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.

Nvidia Grace CPU paves the way to energy-efficient computing

In tests of real workloads, the Nvidia Grace CPU Superchip scored 2x performance gains over x86 processors at the same power envelope across major data centre CPU applications. This means data centers can handle twice as much peak traffic; they can cut their power...

SA plant species key to the discovery of novel antibiotic

In its 2017 response to the scourge of drug-resistant pathogenic infections, the World Health Organisation (WHO) identified a list of pathogens that it described as critical, high and medium priority in terms of the urgency of the need for novel antibiotics. The...

New African AI initiative at Wits

The Molecular Sciences Institute (MSI) at the University of the Witwatersrand, in partnership with the Cirrus Initiative, has announced plans for a new artificial intelligence (AI) research operation in Africa. Announcing the Cirrus Initiative during the 2019 AI Expo...

Opportunities and pitfalls as data comes to the fore

Kathy Gibson is at the World Economic Forum on Africa in Cape Town – With Africa seeking to embrace the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), data in all its forms is going to become a critical resource. A panel of data experts came together this morning to discuss...

Africa and the future of payments

Kathy Gibson is at the World Economic Forum on Africa in Cape Town - The financial services sector in South Africa is undergoing an unprecedented transformation. Rapid developments in digital technologies are both disrupting and enabling change in previously...

Africa shows the way with drone applications

Kathy Gibson is at the World Economic Forum on Africa in Cape Town – Drone technology is driving new economic growth in Africa, particularly in the areas of agriculture, healthcare and logistics. The World Economic Forum is partnering with the government of Rwanda...

Slow progress on SA turnaround

Kathy Gibson is at the World Economic Forum on Africa in Cape Town – It was deeply ironic that representatives from the South African government were conspicuously absent from a World Economic Forum press conference aimed at detailing its economic progress since the...

African Growth Platform set to boost SMEs, youth

Kathy Gibson is at the World Economic Forum on Africa in Cape Town – Stakeholders have agreed a way forward for the Africa Growth Platform, the initiative announced last week to help African start-ups to grow and compete in international markets. Elsie Kanza, head of...

Booming tourism approaches tipping point

Kathy Gibson is at the World Economic Forum on Africa in Cape Town - Travel and tourism is booming – but the combination of cheaper travel and few tourist barriers could be creating unsustainable demand that pushing the sector towards a tipping point. The World...

Silver lining for African business prospects

Kathy Gibson is at the World Economic Forum on Africa in Cape Town – There has been a record rise in pessimism around global economic growth, a view that is echoed by African business leaders. However, African CEOs are not as pessimistic about the outlook as their...

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