Defences improve, but ransomware still threatens SA businesses

Almost two-thirds (63%) of ransomware incidents in South Africa resulted in data being encrypted over the past year, according to the new State of Ransomware in South Africa 2026 report from Sophos. This is above the global average of 56% and an increase from the 60%...

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 theĀ 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...

IT security leaders lean on external support for threat intelligence

IT security leaders seeking to boost internal threat intelligence (TI) programs would prefer to delegate five out of eight major TI aspects to external vendors rather than develop them in-house, according to a commissioned survey conducted by Forrester Consulting on...

Eskom Expo to host research and innovation camps

The Eskom Expo for Young Scientists is hosting a number of Research and Innovation Camps around South Africa in a bid to equip budding researchers at schools with the tools to produce award-winning projects. A number of camps have already been held in the Free State,...

Orange commits to African start-up funding

Orange is strengthening its corporate venture strategy by creating a new Africa section in its flagship programme for investment in start-ups, Orange Digital Ventures. As part of this initiative, the group is committing 50-million euros corresponding to half of the...

African tourism proves to be resilient

The continued growth of African tourist arrivals, coupled with key performance indicators such as increased airlift and hotel development, are reasons to invest in the travel economy within Africa. Research by WTM Africa and Euromonitor International shows that key...

Slender growth in employment prospects

South African employers report limited hiring prospects for the third quarter of 2017. Of the 750 employers who participated in the survey, 9% anticipate an increase in staffing levels, 7% expect a decrease and 83% forecast no change. Once the data is adjusted to...

SA CEOs aim to disrupt and grow

South African CEOs aim to disrupt and grow amidst uncertainty, with 88% of them spending much more time on scenario planning as a result of an uncertain geopolitical climate. These are among the findings from KPMG South Africa's 2017 CEO Outlook, based on in-depth...

Skills shortages stymie digital transformation

Big data, ERP and Internet of Things (IoT) are the top areas earmarked for digital transformation investment - but one in three companies aren't ready to so because of talent deficiencies. IFS reveals the findings of its Digital Change Survey that polled 750 decision...

Despite everything, employees are still optimistic

2016 was a turbulent year politically and economically yet employees are overwhelmingly positive that their businesses will succeed in 2017. Research commissioned by Ricoh from Quocirca and Coleman-Parkes finds that while 91% of employees expect digital disruption,...

DHL makes IoT in logistics a reality

DHL Supply Chain, the contract logistics specialist within the Deutsche Post DHL Group, is forging ahead with digitalisation by implementing Internet of Things (IoT) technology into its warehousing. Together with Cisco and start-up Conduce, DHL is testing technology...

Malware threatens industrial controls

ESET researchers believe they have uncovered the biggest threat to industrial control systems since Stuxnet. Industroyer is sophisticated and dangerous malware designed to disrupt critical industrial processes. ESET researchers analysed samples of the malware,...

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