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...

FMF concerned about SONA mixed messages

The messaging from the State of the Nation Address (SONA), hosted 10 February 2022 for the first time outside the halls of Parliament, was both encouraging and disheartening, according to the Free Market Foundation (FMF). The organisation has issued the following...

Climate change, rising sea levels threaten African heritage sites

Heritage of Outstanding and Universal Value located along the African coast is at risk from climate change. A global team of climate risk and heritage experts, where Dr Nicholas Simpson from the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) African Climate and Development...

Samsung packs more into the Galaxy S8

The new Samsung Galaxy S8 equipped with 64Gb of NAND flash memory carries a bill of materials (BOM) cost that comes out to $301.60, much higher than for previous versions of the company's smartphones. This is according to a preliminary estimate from IHS Markit which...

How to achieve ROI from enterprise mobility

Enterprises continue to aggressively launch new mobile platforms, products and services, but may be falling short of the full potential value of their mobile projects, according to a study by IBM. The return on investment (ROI) for mobile currently accounts for only a...

Welcome to the era of exploits …

In 2016, there were 702 million attempts to launch an exploit - malware that uses bugs in software to infect devices with additional malicious code like banking Trojans or ransomware. This is 24,54% more than in 2015, when Kaspersky Lab protection technologies blocked...

MTN, Huawei launch Africa’s first LTE LAA network

MTN SA, in partnership with Huawei, has successfully trialled Africa's first LTE Licensed Assisted Access (LAA) network at a test site in Pretoria. LTE LAA is an evolution of the LTE-Unlicensed mobile technology, which enables LTE to utilise unlicensed spectrum to...

PC market set for return to growth

The Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) traditional PC market (desktops, notebooks, and workstations) continued to stabilise in the first quarter of 2017, with the market posting modest growth (1,6%) and totalling 17,4-million units. According to International Data...

Heads up for better mobile compliance

South Africa's mobile content and applications firms have collaborated continuously with the Wireless Application Service Providers' Association (WASPA) over the past five years to boost consumer protection in terms of the industry's "heads up" compliance process....

The rise and rise of mobile in Africa

There are 960-million mobile subscriptions across Africa - an 80% penetration rate - compared to Internet penetration of just 18%, with 216-million Internet users. In Nigeria, the Internet penetration is much higher at 53%, while mobile subscriptions are similar to...

Calling African digital start-ups …

The World Bank Group has launched XL Africa, a five-month business acceleration programme designed to support the 20 most promising digital start-ups from sub-Saharan Africa. Start-ups will receive mentoring from global and local experts, learn through a tailor-made...

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