegas, where CES 2022 will feature the latest tech...

Measuring damage from unrest on banking infrastructure

The South African Banking Risk Information Centre (SABRIC) has confirmed that at least 1 227 ATMs and 310 bank branches were vandalised or destroyed in the unrest from 9 July to 17 July. SABRIC has been assessing the threats, and quantifying the losses incurred by the...

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Citrix releases XenApp update

Citrix has announced the next generation of the Citrix XenApp product, the market-leading app virtualisation solution. As the workforce becomes increasingly mobile, businesses are struggling with how to deliver core Windows apps to an ever wider variety of devices....

CA Nimsoft app gets 5 000 downloads

CA Southern Africa has announced CA Technologies free CA Nimsoft Monitor Snap solution - released at the end of last year - has already been downloaded by 5 000 customers – including SMBs, Fortune 1000 companies and IT service providers – in 147 countries. These...

Meganews Magazines wins with Ricoh

Meganews Magazines – the world’s first print on demand news stand and based on Ricoh technology – has been awarded The Swedish Business Model Challenger of the Year by Cordial Business Awards. Cordial Business Awards 2013 is awarded in two categories: Best Business...

The hard drives of the future

There can be no doubt that hard drives are essential in today’s digital world, and demand for even more storage capacity is driving technological innovation that provide more space, more speed and greater efficiency, says Kalvin Subbadu, sales manager – Components, WD...

BDS launches new Xerox digital press

Bytes Document Solutions (BDS) has announced the availability of Xerox’s latest light-production colour printer/copier, the Xerox Color 570. The printer makes it easier to produce a range of applications – from rugged polyester labels and signs, to window clings,...

XON wins Juniper Networks partner award

XON, the pan-African ICT group, has been awarded Partner of the Year by Juniper Networks at its Third Annual Global Partner Conference held in Las Vegas. The award is in the Middle East, Africa (MEA) Regional or Vertical Market segment and XON was one of about 800...

Business leaders must take note of BYOA

Far from being settled, done and dusted, the BYOD (bring your own device) trend is an undeniable influence in business today and has forced decision-makers in business to rethink their strategies governing access to information and mobility. However, the market has...

Smart ID cards combat fraud, identity theft

Minister of Home Affairs Naledi Pandor announced last week that 100 000 South Africans will have smart ID cards by 31 March. She further announced that another 25 Home Affairs offices have been digitised, in addition to the three used during the smart ID card pilot...

IP CCTV solution for Reckitt

When the security of an organisation is potentially at stake, the last thing users need is an antiquated video surveillance system. In today’s high-tech world, you need the ability to view, review and play back video from a central platform. More critically, you need...

Balancing power supply and demand smartly

Electricity networks worldwide require smart solutions if power supply and demand is to be balanced efficiently. The answer lies in connecting power customers to smart grids, to each other and with other players, so as to make it all work and to balance supply and...

Cobol Developer – Gauteng Johannesburg

Job Description To design, code, verify, test, document, amend and refactor programs/scripts. Apply agreed standards and tools, to achieve a well-engineered result. To monitor and report on own progress and proactively identify issues related to software development...

X3 SQL Developers

We're looking for x3 SQL Developers to join our team! As part of our dynamic and growing organization, they will have the opportunity to work on cutting-edge projects and collaborate with a talented team of developers.What you'll do:Development of high-quality...

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Our client has a vacant position for a Business Analyst/ Consultant to perform business analysis functions as well as consultancy service for current and new business requirements on product supported by the organisation. Suitable candidate must have relevant tertiary...

JavaScript/Web Software Engineer (Advanced) – 2325

Large company looking to fill this urgent role:ContractHybridESSENTIAL SKILLS REQUIREMENTS:Technical & Functional:· Understanding and experience in the IT SDLC process.· Good grasp of business/user requirements and translating these into system documents and...

.Net Full Stack Developer

We're looking for a Full Stack .NET Developer to join our team. As part of our dynamic and growing organization, you'll have the opportunity to work on cutting-edge projects and collaborate with a talented team of developers. The successful candidate will be...

Server Administrator /Technical Engineer

SKILLSET: 10 years plus Engineering experience with following components:Cloud (Azure and Oracle advantageous)Oracle Cloud Infrastructure advantageousServer Virtualization (VMWare; Hyper-V, OVM)Linux experience essential (all flavours)Networking experienceFirewall...

X3 SQL Developers – Gauteng Pretoria

We're looking for x3 SQL Developers to join our team! As part of our dynamic and growing organization, they will have the opportunity to work on cutting-edge projects and collaborate with a talented team of developers.What you'll do:Development of high-quality...

Business Analyst – Gauteng Sandton

Our client has a vacant position for a Business Analyst/ Consultant to perform business analysis functions as well as consultancy service for current and new business requirements on product supported by the organisation. Suitable candidate must have relevant tertiary...

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