African CEOs must prioritise innovation – and take risks

More than 150 CEOs in Africa who participated in PwC’s 29th Global CEO Survey demonstrate strong operational resilience and reinvention as they navigate currency fluctuations, political uncertainty, infrastructure constraints and supply chain disruptions. The survey...

These are the top cybersecurity trends for 2026

The chaotic rise of AI, geopolitical tensions, regulatory volatility and an accelerating threat landscape are the driving forces behind the top cybersecurity trends for 2026, according to Gartner. “Cybersecurity leaders are navigating uncharted territory this year as...

AI to the fore as cyberattackers focus on Africa

Kathy Gibson reports - As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes more accessible and sophisticated, we are going to see it playing a bigger role in cyberattacks. Tony Anscombe, chief security evangelist at ESET, describes how AI malware has made an appearance and will...

Global IT spending set to grow 10,8%, hitting $6,15trn

Worldwide IT spending is expected to reach $6,15-trillion in 2026, up 10,8% from 2025, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. “AI infrastructure growth remains rapid despite concerns about an AI bubble, with spending rising across AI‑related hardware and...

Growth in digital wallets transactions driven by advanced services

The total value of digital wallets transactions will rise from $9-trillion in 2023 to $16-trillion in 2028, growth of 77%, according to a new report from Juniper Research. This trend is driven by growth across both developed and developing markets, as the increased...

Helping South Africans save in National Savings Month

South Africans are notoriously poor savers and the nation's household saving ratio dropped to 0% in the fourth quarter of 2022 - actually an improvement over the trend of the past decade which has been largely negative since 2006, dropping to a low of -2% in 2008 and...

AI-driven virtual agents drive customer satisfaction and savings

As many organisations across the world look to digital tools to help address surges in customer inquiries due to the Covid-19 pandemic, a new IBM study reveals that 99% of respondents report an increase in customer satisfaction as a result of using AI-driven virtual...

Huawei void leaves opportunity for rivals in China

The smartphone market in mainland China declined 8% sequentially, and 15% annually, to 83-million units in the third quarter of 2020. Huawei, while still the leader, saw its volume decline in China for the first time, shipping only 34,2-million units during the...

Intel boosts AI portfolio with SigOpt acquisition

Intel has announced it is to acquire SigOpt, a San Francisco-based provider of a leading platform for the optimisation of artificial intelligence (AI) software models at scale. SigOpt's AI software technologies deliver productivity and performance gains across...

The big US election ‘What if?’

With the hotly contested US elections looming on tomorrow (3 November), Daniel Kibel, co-founder of CM Trading, considers the economic effects that may follow. "With Biden's narrow lead in current polls, this election could be anyone's race at this stage," Kibel says....

Samsung snatches back smartphone top spot

The worldwide smartphone market showed signs of improvement in the third quarter of 2020 (3Q20) with shipments declining just 1,3% year over year, according to preliminary data from IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. In total, 353,6-million smartphones...

Crypto marketplace Paxful partners with Uhuru Wallet

In striving towards its goal of financial inclusion for all, global crypto marketplace, Paxful has added Uhuru Wallet as a payment method to its platform. The partnership, it adds, will help encompass its vision of helping the underbanked around the world to gain...

Core banking systems set for change

A new generation of core banking systems will allow banks to respond to many big changes upcoming in the future of financial services. IDC Financial Insights Asia/Pacific's latest report titled Toward a New Generation of Core Banking Systems: The Capabilities to...

Healthy growth forecast for smart accessories

The latest Canalys forecast expects shipments of smartphone accessories, namely wearable bands and TWS devices, to exceed 200-million units and 350-million units respectively in 2021. As the Covid-19 pandemic deepened globally, consumers turned their attention to...

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