How to raise funds, then scale your African start-up

Kathy Gibson reports from Everything AI and Gitex Kenya in Nairobi – For many African start-ups, their biggest challenge is not coming up with solutions or creating systems that work – it is in scaling them effectively. Once the excitement of the initial idea and...

African startups look to new investors

Kathy Gibson reports from AI Everything and Gitex Kenya in Nairobi – Africa’s exciting and innovative start-ups are attracting interest from investors in the Middle East, Europe and Asia. Investors from these regions are arguably more aligned to the continent’s...

Pilot to production: the challenge of African developers

Kathy Gibson reports from the AI Everything Summit in Nairobi – Africa has no shortage of ideas, use cases and innovation when it comes to developing AI applications. But having a great idea, or an elegant algorithm, doesn’t necessarily translate into a bankable...

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...

Banking fraud and losses are on the rise

A ​new survey​ of fraud-management, anti-money laundering (AML), and compliance team leaders at South African banks depicts a country still searching for a solution to meaningfully reduce an onslaught of fraud. Three-fourths of those surveyed (75%) report increasing...

SA organisations badly prepared for inevitable attacks

Seventy-nine percent of South African organisations experienced at least three successful identity-related breaches in the last 12 months, driven largely by the explosion of agentic and machine identities. This is according to the Identity Security Landscape Report...

Employees are the biggest cyber threat – and it will only get worse

South Africa experienced a 46% increase in insider cyber risk in 2026, surpassing the global average of 44%. What’s more, 63% of South African companies surveyed expect insider‑driven data losses to increase as growing numbers of disgruntled employees are resorting to...

Cisco paves the way to a quantum network

Cisco has announced the Cisco Universal Quantum Switch, a working research prototype marking a milestone in quantum networking that addresses one of the most fundamental barriers to building a quantum network. Quantum computers encode information in different ways...

Frontier firms rebuild operating models for the age of AI

Spend time with any software engineering team right now and you’ll see something worth paying attention to, writes Jared Spataro, chief marketing officer: AI at Work at Microsoft. Over the last few years, the way software gets built has moved through four distinct...

The office of 2050 will be very different to today

Neural implants, which link the human brain directly to external devices, are among the top emerging technology global workers expect to see in the workplace by 2050, according to new research by IWG. The study, “IWG’s Work Reimagined: The Office of 2050”, summarises...

Using AI instead of entry-level hiring will cost more later

By 2030, 75% of supply chain organisations that paused hiring for entry-level roles in 2026 will pay premiums upward of 15% for early-career professionals, according to Gartner. “Many organisations are attempting to manage uncertainty today by pausing entry-level...

AI systems security spend: from zero to $8bn

The emerging AI systems security (AISS) market is forecast to grow from essentially zero to nearly $8-billion by 2030 as enterprises move AI applications, models, and agents into production. According to a recently published report from Dell’Oro Group, AISS has moved...

Oracle supports Africa Clinical Research Network

The Africa Clinical Research Network (ACRN) has launched its first clinical trial with Oracle in Africa, which commenced in February 2026. The PROgnostic Testing to Enhance Clinical Triage of Pre-eclampsia in Africa (PROTECT-Africa) trial aims to define, validate, and...

Building blocks for an autonomous supply chain future

Chief supply chain officers (CSCOs) must focus on building autonomous-ready capabilities across operations, intelligence and workforce to prepare their operating models to mitigate ongoing volatility and build future competitive advantage, according to Gartner. “As...

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From game theory to game shows

By Barry Buck (with Claude) - Somewhere along the line, tech companies became wartime targets. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards published a list of 18 US tech firms – Apple, Google, Meta, Nvidia, Palantir – and threatened to destroy their “relevant units” if more Iranian...

Continuous threat exposure management the new cybersecurity imperative

The old playbook of periodic vulnerability scans and annual security audits no longer suffices when attackers operate in real time, using automation and artificial intelligence (AI) to exploit the tiniest cracks in digital defences. By Saurabh Prasad, senior solution...

RS South Africa is Arduino Uno Q SBS master distributor

RS South Africa has been named Master Distributor for the Arduino UNO Q. This appointment follows RS’s recognition at the Arduino Partner Conference in Milan, where it received two prestigious awards: the Industrial Trailblazer Award, for driving adoption of Arduino...

Healthbridge acquires AI medical scribe Nora

Healthbridge has completed the full acquisition of Nora, an ambient AI medical scribe that automatically converts doctor–patient conversations into structured clinical notes. Developed by Nora AI, a London-based healthtech start-up, the transaction concludes an...

Red Hat and Google Cloud expand collaboration

Red Hat has announced an expanded collaboration with Google Cloud to help organisations accelerate application modernisation and cloud migrations. The expansion introduces Red Hat OpenShift in the Google Cloud console, deeper integrations with Google Cloud services...

Vertiv expands thermal portfolio

Vertiv has launched the Vertiv CoolPhase Wall, a space-saving, wall-mount cooling system designed for small IT spaces and edge environments. The system is designed for the needs of IT equipment, removing heat and enabling continuous operation while taking up zero...

Lenovo partners with David Beckham

Lenovo has announced a global partnership with David Beckham. The collaboration builds on Lenovo’s expanding role in global football, including its position as the Official Technology Partner of FIFA World Cup 2026 and the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2027. This first of...

Top 10 cybersecurity trends and terrors of 2026

There is one word that describes cybersecurity right now, writes Jeanette Simpson, head of product management at Armata Cyber Security, and that’s ‘acceleration’. Attacks are scaling faster. Ransomware activity has increased 25% year-on-year and the number of...

Rethinking power for Africa’s data centres

  Africa’s digital economy is scaling faster than its power systems. Cloud regions, artificial intelligence (AI) workloads, fintech, health platforms and government digitisation are all driving a wave of new data centres across the continent. By Mourad Younes,...

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