Services, acquisitions drive Vodacom revenue growth
Vodacom reported a 11% in group revenue for the quarter ended 31 December 2025, to R43,9-billion. Shameel Joosub, Vodacom Group CEO, comments: “During the third quarter, Vodacom Group made significant strategic progress, marked by two milestones that strengthen our...
Protect yourself against believable voice clones
A terrifying scam is spreading fast: criminals use AI to clone a loved one’s voice and call families with a fake emergency, like a kidnapping or accident, then pressure them to wire money immediately. A recently reported case where a mother received a call that...
Employees’ convenience culture puts companies at risks
The drive for employee convenience in hybrid work environments is creating a significant security liability for South African businesses. New research from Cisco shows that 75% of organisations are facing heightened cybersecurity risks from unmanaged devices...
Fraud prevention APIs taking off, but diversification is needed
Operator revenue from authentication and fraud prevention network APIs will grow from $252-million in 2025 to $4,9-billion in 2030, according to a new study by Juniper Research. “Fraud prevention APIs provide the greatest opportunity in the short term; accounting for...
Mobile network breakthrough could enable remote surgery
A new development in affordable, open-source mobile networks which enables near-real-time control of robotic arms could help doctors work on patients in remote locations in the years to come. Researchers from the University of Glasgow’s James Watt School of...
Wits attack highlights education sector’s vulnerability
The zero-day cyberattack affecting the Witwatersrand University's Oracle e-business system, reported last weekend, points to a wider systemic vulnerability within the education sector. According to Check Point Software Technologies, education is among the most...
Developing nations’ entrenched debt under the spotlight
The Sevilla Forum on Debt was launched today (22 October) during the 16th United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD16). The new Forum is one of the outcomes of the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4) and was launched as...
Axiz extends Veeam backup protection with Ootbi distribution
Axiz has entered into a distribution agreement with Object First, the company behind the Ootbi (Out-of-the-Box Immutability) appliance set up by Veeam founders Ratmir Timashev and Andrei Baronov. The partnership will provide African organisations with enhanced data...
OpenAI takes on Google with new browser
OpenAI has introduced ChatGPT Atlas, a new web browser based on ChatGPT. The new launch adds more pressure on Google, following last year’s addition of search in ChatGPT. “Your browser is where all of your work, tools, and context come together,” reads a statement...
Bigger businesses have bigger security blind spots
As organisations scale, their human-centric security governance appears to weaken, creating significant business risk. This is one of the findings from KnowBe4’s 2025 Africa Human Risk Management Report. Other key findings from a continent-wide study of business...
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Security could stunt telco financial services adoption
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Data resilience, not just backup, key in insurance industry
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Should cybersecurity be linked to executive incentives?
Following major cyber-attacks, some large organisations around the world have started attaching cybersecurity assurance metrics to their executives’ short-term incentive plans (STIPs). According to Fortinet’s 2024 Cybersecurity Skills Gap Report, approximately 50% of...
Tourism could be a catalyst for economic growth
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Ticon Awards highlight African talent
A wealth of talent was recognised at the Technology Information Confederation (Ticon) Africa) annual conference in Mombasa, Kenya, with nominations received for individuals who demonstrated a wealth of knowledge and practically applied this for the betterment of...
Change Logic: Mastering Change with No-Nonsense Solutions
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AI supercharges Rectron Summit 2024
The Rectron Summit 2024, themed “Future Forward With AI”, saw a big jump in attendance from previous years, as the South African technology sector flocked to learned about the complex, emerging challenges and opportunities in the fast-growing artificial intelligence...
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