Family IT support essential for older generations
Younger family members and friends are playing a critical role in helping elderly people navigate the digital world - from installing apps to managing online banking and privacy settings – according to a new Kaspersky report. Focused on the Middle East, Turkiye and...
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...
Key metros still up in the air ahead of November elections
Two months before South Africans head to the polls to elect new local governments, Ipsos research suggests that electoral outcomes remain far from settled, with significant numbers of registered voters still available to be persuaded. The political landscape remains...
In the age of agentic AI, who is actually doing the shopping?
Venture money is flooding into AI shopping agents. Payment networks, browser makers and AI labs are racing to define how autonomous agents will shop, compare and buy. However, the infrastructure behind that race isn't keeping pace with the capital says Joshua Harvey,...
Nvidia and CrowdStrike strengthen agentic cybersecurity frontier
Attacks are now automated. Defense has to be, too. This is the word from Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang, telling the CrowdStrike Fal.Con 2026 conference last week that the IT industry is at an inflection point in cybersecurity. Huang joined CrowdStrike CEO and...
Incubator aims to test AI EdTech tools
Injini has launched its AI for Education Venture Builder and Incubation Program. Supported by philanthropic funder Coefficient Giving, the eight-month initiative takes pre-formed teams from the ideation stage to launching market-ready, impactful EdTech startups. The...
Scan to Pay now live in Samsung Wallet
EFT Corporation has partnered with Samsung to bring its Scan to Pay QR payment technology into Samsung Wallet, giving Galaxy device users in South Africa a fast, secure way to pay at thousands of merchant locations nationwide. Galaxy users can now open the Wallet,...
Ford SA partners with TUT for Sasol Solar Challenge
Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa will sponsor the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) SunChaser IV team in the 2026 Sasol Solar Challenge. On 10 September, TUT’s student-built solar car will cross the start line in Sasolburg, beginning an eight-day public-road...
FairMoney passes 30m Nigeria users
FairMoney Microfinance Bank, a CBN-licensed digital financial institution in Nigeria, has surpassed 30-million registered users in the country. Through the FairMoney app, customers can open and manage an account, save money, pay bills, make transfers, use cards,...
Digital companies’ emission reductions lag climate commitments
Despite progress in climate reporting and renewable electricity use, digital companies are falling short in cutting emissions at the pace required to achieve global climate targets, according to the new report Greening Digital Companies: Monitoring Emissions and...
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NFrance modernises sovereign data centre cooling
Vertiv has announced the successful modernisation of the cooling infrastructure at NFrance’s sovereign data centre. NFrance is a leading French provider of cloud hosting, colocation, and managed services. The project delivered an approximately 20% reduction in power...
Misconfigured clouds are a hacker’s easiest target
Cloud adoption has enabled businesses across sectors to achieve amazing speed, scalability and innovation. By Saurabh Prasad, senior solution architect at In2IT Technologies Startups can launch products in weeks, while larger companies update old systems. The cloud...
The reason behind all those failed enterprise AI projects
The failed pilots piling up inside South African organisations are not because AI is bad business technology. It’s a reflection of a deeper issue AI mirrors – and the usage bill is what makes that reflection harder and harder to ignore. By Warren Olivier, regional...
Corruption may just get more expensive
South Africa has been fighting corruption with legislation that, frankly, lacked teeth. By Kim Rew, partner at Webber Wentzel The Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act 12 of 2004 (PRECCA) has long been the cornerstone of the country's anti-corruption...
Productivity gains depend on people, not just platforms
Across South Africa, organisations are accelerating their investment in artificial intelligence (AI), deploying copilots, automation tools and advanced data platforms with the promise of unlocking productivity and reducing costs. By Ntsako Baloyi, data and AI lead for...
SA fintech processes R1bn in travel payments in six months
TurnStay, the South African fintech that helps African travel businesses get paid by international guests, has processed more than R1 billion in transactions so far this year - a milestone reached in just six months, and only three years after the company was founded....
