AI control gap widens as enterprise deployment scales

As AI moves from experimentation to enterprise-wide deployment, two-thirds of CIOs and CTOs in a new IBM Institute for Business Value study say they are being held accountable for AI systems they do not fully control, while governance struggles to keep pace at scale....

Intel aims to enable AI from chip to system

Intel has unveiled new development that address customers’ chip-to-systems-level AI needs with solutions tailored to address their specific industry challenges. The new offerings include: New rackscale AI infrastructure: Intel announced rackscale AI infrastructure for...

Global costs rise as trade and financial fragmentation spread

Geoeconomic fragmentation is imposing an annual cost of $213-billion to $307-billion on the global economy, according to a new World Economic Forum report. Driven by geopolitical tensions, economic security concerns and shifting trade relationships across major...

AI is reshaping jobs faster than companies can reshape work

Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer simply boosting productivity and saving time at work, it is fundamentally reshaping the nature of work, leadership, and employee experience, according to new survey data from Boston Consulting Group (BCG). Nearly...

Tech enables abuse in the form of stalking and doxing

Kaspersky has launched a report on tech-enabled abuse based on its global study*, which reveals that 8.5% of respondents had experienced digital stalking, and 5.4% reported being doxxed. The report also includes an analysis of dark web offerings related to stalking...

Mobile services in China set for modest growth

China’s mobile services market is set for steady, but modest revenue growth through 2030 as rising mobile data service revenues offset the continued decline in voice and messaging revenues, says GlobalData. The research group’s China Mobile Communications Forecast (Q4...

Intel partners with McLaren Racing

Intel and McLaren Racing have announced a multi-year, strategic partnership naming Intel Official Compute Partner of the McLaren Mastercard Formula 1 Team, Arrow McLaren IndyCar Team, and McLaren F1 Sim Racing Team, delivering advanced computing for AI and...

Maziv on the move to connect SA

Holding company Maziv says it welcomes ICASA’s decision to approve the licence transfer application of Herotel following its acquisition by Vumatel, stating it’s a definitive step forward in strengthening South Africa’s fibre ecosystem. Maziv says that as a pioneer of...

Sage and PwC tackle the AI trust gap in finance

Sage has announced a new initiative in partnership with PwC, which will redefine how AI is built and adopted in finance, combining transparent, explainable AI with the governance and real-world expertise required to use it with confidence. The initiative, “Beyond the...

SA’s youth ‘apply technology with purpose to lived reality’

South Africa requires some unique solutions throughout every level of its society to deal with its most pressing social and economic challenges – and the top finalists in the Huawei Developer Competition Code4Mzansi look to have come up with some. Solutions geared...

Families neglect to secure devices

On International Day of Families observed today (15 May), a global Kaspersky study reveals that while 55% of respondents from South Africa talk about online safety, only 33% secure all their family devices – highlighting the need for proactivity from family digital...

Information integrity passes geopolitics as the top risk

Information integrity risk, caused by the proliferation of AI‑enabled decision-making and uncertain AI transparency requirements, gained the top rank of emerging risks for the first quarter of 2026, according to Gartner. The Gartner Quarterly Emerging Risk...

Repeat identity attacks ramp up

A massive 71% of organisations suffered at least one identity-related breach in the past year, with an average of three separate incidents reported per company. According to the Sophos State of Identity Security 2026, a vendor-agnostic survey of 5 000 IT and...

Banking fraud and losses are on the rise

A ​new survey​ of fraud-management, anti-money laundering (AML), and compliance team leaders at South African banks depicts a country still searching for a solution to meaningfully reduce an onslaught of fraud. Three-fourths of those surveyed (75%) report increasing...

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The bottleneck slowing Africa’s fintech momentum

African fintech has firmly established itself as a global leader, backed by both capital flows and market fundamentals. In 2025, tech startups across the continent attracted around $4,1-billion in combined equity and debt, with the fintech segment still the largest...

