Credit trends diverge as consumers navigate affordability
South African consumers are reshaping how they access and use credit as affordability pressures persist, according to TransUnion’s Q1 2026 South Africa Industry Insights Report. The report’s findings show that credit demand remained resilient, but diverging risk...
Ramaphosa urges Africa to take control of its AI destiny
Kathy Gibson reports from Google Cloud Summit in Johannesburg - For too long Africa has had to play digital catchup, dependent on the technologies of more industrialised nations. But the artificial intelligence (AI) era gives the continent an opportunity to take...
The pivotal role of ports in supply chain stability
Global port efficiency remains under pressure from geopolitical instability, shipping network disruption, extreme weather events and persistent market volatility, according to the Container Port Performance Index 2025. The sixth annual report – jointly issued by the...
‘Grey’ scam websites exploit user trust
Kaspersky research shows that the so-called “grey” websites repeatedly target all world regions, and this may be driving both financial loss and large-scale data harvesting. Grey websites are deceptive online platforms that fall outside traditional phishing...
DJI Enterprise expands SA ecosystem
Kathy Gibson reports - Drone manufacturer DJI Enterprise is strengthening its South African presence and focus, having set up a local presence, appointed a master distributor and named its first official resellers. Lethu Buthelezi will head up DJI Enterprise’s South...
SpaceX drops $60bn to buy Cursor
Hot on the heels of its hugely successful initial public offering (IPO) last week, SpaceX has exercised its option to acquire Cursor for a $60-billion all-stock deal. Cursor is a start-up that offers an AI-powered code editor and software development. According to...
Location data sharing raises privacy risks
Your mobile browsers could be sharing your location data. To understand the extent of location tracking in mobile browsers, cybersecurity firm Surfshark has analysed 15 popular applications and discovered that more than half of them gather location data. Four of them...
Consumers say GenAI has made content quality worse
Forty-nine percent of US consumers agree that GenAI has made the quality of content available worse, according to a new survey by Gartner, with this rising to 57% among younger consumers including Gen Z and millennials. A Gartner survey of 307 US consumers conducted...
SA’s multi-billion rand telecom upgrades risk hitting an AI wall
Telecommunications operators across Africa are directing billions of rand into network upgrades, high-capacity fibre backhaul, and 5G rollouts. However, new research from Cloudera suggests that this heavy physical infrastructure build still sits on fragile data...
Urgent need to strengthen Africa’s trade and investment resilience
Africa’s trade landscape remains heavily dominated by export of raw materials, including agricultural products, oil, gas and minerals, while imports continue to be heavily skewed towards manufactured goods and machinery. This is the headline finding from “Africa’s...
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Redefining compliance to build trust and growth in microfinance
South Africa’s microfinance sector is operating in an increasingly complex risk environment. By Fatgie Adams, head of credit risk solutions, and Darin Naidoo, head of microfinance at TransUnion South Africa Fraud schemes are becoming more sophisticated, compliance...
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Red Hat adds OpenShift on Google Cloud Dedicated
Red Hat has announced upcoming support for Red Hat OpenShift on Google Cloud Dedicated, providing highly regulated organisations - including those in financial services, healthcare, and the public sector - with the isolated infrastructure and operational independence...
The quiet advantage: Why consistency wins in a volatile channel
The ICT channel is entering a period where pressure is no longer cyclical but structural, writes Andrew Harris, chief sales and marketing officer at DCC Technologies. Pricing volatility, supply chain shifts and tightening margins are no longer isolated challenges....
ADG wins second Google Cloud Partner of the Year for Africa award
Accelera Digital Group (ADG) has been named the 2026 Google Cloud Partner of the Year for Sub-Saharan Africa – for the second time. ADG focuses on delivering foundational infrastructure and advanced AI/ML capabilities to enable the next generation of African...
Seacom PeeringReach extends connectivity
Seacom has launched Seacom PeeringReach, a cost-effective Layer 2 connectivity solution designed to extend South Africa's Internet Exchange (IXP) fabric directly into local municipalities and regional hubs. Delivered over Seacom's national long-distance fibre...
AI is rapidly transforming insurance, financial services sectors
Picture a rainy Wednesday morning in Sandton, sometime in the near future. By Kim Rew, partner, and Jered Shorkend, associate at Webber Wentzel A claims handler opens their laptop, and right away, things move much faster than they used to. For every new email, the...
Your technology budget is probably wrong. Here’s how to tell
Most mid-market businesses in South Africa have a technology budget that looks reasonable on paper, writes Cobus Olwage, CEO of IPT. There is spend allocated to infrastructure. Devices are refreshed on schedule. Software licences are accounted for. Security is present...
Unified IT is the future of enterprise operations
For years, enterprises have solved IT problems by adding tools, writes Shobana Sruthi Mohan, enterprise analyst at ManageEngine. A new security gap? Deploy another platform. A monitoring blind spot? Install another dashboard. A collaboration challenge? Introduce...
Energy poverty – not emissions – is Africa’s defining climate challenge
While the world debates a path towards reducing carbon emissions and addressing the climate crisis, Africa continues to face one of its most consequential challenges yet: energy poverty. Across the continent, more than 600-million people lack access to electricity,...
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Provide desktop, laptop, and end-user support across a variety of technologies and platforms.Diagnose and resolve hardware, software, connectivity, and application-related issues.Manage incidents and service requests through the ticketing system, ensuring timely...
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