We can no longer pretend Q-Day is only theoretical
Every major organisation is sitting on something incredibly valuable that not many people understand: cryptographic trust. By Antony Russel, chief technology officer at Telviva It enables businesses to move billions through online banking, run contact centres in the...
Your AI KYC tool won’t save you in an audit
South African companies are buying AI-powered compliance tools faster than they're reading the regulation those tools are supposed to satisfy. That gap is about to become very expensive, writes Bradley Elliott, CEO of RelyComply. Directive 11 is live; and SARS is...
The rise of the ‘ministers of defence’ in SA’s boardrooms
South Africans understand continuity better than most. Resilience has come in the form of the generator, the water tank, the UPS, and the make a plan ‘just in case’ attitude that has led to households and businesses building operational muscle memory around the...
Operational resilience, digital sovereignty top the CIO agenda
For CIOs across the Middle East & Africa, keeping systems online is the foundation of customer trust. By Martin Lentle, vice-president: Middle East and Africa at Red Hat EMEA As public sector institutions and private enterprises accelerate their digital...
Senior Java Developer at Sabenza IT & Recruitment – Gauteng Clubview
Build the next wave of secure microservices — then keep the estate humming.We're looking for a senior Java engineer who can design and ship Spring-based services, shape Angular UIs, and move comfortably between greenfield work and production systems. You'll use modern...
Senior Security Analyst – Western Cape Somerset West
Description:Security operations and monitoring:Monitor security events across infrastructure, cloud platforms, endpoints, networks and applications.Investigate security alerts and incidents.Perform threat hunting and root cause analysis.Maintain and enhance SIEM and...
Cloud FinOps Analyst
Cloud FinOps AnalystCape Town | Hybrid | Contract This role will support proactive AWS FinOps and cloud financial management, improving cost visibility, forecasting, allocation, governance, optimisation and accountability. How you will contribute: Analyse and report...
Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Sabenza IT & Recruitment
To design, build, deploy and support Machine Learning, AI and Generative AI solutions in production.The role will focus on turning AI/ML models and prototypes into scalable, reliable and business-ready solutions.Key Responsibilities Build and deploy Machine Learning...
Cloud FinOps Analyst – Western Cape Cape Town Region
Cloud FinOps AnalystCape Town | Hybrid | Contract This role will support proactive AWS FinOps and cloud financial management, improving cost visibility, forecasting, allocation, governance, optimisation and accountability. How you will contribute: Analyse and report...
Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Sabenza IT & Recruitment – Gauteng Johannesburg
To design, build, deploy and support Machine Learning, AI and Generative AI solutions in production.The role will focus on turning AI/ML models and prototypes into scalable, reliable and business-ready solutions.Key Responsibilities Build and deploy Machine Learning...
Senior C#. Net Developer (Blazor) at Sabenza IT & Recruitment
We are on the hunt for a Senior Full Stack Developer to join a fast-paced, high-impact project building a modern, component-driven application using C#, .NET Core, and Blazor. This role requires strong full-stack capability, with a focus on clean architecture,...
Open-Source DBA
We are seeking a versatile and highly skilled Open-Source Database Administrator (DBA) to join our established database support team. This role offers an exciting opportunity to work in a fast-paced, enterprise-scale environment supporting critical business systems...
Senior C#. Net Developer (Blazor) at Sabenza IT & Recruitment – Western Cape Cape Town
We are on the hunt for a Senior Full Stack Developer to join a fast-paced, high-impact project building a modern, component-driven application using C#, .NET Core, and Blazor. This role requires strong full-stack capability, with a focus on clean architecture,...
Open-Source DBA – Gauteng Randjespark
We are seeking a versatile and highly skilled Open-Source Database Administrator (DBA) to join our established database support team. This role offers an exciting opportunity to work in a fast-paced, enterprise-scale environment supporting critical business systems...
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