AI spend soars to unprecedented levels

Worldwide spending on AI is forecast to total $2,7-trillion in 2026, a 49,5% increase year-over-year, according to Gartner. “Demand for AI infrastructure (including AI-optimised IaaS, AI-optimised servers, AI network fabric, AI processing semiconductors and devices)...

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 the 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...

Jaguar partners with Nvidia to add AI, automation

Jaguar Land Rover has formed a multi-year strategic partnership with Nvidia to jointly develop and deliver next-generation automated driving systems plus AI-enabled services and experiences for its customers. Starting in 2025, all new Jaguar and Land Rover vehicles...

Slower economy is the top regional threat

In 2020, when the Covid-19 pandemic cut a deadly swathe across the world, only 27 countries in the world experienced economic growth. Global economic growth dropped from an annual rate of -3,4% to -7,6%. Concerns for a stalled economic recovery are reflected in Aon's...

The economic outlook for Africa

Kathy Gibson reports from the World Economic Forum on Africa in Durban – It’s only a couple of years ago that the Africa was being touted as the growth engine of the world – but in 2016 the continent experienced its worst growth rates in 20 years. Former high-flyers...

Gigaba: rand didn’t tank on cabinet reshuffle

Kathy Gibson reports from the World Economic Forum on Africa in Durban - Exchange rate volatility and political instability are a major concern for international investors, and the rand has been particularly sensitive to political moves. However, finance minister...

Who owns your social media content?

It might not be who you think, write Leanne van Breda, associate, and Tracy Cohen, director in Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr's convergence and new media practice. More often than not, people sign up for social media accounts without reading the particular platform's terms of...

Rwanda drives for e-government, cashless society

The Government of Rwanda and Mastercard will work together on developing digital platforms to meet the needs of the country's citizens and work towards Rwanda's goal of promoting a cashless society. According to FinScope 2016, 68% of adults in Rwanda have/use formal...

Enabling digital disruptors in Africa

Kathy Gibson reports from the World Economic Forum on Africa in Durban - Innovation is key to growing the African economy, and digital startups are starting to make an impact. But the environment is not always conducive to facilitating the success of small, innovative...

Telkom responds to BBC

Telkom has responded to a statement from the Black Business Council (BBC), which condemned Isaac Mophatlane’s exit from BCX: In a message to BCX employees last week, Isaac Mophatlane said his decision to exit BCX was made after much "soul-searching”. BCX has been...

BBC condemns Mophatlane’s departure

The Black Business Council (BBC) has condemned the departure of Isaac Mophatlane from Business Connexion. In a strongly-worded statement the BBC points out that BCX was founded by Mophatlane and his late twin brother Benjamin in 1996. It was acquired by Telkom just a...

Zuma positions radical economic transformation

Kathy Gibson reports from the World Economic Forum on Africa in Durban – Radical economic transformation will drive inclusive growth in Africa. President Jacob Zuma, addressing delegates to the World Economic Forum on Africa, says growth cannot be achieved by only a...

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