20 years on and gender gap parity is fracturing

Twenty years after the World Economic Forum first measured the global gender gap, the world is closer to parity than ever, but progress is fragile, with gains reversing in some areas, according to the Global Gender Gap Report 2026. Women now reach senior leadership in...

Unemployed are least likely to prioritise betting spending-limit tools

The online betting group most likely to prioritise debt repayment with a windfall is also the group least likely to ask regulators or operators for spending controls, according to new research from Softswiss. Fewer than four in 10 unemployed South Africans think...

AI-first enterprises will win big if they do it right

Kathy Gibson reports - Enterprises that are reshaping and reinventing business domains around artificial intelligence (AI) are on track to experience great return on investment (ROI) and become more competitive. But there is a currently a big disconnect between AI...

AI leaders join call for a slowdown in new developments

The call for a global slowdown on artificial intelligence (AI) development is gaining traction, with the leaders of the some of the world’s largest AI companies adding their voices. On Saturday, Anthropic CEO Dr Dario Amodei penned an essay calling for AI companies to...

AI is not driving supply chain operating model transformation

Chief supply chain officers (CSCOs) face increased pressure to transform their operating models, while the adoption of AI-powered supply chain orchestration technologies is constrained by multiple latent challenges, according to Gartner. Gartner surveyed 140 senior...

New SilverFox campaign targets SA companies

Kaspersky Global Research & Analysis Team (GReAT) analysed several new waves of cyberattacks conducted by the SilverFox group, observed since December 2025. The campaign targeted companies in South Africa, India, Indonesia, and Russia across industrial,...

WLAN growth stunted by China slowdown

A sharp contraction in China spending kept worldwide Wireless LAN (WLAN) growth from hitting double-digits in 3Q 2025, according to the latest report from Dell’Oro Group. “Cisco was late to the Wi-Fi 7 party,” says Siân Morgan, research director at Dell’Oro Group....

New study looking to curb alcohol harm in SA

The University of Cape Town (UCT) and the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) have launched a landmark multidisciplinary research initiative to investigate the political, economic, and social drivers of harmful alcohol use in South Africa and Botswana, and...

Uber Eats reveals South Africans’ cravings in 2025

South Africans did not simply order takeaways this year. They curated, choreographed and customised. They left notes that read like diary entries, they elevated fried chicken to a national treasure, and they turned the comments box into a place for romance, precision,...

As child deaths rise, Gates Foundation calls for action

The number of children dying before their fifth birthday is projected to rise for the first time this century, reversing decades of global progress, according to new data published today in the Gates Foundation’s 2025 Goalkeepers Report. In 2024, 4,6-million children...

Salesforce recognises SA’s digital leaders

Salesforce the South African organisations using its platform and partner ecosystem to cut costs, accelerate sales cycles and improve operational performance. Across this year’s finalists in the 2025 Trailblazer Awards, companies report an average 35% saving in...

Global IT market on course for its best year since 1996

Worldwide spending on IT – including hardware, software and IT services - is on course to post an increase of 14% in 2025, representing the fastest year of growth since 1996 when the launch of Windows 95, expanding PC usage and Internet adoption were the primary...

IT leaders worry about cybersecurity threats, AI disruptions

Cybersecurity threats and the impact of AI maturity and regulation are the two most significant disruptors facing the industry in the coming year. This is the headline finding from a Veeam Software poll of 250 senior IT and business decision-makers conducted worldwide...

These are the top priorities for CFOs in 2026

Chief financial officers (CFOs) are grappling with a tension between short-term cost-cutting imperatives and long-term growth investments for their 2026 top priorities and challenges, according to a survey by Gartner. “CFOs are navigating a complex, volatile...

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Insurtech expands market for comprehensive insurance products

In sub-Saharan Africa, 52% of adults save in some way, according to the World Bank. Over the last decade, South Africa has made positive strides in financial inclusion, and more than 80% of the adult population now has bank accounts. But real financial inclusion is...

Phishing used to exploit digital wallets

As payment methods become more sophisticated, so are the cybercriminals who are exploiting consumers who are insufficiently informed about how digital wallets work. Fraudulent activity doesn't take advantage of any security deficiencies in the cards or wallets...

FNO and ISPs partner for accessible connectivity

More stable, uncapped and cost-effective internet for less than R10 per day. This was the ambition of licensed open-access fibre network operator Frogfoot when it launched its RISE campaign in October 2023. The prepaid uncapped internet product has been designed to...

Vertiv adds direct expansion cooling unit

Vertiv has introduced the Vertiv Liebert PDX-PAM direct expansion perimeter units with low global warming potential (GWP) and non-flammable R513A refrigerant. Available now in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), the system is designed to operate with an...

Omnisient is a 2024 Microsoft Inclusion Changemaker finalist

Omnisient has been named a finalist of the Inclusion Changemaker 2024 Microsoft Partner of the Year Award. "We solve a massive problem for banks and insurers by enabling them to run AI on anonymised consumer data to predict behaviour and assess risk for millions of...

LG is Esports World Cup 2024 official partner

LG Electronics (LG) has been announced as the official partner of the Esports World Cup (EWC) 2024, set to take place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from 3 July to 25 August. Formerly known as Gamers8, EWC is an annual international esports tournament. This year's edition -...

SAHIF to sell its investment in Metrofibre

After five years of investing in Metrofibre, the South African Housing and Infrastructure Fund (SAHIF), led by Rali Mampeule, has announced its decision to exit the business. SAHIF aims to diversify into the emerging market independently, with the expectation of high...

BNPL: risk versus value considerations for merchants

E-commerce merchants can't afford to ignore the advantages of buy now, pay later (BNPL) facilities and alternative credit solutions, but they should choose their BNPL partners with care. This is according to Anine de Kock, head of partnerships at Peach Payments, who...

What comes next for AI?

In 1980, the Digital Equipment Corporation launched XCON, the first commercial AI, used to optimally select components of computer orders. In 2023, more than 40 years after XCON, generative AI brought computer intelligence into the mainstream. AI has already been...

Balancing AI and human judgment in credit decisions

Artificial intelligence (AI), notwithstanding its long-standing existence, has seen a significant surge in business applications over the past few years - some good and some bad. This mixture of positive and negative impacts is nowhere as evident as in credit and risk...

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