Cyber resilience the foundation for Africa’s next phase of digital growth

Building strong cyber resilience will be the key to sustaining the current remarkable growth of Africa’s digital economy, according to a new white paper from Mastercard. The report – Africa’s Digital Defence Race - highlights that between 2016 and 2025, mobile money...

Underfunding a leading cause of AI failures for SA firms

South African organisations whose AI ambitions outrun their budgets are seven times more likely to say AI has fallen short, according to preliminary results from DayOne’s State of AI Delivery in South Africa survey. Of the more than 170 employees, founders, managers...

Revenue to hit $1bn as quantum breakthroughs advance

Worldwide, quantum computing revenue is projected to total $1,1-billion in 2027, according to Gartner. “Nations and businesses have scaled spending in quantum literacy, patents, partnerships, and early use-case exploration,” says Gaurav Gupta, vice-president analyst...

Fuel price shock will hit supply chains hard, driving prices up

South Africa’s latest fuel price increase will put fresh pressure on already strained supply chains, says supply chain industry body SAPICS. The organisation warns that the cost impact is likely to extend far beyond the transport sector and into consumers’ pockets at...

MD cuts tenure at SITA short

Just nine months into his five-year contract as MD of the State IT Agency (SITA), Dr Bongani Mabaso is stepping down. Dr Mabaso joined Sita on 1 April 2023, on a fixed-term contract for five years. In a statement today (8 December), SITA says he has decided to pursue...

Global perma-crisis drastically impacts employee wellbeing

The global perma-crisis is expected to continue taking its toll in 2024, as extreme weather events continue to impact organisations and global instability deepens. The situation is giving rise to concerning levels of employee burnout. According to the latest...

Expect more aggressive cyber-attacks in 2021

2021 will bring aggressive cybercrime activity as criminals pivot their attacks from data encryption to data exfiltration. Data exfiltration is a form of a security breach that occurs when an individual's or company's data is copied, transferred, or retrieved from a...

Embedded car OEM telematics subscribers to reach 317m by 2025

The number of telematics service subscribers using embedded systems will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 20,7% from 102,8-million subscribers at the end of 2019 to 317,2-million subscribers at the end of 2025, according to research from Berg Insight....

Covid hits Uber’s revenue

Covid-19 disrupted many industries that were flourishing prior to the difficult days of 2020. One of the biggest global brands that was undoubtedly hit hard by the pandemic was Uber. According to data presented by Stock Apps, the ride-sharing app's quarterly net...

Determination, sensitivity key characteristics for IT hires in 2021

A massive 70% of hiring processes of new CIOs rank individual determination and sensitivity as two critical personal characteristics in 2021, according to Gartner. As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to shift the landscape for how global CIOs manage, collaborate and...

US bars Chinese payment apps

China has hit back at the US's barring of a number of Chinese apps, including Alipay and Tencent's offerings. The China Foreign Ministry has commented that the country will take necessary steps to safeguard the legitimate rights of companies. Yesterday, US president...

Disclosing a security breach results in less damage

There is a correlation between the way a data breach is disclosed and the total financial losses an organisation experiences following a cybersecurity incident. According to a new Kaspersky report, 'How businesses can minimise the cost of a data breach', enterprises...

Computer modelling keeps eagles safe from wind turbines

The rapid uptake of wind energy globally offers hope of a transition towards sustainable renewable energy but it can also present a real threat to soaring birds of prey. A new tool offers hope of a win-win solution that allows developers to rapidly identify the best...

Data protection as a service pushes storage appliance sales down

Increased use of data protection as a service and economic constraints caused by the pandemic have affected the EMEA purpose-built backup appliance (PBBA) market, which declined 4,5% in value year on year to $310,9-million in the third quarter of 2020, according to...

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