TikTok removed more than 1m SA videos in Q4 2025
In the fourth quarter of 2025, TikTok removed 1 127 931 videos for violating its Community Guidelines in South Africa - with 99,9% of them proactively removed before anyone reported them, and 98,4% taken down within 24 hours of posting. This is according to the...
Salesforce accelerates SA’s Agentic AI journey at Johannesburg leg of Agentforce World Tour
Salesforce has marked a significant moment for South Africa's technology sector at its annual World Tour event at the Kyalami International Convention Centre in Johannesburg, unveiling a series of announcements designed to accelerate the country's transition to what...
African startups look to new investors
Kathy Gibson reports from AI Everything and Gitex Kenya in Nairobi – Africa’s exciting and innovative start-ups are attracting interest from investors in the Middle East, Europe and Asia. Investors from these regions are arguably more aligned to the continent’s...
World Cup travellers beware!
Cybersecurity specialist Kaspersky has warned that scammers are exploiting travellers to World Cup 2026 and has exposed some of the online offers fans should avoid. Thousands of fans are expected to attend the World Cup 2026, and many are already handling their travel...
How SMEs can survive punishing fuel price hikes
South African small businesses continue to face pressure from persistently high and volatile fuel costs, with fluctuations at the pumps adding ongoing strain to already tight operating margins. Even with the temporary fuel price increase relief measures extended until...
Tarsus’ Cloud on Demand absorbed by Axiz
As the Tarsus acquisition by the Alviva group begins to slowly solidify, Axiz has announced that it is to integrate its Microsoft Cloud Solutions Provider (CSP) business with Tarsus division Cloud On Demand - looking to strengthen the group’s specialist cloud...
AI lowers barriers to DDoS attacks in Africa
The distributed denial of service (DDoS) threat landscape in late 2025 was defined by sustained global attack volumes, increasingly capable IoT botnets, sophisticated threat actor campaigns, and a decisive move toward AI-enhanced DDoS-for-hire operations. This is...
Check Point announces agentic network security orchestration platform, replacing years of rule-based complexity
As enterprise networks approach the limits of human-driven management, Check Point moves the industry from rules to intent, from fixed controls to dynamic prevention, and from fragmented consoles to unified orchestration. Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd, a...
Pilot to production: the challenge of African developers
Kathy Gibson reports from the AI Everything Summit in Nairobi – Africa has no shortage of ideas, use cases and innovation when it comes to developing AI applications. But having a great idea, or an elegant algorithm, doesn’t necessarily translate into a bankable...
Learn from the past in implementing AI solutions
Kathy Gibson reports from the AI Everything Summit in Nairobi – Governments in Africa – indeed, around the world – are grappling with how to ensure their countries are able to benefit from artificial intelligence (AI). But it’s not like the continent hasn’t been...
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Africa’s opportunity to shape the future of human-centred AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly reshaping economies, industries, and public institutions worldwide. Yet the global conversation about AI still tends to follow the familiar narrative that the Global South lags while the most advanced economies race ahead,...
The chip shortage is quietly destabilising your balance sheet
Semiconductor volatility is no longer just a procurement issue, it’s a balance sheet risk. As PC and infrastructure pricing becomes increasingly unpredictable, sudden price increases and shrinking discounts are putting direct pressure on capital allocation strategies....
The essential tech trends for African SMEs
In 2026, African small and midsize enterprises (SMEs) will be defined by their digital capabilities, writes Dumi Moyo, marketing director at SAP Africa. Foundational capabilities such as cloud, business AI, and ERP running on clean-core data strategies will be...
Why the new 3% disability employment target matters
South Africa’s updated employment equity framework has raised the bar for disability inclusion in the workplace, and rightly so. By Anton Visser, group chief operating officer at SA Business School For too long, people living with disabilities have remained excluded...
Lenovo accelerates production-ready enterprise AI with Nvidia
At Nvidia GTC, Lenovo unveiled new Lenovo Hybrid AI Advantage with Nvidia solutions designed to accelerate AI adoption, reduce time-to-first-token (TTFT), and deliver measurable business results across personal, enterprise, and cloud environments. This next phase of...
Organisations fail to prepare adequately for cyberattacks
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Why AI voice agents are being met with open arms
For years, the South African contact centre industry has been building the foundations of digital customer service, writes Bruce von Maltitz, CEO of 1Stream. While the traditional automated systems that aided them have served us well, we have now reached a massive...
AI success hinges on strategy, skills and organisational maturity
Organisations rushing into artificial intelligence (AI) without a clear strategy and the right internal capability risk overpromising, underdelivering, and ultimately damaging their credibility in the market. According to Lebo Masola-Mnjama, talent manager at Dariel,...
Healthcare AI without infrastructure is digital load shedding
When a power grid cannot meet demand, the result is not a gradual decline, it’s instability. By Heny Adams, country manager at InterSystems South Africa Healthcare systems are now approaching a similar inflexion point with artificial intelligence. AI introduces new...
Africa’s opportunity amid global tech layoffs
From Silicon Valley to Europe’s boardrooms, tech executives are trimming headcount again. In contrast, across Africa, employers and governments face the dilemma of a digital skills shortage, writes Dr Jannie Zaaiman, secretary-general of Technology Information...
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