What Africa’s stablecoin boom means for its financial system

Back in 2014, two blockchain pioneers set out to solve a problem confronting the early cryptocurrency ecosystem: the extreme price volatility of Bitcoin and the first generation of altcoins made them difficult to use for everyday transactions and impractical as a...

Staying relevant as a data scientist in the age of AI

In its 2025 Future of Jobs Report, the World Economic Forum projects that AI will displace around 92-million jobs by 2030. Data science itself - the very discipline that gave birth to modern machine learning - now appears on the list of professions highly vulnerable...

West African banks are at a crossroads

Banks in West Africa face a critical infrastructure choice in their digital transformation between cloud, colocation or on-premises storage, as data sovereignty laws are reshaping banking infrastructure. By Oluwamuyiwa Akinmejiwa, end user business leader at Schneider...

From pipeline to pipe dream: South Africa’s mathematics crisis

Only one in three matriculants took pure Mathematics in 2025. For a country where STEM skills are officially classified as critical - and where the National Development Plan targets 450 000 university-ready maths and science students by 2030 - that number should alarm...

Intellehub, TASEZ sign MoU for skills development in Tshwane

Intellehub People Solutions has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Tshwane Automotive Special Economic Zone (TASEZ) to collaborate on skills development initiatives aimed at strengthening Tshwane’s automotive industry. The agreement establishes a...

Vibe coders are like doctors

By Barry Buck - Apple quietly blocked updates for popular vibe coding apps like Replit this week, locking the peasants out of the walled garden. The king doesn’t want commoners building apps on apps installed from his kingdom – which makes you wonder why they bothered...

Westcon brings Infoblox platform to SA

Kathy Gibson reports - Westcon has introduced Infoblox to the South African market, and will make it available through its network of reseller partners. Justin Olivier, sales manager: SADC at Infoblox, explains that Infoblox’s core message is to simplify and secure...

BI Manager – KwaZulu-Natal Durban

Coactivate is currently looking for a highly motivated BI Manager to join their team. Purpose:The BI Manager is responsible for optimising call centre performance by integrating dialling systems with data analytics. They maximise agent productivity, improve contact...

Data Scientist at Datonomy Solutions

Data Scientist / AI Developer Cape Town | Contract Opportunity We are looking for a skilled Data Scientist / AI Developer to join a high-performing retail technology environment focused on cutting-edge AI and LLM-driven solutions. This opportunity is ideal for a mid-...

IT Support Technician

Coactivate is looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual who has professional manners and excellent problem-solving skills to fill the role of IT Support Technician. Minimum Requirements Grade 12 / MatricA+ and N+ certifications (or equivalent)Minimum of 2...

IT Support Technician – KwaZulu-Natal Durban

Coactivate is looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual who has professional manners and excellent problem-solving skills to fill the role of IT Support Technician. Minimum Requirements Grade 12 / MatricA+ and N+ certifications (or equivalent)Minimum of 2...

Software Quality Engineer at Datonomy Solutions

The Software Quality Engineer will be responsible for designing, building and maintaining automated test assets that ensure the quality, reliability and stability of software solutions.The role focuses on using the bank's automation frameworks, pre-defined testing...

Software Quality Engineer at Datonomy Solutions – Gauteng Sandton

The Software Quality Engineer will be responsible for designing, building and maintaining automated test assets that ensure the quality, reliability and stability of software solutions.The role focuses on using the bank's automation frameworks, pre-defined testing...

Data Analyst

We are seeking a detail-oriented and analytical Data Analyst to collect, process, and analyze data to support business decision-making. The successful candidate will transform raw data into meaningful insights, identify trends, and communicate findings clearly to...

Data Analyst – KwaZulu-Natal Durban

We are seeking a detail-oriented and analytical Data Analyst to collect, process, and analyze data to support business decision-making. The successful candidate will transform raw data into meaningful insights, identify trends, and communicate findings clearly to...

AI Analyst

We are seeking an AI Analyst to support the development, deployment, and optimization of artificial intelligence solutions across the business. The role focuses on analyzing data, evaluating AI model performance, and translating AI outputs into actionable business...

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