New battery factory drives industrialisation, job creation

Kathy Gibson reports - Actom has opened a new assembly line for locally-assembled LiFePO₄ battery energy storage systems (BESS). Yesterday, the company also announced that is expanding manufacturing capacity for its high voltage equipment. These moves are significant...

Herotel brings Amazon’s Leo satellite services to SA

Kathy Gibson reports – Herotel has signed a distribution agreement with Amazon to bring its Leo Constellation satellite service to South Africa. Set to go live in 2027, South Africa will be among one of the first countries in the world to connect to the low earth...

Social media the top culprit as deepfake fraud grows

Deepfake attacks are growing, and costing people more. Scial media is the main culprit

Muse highlights privacy, copyright issues in AI training

Copyright and privacy issues under the spotlight as Meta withdraws Muse feature

Google Play launches $1m fund for African game developers

Google Play has launched its first Indie Games Fund, committing $1-million to support rising, innovative game studios from across 32 countries in Africa to scale their games and reach a global audience. The fund provides equity-free capital, technical support, and...

African airlines buck global passenger trends

During May 2026, African airlines bucked a global trend to increase passenger demand and capacity. This is according to the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) latest analysis of the airline passenger market, based on comparative year-on-year (y-o-y)...

Visa adds agentic commerce with OpenAI

Visa has announced a strategic collaboration with OpenAI to enable secure Visa payments within agentic commerce, enabling seamless and trusted payments across OpenAI platforms. Visa will provide its global network, credentialing capabilities and security...

Nvidia partners with SK hynix on memory for AI factories

Nvidia and SK hynix have announced a multiyear technology partnership to advance next-generation memory for the global AI factory buildout and accelerate semiconductor design and manufacturing. “AI factories are the engines of the next industrial revolution, and...

Roelof Botha joins SpaceX board

Venture capitalist Roelof Botha, a long-time ally of Elon Musk, has been appointed to the SpaceX board. Just days after SpaceX concluded its initial public offering, Botha has been appointed as an independent common stock director, effective 16 June 2026. He will also...

Why don’t cancer medicines work the same for everyone?

By Susanna Ray - Cancer treatment has become more precise over time, as doctors first classified the disease by where it began in the body and, more recently, by the mutations found inside cancer cells to help find the right drugs to treat it. But why can two people...

Data centre electricity consumption set to surge

Electricity consumption for data centres worldwide is projected to grow 26% in 2026, according to Gartner, increasing from 447 terawatt hours (TWh) in 2025 to 565TWh this year. “Surging demand for compute-intensive AI workloads is driving unprecedented data centre...

Attackers turn legitimate remote access tools into backdoors

Attackers are using trusted software, disguised malware and increasingly believable lures to gain access to user devices. This is according to HP Inc’s latest Threat Insights Report, which highlights a growing challenge for both users and defenders as malicious...

Zero trust drives SASE growth

According to a recently published report from Dell’Oro Group the Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) market grew 21% year-over-year (Y/Y) in 1Q 2026 to over $3-billion. The quarter reinforced that SASE is a strategic platform investment, with enterprises funding...

AI-powered disinformation is a risk brands can’t ignore

As GenAI changes how brands are discovered, interpreted and judged, chief marketing officers are facing a new category of threat: industrial disinformation. False or misleading narratives can now spread faster, scale further and do more damage to brand trust, customer...

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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...

Datacentrix secures Agrimark Information Management Supplier Award

Datacentrix has been recognised as Agrimark’s Supplier of the Year for Information Management (IM), marking the third consecutive time the company has received this accolade. Agrimark, a subsidiary of the KAL Group, is a trusted one-stop shopping destination for a...

Huawei makes the case for AI-ready optical networks

As AI adoption accelerates, organisations are rethinking the network infrastructure required to support data-intensive workload. Against this backdrop, Huawei’s OptiX Club 2026, hosted in Johannesburg focused on the role of optical networks in enabling faster, smarter...

The unseen engine: How enterprise storage powers business innovation

In the pursuit of digital transformation, businesses often spotlight their cutting-edge applications, their multicloud strategies, or their latest AI models. By Murray Irvine, senior director: global specialty sales (GSS), CEEMETA at Dell Technologies Yet, behind each...

Sasol opens 2027 bursary applications

Sasol has opened applications for its bursary programme for the 2027 academic year, funding full-time undergraduate studies in engineering and science. Sasol is one of the country’s leading STEM employers, currently supporting around 300 students studying at South...

Systems & Communications Administrator – Gauteng Pretoria

Are you looking for broader exposure than a traditional life-insurance administration post? In this role, you will be at the centre of systems support, client communication, monthly scheme close-offs and technical coordination with developers.Join an established,...

BI Specialist – Cape Town – Western Cape Cape Town

A legal insurance and legal services organization is looking to appoint a BI Specialist who will be responsible for reporting, data analysis, dashboard development, and ad hoc data requests across the business. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing...

SAP Functional Consultant (Senior) 0451

Interface Monitoring: IDOC and RFC's processing.Receiving, troubleshooting, resolving and closing Operational and Maintenance tickets within defined SLA's (Service Level Agreements).Create and maintain Solution Guides.Ensure Knowledge Transfer within team.Interaction...

SAP Technical Consultant (Senior) at Sabenza IT & Recruitment

The product customs team assures the sustainable design and delivery of customs and foreign trade processes and IT solutions within the actual and constantly changing legal requirements in the EU and Rest of World.Within a complex multi-project environment, the...

SAP Functional Consultant (Senior) 0451 – Gauteng Pretoria

Interface Monitoring: IDOC and RFC's processing.Receiving, troubleshooting, resolving and closing Operational and Maintenance tickets within defined SLA's (Service Level Agreements).Create and maintain Solution Guides.Ensure Knowledge Transfer within team.Interaction...

Full Stack Developer (Senior) 0866

Requirement AnalysisDevelopment and maintenance on platform/application.Code Reviews: Participate in code reviews to ensure code quality, maintainability, and adherence to best practices.Testing and defect resolution.Involvement and support in Deployment...

Lead Data Engineer at Sabenza IT & Recruitment

We are looking for a highly technical and hands-on Lead Data Engineer to lead the design, development, and modernization of enterprise data platforms. The successful candidate will be responsible for rebuilding data pipelines, integrating SAP and other enterprise...

Full Stack Developer (Senior) 0866 – Gauteng Pretoria

Requirement AnalysisDevelopment and maintenance on platform/application.Code Reviews: Participate in code reviews to ensure code quality, maintainability, and adherence to best practices.Testing and defect resolution.Involvement and support in Deployment...

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