A recent study has found that 81% of organisations experienced a cloud-related security incident over the last 12 months, with almost half (45%) suffering at least four incidents. The underlying issue for these security incidents is the dramatic increase in security...

Attacks in the financial sector are becoming increasingly corporate-oriented and shifting away from consumers. Kaspersky Security Network data shows that the number of financial phishing attempts in the African regions increased significantly from Q1 to Q2 of 2022....

South African corporations need to improve their harassment policies and procedures to ensure businesses adequately protect their employees. This is among the findings from a Columinate study of 1 000 research participants, representative of urban South Africa, to...

In the past 20 years, threats and incidents of terrorism have grabbed global headlines and urged nations to step up laws against not only the act but also the financing of terrorist activities. In South Africa more recently, the spotlight fell on the threat of...

BBC Studios in Africa will be hosting a special Doctor Who experience for the series’ regional launch at Africa’s first ever Comic Con next month, in partnership with Showmax. From 14 to 16 September 2018, Whovians and new fans from across the continent can come to...

The Life After Coal Campaign and Greenpeace Africa argue that the inclusion of an additional 1 000MW of new coal-fired power puts the Department of Energy in conflict with the rights enshrined in the Constitution. It believes that the inclusion of new coal in the...

Hybrid cloud enablement partner the Velocity Group has launched an initiative to reduce the cost of Azure cloud services and increase the success rate of hybrid cloud projects. The initiative sees Velocity Group provide Azure Reserved Instances (RIs) at cost,...

Jaguar Land Rover has fitted virtual eyes to intelligent pods to understand how humans will trust self-driving vehicles, as research studies suggest that as many as 63% of pedestrians worry about how safe it will be to cross the road in the future. The friendly-faced...

The Association of Issuing Bodies (AIB) has released statistics showing that renewable energy is becoming increasingly important for households and industries across Europe. This is according to Tom Lindberg, MD of ECOHZ, who says: "Both available supply and market...

International tourist arrivals grew 7% in 2017, the highest increase since 2010, according to the World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO)’s latest collection of Tourism Highlights. Growth in arrivals was echoed by a strong increase in exports generated by tourism, which...