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.

Most major firms fail to disclose operational emission targets

New research from Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Microsoft indicates that a massive 84% of major global companies have yet to set public science-based targets to reduce direct operational emissions from their supply chains - and that only 11% have actually...

US race for digital dollar fuels case for Bitcoin

With the US government's work on a potential digital dollar accelerating - meaning a digital greenback could soon be a reality in the US - the case for Bitcoin becomes "significantly stronger", according to deVere Group CEO and founder, Nigel Green. Green says his...

Why good leaders fail

Leadership development would be far simpler to manage if leadership were a singular, finite competency or set of competencies that applied in all situations across the organisation. However, the fact remains that this is not the reality with which we live and work....

IBM goes all-in with Red Hat, cloud

IBM has transformed its software portfolio to be cloud-native and optimised it to run on Red Hat OpenShift. Enterprises can now build mission-critical applications once and run them on all leading public clouds, including AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform,...

Capital One hack could be the tip of the iceberg

The data breach of US bank Capital One that this week exposed the personal data of more than 100-million US customers may be only the start of a series of breach notifications from other organisations. The potential victims could include UK-based telecoms carrier...

Double-digit growth forecast for IoT spend

Spending on Internet of Things (IoT) technologies in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) is set to top $8,47-billion this year, according to the latest forecast from global technology research and consulting firm International Data Corporation (IDC). A recent update to...

Motor industry still under the lash

While consumers may have enjoyed some reprieve from the interest rate cut in July, the motor industry didn't. New vehicle sales continued their downward trend according to results released by the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa...

Fak’ugesi African Digital Residency celebrates six years

In 2019 Fak'ugesi African Digital Innovation Festival, celebrates six years of developing young digital creatives through the Fak'ugesi Digital Africa Residency and introduces two new special collaborations. The Fak'ugesi Digital Africa Residency is the festival's...

M&A in defence and security hits record high

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity in the defence and security domains was valued at $130-billion during the three months to 30 June 2019, according to Jane's by IHS Markit . This compared with $5,4-billion during the prior three months and an average of...

The realities and possibilities of 5G

Kathy Gibson is with Huawei in Braamfontein - 5G is set to revolutionise industries - but the technicalities of the service are not what's important. This is the word from Dr Mohammed Madkour, vice-president: wireless and cloud core marketing at Huawei, addressing the...

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