AI is driving more breaches, at an average cost of $6m

One in four malicious breaches were AI-enabled – a 56% increase over last year – and these breaches cost an average of $6-million, roughly $1-million more than the global breach average of $4,99-million. This is among the findings from IBM's 2026 Cost of a Data Breach...

AI automation is having an impact on entry-level hiring

Nearly a quarter (22%) of CHROs report that at least one business leader in their organisation has stopped hiring for entry-level roles due to AI automation, according to Gartner. The 4Q25 Gartner survey of 110 heads of HR also found that 95% of organisations have...

Africa’s young people want jobs, clean government

Africa’s young people are more optimistic about the future of their countries, economies and the continent than at any point since the pandemic - but they are demanding jobs, cleaner government, safer communities, a stronger political voice and a model of democracy...

Even without data centres, Africa faces water bankruptcy

A new United Nations (UN) report says the world has moved past a water crisis into water bankruptcy – and Africa’s utility numbers already show what that looks like.

Employees prioritise security on personal devices

While a recent EY Human risk study shows younger employees are less concerned about cybersecurity on work devices than on personal ones, statistics from Kaspersky mobile quest [Dis]connected reveals another issue regarding corporate cybersecurity. According to...

Nvidia aims to bring AI to every industry

ChatGPT is just the start of a rapid uptake of artificial intelligence (AI) across the board. With computing now advancing at what he called "lightspeed," Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang has announced a broad set of partnerships with Google, Microsoft, Oracle and...

World Economic Forum for Africa: it’s a wrap

Kathy Gibson is at the World Economic Forum on Africa in Cape Town – With violence against women top of the South African mind this week, it’s appropriate that one of the initiatives adopted by the World Economic Forum tackles this issue. Borge Bunde, president of the...

Driving the African economy forward

Kathy Gibson is at the World Economic Forum on Africa in Cape Town - Africa is still growing faster than the rest of the world, but needs to shake off a dependence on commodities to embrace digitalisation and unlock greater potential. Lesetja Kganyago, governor of the...

Business success linked to digital employee experience

High growth companies that invest more in the digital employee experience are more likely to achieve business growth, have a progressive culture, retain talent and be rated as a top place to work by their employees. This is according to VMWare's latest annual report...

First server contraction in nine quarters

According to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker, vendor revenue in the worldwide server market declined 11,6% year over year to just over $20-billion during the second quarter of 2019 (2Q19). Worldwide server shipments declined 9,3% year over year to just...

The future of wearables is medical

Wearable technology and medical devices have many prominent synergies. Electronic devices on the body are perfectly placed for sensors to collect data relevant to healthcare, with communication options allowing them to be the gateway to digital health data. Common...

Something for the history buffs …

It may come as a surprise to many that today, 6 September, marks the day in which an electric car set a new speed record for the first time - 6 September 1900, to be precise. On this date, Andrew L Riker managed to achieve a speed of 46,47km/h, beating out his petrol...

Social media, fake news create new demand for media literacy

Reading and writing used to be enough on World Literacy Day, but now being able to filter what we read is an essential part of children's development. It's World Literacy Day this Sunday, 8 September 2019 - a day set aside by the United Nations to celebrate literacy...

What’s needed for Africa to leapfrog?

Kathy Gibson is at the World Economic Forum on Africa in Cape Town – The next stage of digital innovation could come from Africa: the ingredients to create digital economies are all there and some key interventions could stimulate massive growth. This is the word from...

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