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.

New entrants challenge the biggest African brands

Brand Africa and Brand SA have unveiled new insights for 2022 Brand Africa South Africa's Best Brands, based on the 12th annual Brand Africa 100: Africa's Best Brands 2022 global rankings announced last year. While MTN, the overall most admired African brand, is also...

Massive increase for 5G roaming connections

A new study by Juniper Research has found that the total number of 5G roaming connections will increase from 53-million in 2023 to 526-million by 2027. This substantial growth will require the development of new roaming tools that are able to autonomously identify...

SA students off to coding ‘Grand Prix’ in Baku

Teen programmers from 86 countries, including South Africa, will compete for top honours at the 2019 International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) being held in Baku, Azerbaijan from 4 to 11 August. Each country sends four high school learners to the international...

Eskom Expo whizzkid heads to Germany

After shining at the Eskom Expo for Young Scientists International Science Fair (ISF), young scientist Brad Etienne Spies is heading to Germany to embark on a three-and-a-half year electronics/mechatronics apprenticeship at the Siemens Technical Academy in Berlin. The...

Blockchain helps to empower African farmers

AB InBev Africa and BanQu are using blockchain to uplift smallholder farmers in AB InBev's supply chain. The partnership aims to expand financial inclusion and empower more people across the continent. It also gives AB InBev better line of sight when it comes to its...

Unemployment rate jumps to 16-year high of 29%

Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) reported on July 30 that South Africa's unemployment rate jumped from 27,6% in the first quarter of this year to 29% in 2019Q2. This was the highest jobless reading since 2003. While there was some increase in employment between the...

DPO Group acquires SA’s PayFast

DPO Group has announced its acquisition of PayFast, one of the largest payment processors in South Africa. The deal by the Nairobi-headquartered DPO Group was executed through a mix of shares and cash, with the PayFast management team remaining key shareholders in DPO...

Medical wearables market to hit $19,7bn

The medical wearables market is predicted to be worth $19,7-billion by the year 2024, according to IDTechEx's latest research. The market will be driven by the demand for continuous health monitoring and point-of-care diagnostics for the management of chronic...

SA’s IaaS boom still two years out

The predicted growth of infrastructure as a service (IaaS) is in line with the increasing growth forecasts for cloud computing. This is according to Andrew Cruise, MD of Routed, who says that while IaaS is seen as an emerging opportunity in Africa, the work has...

New sales approach needed for the information age

Providing prospects with high-quality information and "thought leadership" is no longer a differentiator for sales organizations -- to succeed today, according to Gartner. Sales leaders must help customers make sense of the massive amount of quality information they...

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