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...

EV versus ICE – A cost per kilometre comparison

South Africa may be behind the curve when it comes to electric vehicle adoption, but as the shift to mainstream EV acceptance edges closer, more and more motorists are weighing up the pros and cons of electric versus petrol and diesel. While there's no denying...

redAcademy to fast-track youth into software development

redPanda Software has launched redAcademy, a standalone software development training academy which will give high school graduates the opportunity to fast-track their IT careers. redAcademy MD Jessica Carroll says that the academy's mission is to provide real...

SA households slightly better off in 2016

The percentage of South African households with inadequate or severely inadequate access to food decreased from 23,9% in 2010 to 22,3% in 2016, according to the General Household Survey, 2016 from Statistics South Africa. The percentage of households that experienced...

Number of enterprise mobile apps stagnates

More than a quarter of organisations globally have not built, customised or virtualised any mobile apps in the last 12 months, according to the latest mobile app survey by Gartner. This number is surprisingly high, say Gartner analysts, but it is still down from the...

Telcos must transform to win in IoT

Kathy Gibson reports from the MTN IoT Conference in Sandton - Telecommunications operators are going to be key players in connecting the Internet of Things (IoT) - but they will have to change their operations somewhat to address the massive market opportunity. The...

SA leads in IoT applications

Kathy Gibson reports from the MTN IoT Conference in Sandton - South African companies are well ahead of the game when it comes to Internet of Things (IoT) applications. This is the word from Mariana Kruger, GM: private sector at MTN Business, who believes unique...

Countdown to dotAfrica Landrush Phase

With less than 100 hours to go until the end of the .africa Sunrise Phase, the general public will soon be able to compete for valuable and premium .africa domain names when the .africa Landrush Phase begins on 5 June 2017. Already, significant successes have been...

Boom time looms for local e-commerce

E-commerce, as a global trend in its own right, is set to increase in popularity and consumer uptake in South Africa this year. This is as a result of a number of supporting trends, from greater variety offered by e-tailers, to the evolution of tech offerings - such...

Four vectors transforming security software

The security software market is undergoing a dramatic transformation due to four key developments, according to Gartner. The use of advanced analytics, expanded ecosystems, adoption of software as a service (SaaS) and managed services, and the prospect of punitive...

Password reuse a major threat to security

Digital risk management specialist, Digital Shadows, has unveiled research into some of the main techniques cybercriminals are using to target organisations using stolen credentials which have been reused across a variety of sites and online forums. The report...

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