Negative sentiment drives call for data centre transparency

Kathy Gibson reports from Vertiv Week in Zagreb – With data centres experiencing massive growth around the globe, the industry needs to do a better job of telling people the benefits they offer humanity at large. Worldwide, uncertainty about possible risks posed by...

Growing energy demand will limit ambitious climate goals

The global economy is on the cusp of a major shift where most of future global energy demand growth will come from emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs). The new realities of meeting this demand alongside the need for energy security, resilience and...

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%...

Mobile calling declines for the first time

International call traffic declined by 7% in 2020, continuing a downhill trend from 2015 after just a slight increase in 2020 at the start of the pandemic. A new TeleGeography Report and Database analyzes how Covid-19, the over-the-top (OTT) effect and wholesale...

Cyberattacks the biggest potential risk in 2022

Cyber perils are the biggest concern for companies globally, South Africa, Africa and Middle East and Nigeria in 2022. According to the Allianz Risk Barometer, the threat of ransomware attacks, data breaches or major IT outages worries companies even more than...

African entrepreneurs partner with White Label Crowdfunding

White Label Crowdfunding (WLCF), a UK-based software as a service company that creates, launches and hosts crowdfunding platforms, has announced that it will be collaborating with Africa-based technology company Khonology as part of its global expansion programme....

SA fintech startup in expansion mode

The South African fintech startup that slashed the costs for Zimbabweans living in South Africa to send money home when it launched two years ago has expanded its money transfer service into Nigeria, Ghana and Tanzania. The business will expand into Mozambique, Malawi...

Mteto Nyati takes over at Altron

Mteto Nyati will take over as the new CEO of Allied Electronics (Altron), having spent two-and-a-half years at MTN, first as head of the enterprise business and then group CEO. Before that, Nyati was the MD of Microsoft SA and, briefly, GM of the MEA emerging regions....

SA consumers opt for online shopping

South African consumers are increasingly turning to e-commerce platforms when looking for, comparing and purchasing a variety of items. In a recent survey, 26% of respondents made their very first online purchase in June 2015 - a massive uptake when compared to the...

New wiper malware found in the wild

Sophisticated new wiper malware, StoneDrill, has been discovered. Like the Shamoon wiper, it destroys everything on the infected computer. StoneDrill, which also features advanced anti-detection techniques and espionage tools in its arsenal, was discovered by...

Now anyone can use a quantum computer

IBM is building the industry's first commercially-available universal quantum computing systems, IBM Q, and will deliver them via the cloud. While technologies that currently run on classical computers, such as Watson, can help find patterns and insights buried in...

Teenage girls fall out of love with STEM

Young girls are interested in science and technology, but their positive views change within just a few years. According to a study by Microsoft, most girls become interested in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) at the age of 11-and-a-half but...

What’s keeping women back in tech?

Wage inequality compared to male colleagues, workplace gender bias and a shortage of female role models are among the main barriers faced by women working in the technology field, according to a new survey by global technology association ISACA. Detailed in "The...

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