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...

Tough decisions needed ahead of 2022 Budget

As we head towards the 2022 Budget Speech, set to take place on 23 February, Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana has a mammoth task ahead of him - one that will require the grit and wisdom to make difficult decisions. That's the opinion of Mike Teuchert, national...

B2B e-commerce tipped to reach R250bn by 2030

Business to Business (b2b) e-commerce is expected to grow by at least 25% this year and be worth R250-billion by the end of the decade. This is the word from Denny Mo, MD of Commerce24, who says that two years of pandemic-fueled consumer growth in online sales could...

Rig makes  SA’s ‘most wanted’ malware list

There’s been a massive uplift in exploit kit usage by cybercriminals worldwide, with Rig reaching fifth place in South Africa and second place worldwide in the Check Point Software Technologies’ March Global Threat Impact Index. Exploit kits, which are designed to...

Africa: how to seize the opportunities

The global economy is no doubt facing some major challenges. Sluggish growth, leading to stagnant global trade, subdued investment and increasing policy uncertainty worldwide, are just a few. With economies worldwide on the cusp of a fourth industrial revolution,...

MTN improves revenues, operations

MTN’s group revenue increased by 7,1% in the first quarter of 2017. Data revenues were up 29,4% year-on-year, contributing 20% to total revenue. The company has issued a quarterly update for the period ended 31 March, reporting that MTN South Africa saw a 4,1%...

Women drive innovation in Africa

The World Economic Forum has identified the region’s best new female technology entrepreneurs. The search was initiated to demonstrate the positive role that women are playing in helping drive growth, create employment and prepare the region for the Fourth Industrial...

ZTE on SA expansion trail

ZTE is extending its footprint in the South African ICT market. Liu Haishi, chairman and CEO of ZTE South Africa, comments:  “We are moving into a new era and our focus is to grow relationships and extend our footprint in the South African market. “We are very excited...

What does PoPI really say about data sovereignty?

Companies are confused about whether they can lawfully store personal data outside South Africa under the provisions of the Protection of Personal Information (PoPI) Act. Theo Watson, commercial attorney at Microsoft SA, tenders the following advice: We are often...

Technology set to impact insurers

Insurance C-suite executives believe regulation, market factors and technology will have the largest impact on the insurance industry in the future. When it comes to technology specifically, 71% of insurers indicate they have begun using cognitive technology to better...

Government IT well behind in digitalisation

Top-performing organisations in the private and public sectors, on average, spend a greater proportion of their IT budgets on digital initiatives (33%) than government organisations (21%). Looking forward to 2018, Gartner finds that top-performing organizations...

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