SA’s women are winning on homes, stalled on land, behind on business
The numbers on women and property in South Africa seem to contradict each other. Women hold just 13% of the country's farmland by area. Yet women-only home purchases have climbed from roughly 29,5% of residential transfers in 1995 to about 38% today – and have...
AI could make hospital inventory counting obsolete
Chief supply chain officers (CSCOs) of healthcare organisations should prepare to replace manual inventory counting with supply rooms that use AI and computer vision to track supplies and trigger replenishment, according to Gartner. Advances in AI, computer vision and...
Cisco debuts Antares AI models
Cisco has introduced Antares, a family of small language AI models (SLMs) purpose-built to tackle one of the most difficult and time-consuming challenges in cybersecurity: finding hidden security flaws within software codebases, on-premises, without externalising...
July economic activity reverses two months of decline
South Africa’s economic activity improved in July 2026, following a challenging performance in June and May, according to the PayInc Economic Index. Lower fuel prices provided some relief, while record transaction volumes point to resilient economic activity. However,...
Phishing, ransomware dominate cyberthreats in Africa
Kathy Gibson reports – Phishing is still the biggest cybersecurity threat in Africa, accounting for 17,5% of the cyberattacks on the continent. This is according to the ESET H1 2026 Threat Report, which found that the phishing threat is elevated in South Africa, where...
Top financial advisor urges caution on latest Nvidia deal
Nvidia, the world’s most valuable company, just turned its chips into a mortgage market - and “I've seen this movie before,” warns Nigel Green, CEO of one of the world's largest independent financial advisory organisations. The deVere Group chief’s comments come as...
Healthy growth forecast for SASE market
The global Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) market will grow at a 15% CAGR to revenue of $24-billion by 2030, according to a new forecast report from Dell’Oro Group. The outlook reflects two complementary sources of strength - renewed SD-WAN momentum and additional...
Spend on AI-optimised IaaS surges
Worldwide AI-optimised infrastructure as a service (IaaS) spending is projected to grow 96% through 2026, reaching $42-billion, according to Gartner. “This growth is driven by continued demand for infrastructure to support large language model (LLM) training and the...
SA records most fraud cases in Africa
South Africa has recorded the highest number of occupational fraud cases in sub-Saharan Africa, according to the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners' (ACFE) latest Occupational Fraud 2026: A Report to the Nations. The report found that South Africa accounted for...
Surgical robots make their mark in global operating theatres
The global surgical robots market is forecast to reach $45,6-billion by 2033 with a CAGR of 14,9% from 2026 to 2033, according to a new report by Grand View Research. Surgical robotic systems are equipped with high-definition cameras and robotic arms, allowing...
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Meta Business Agent is AI for businesses of all sizes
Meta has introduced Meta Business Agent, AI that lets every business show up for every customer, in every moment, as if they had an infinite team behind them. More than 1-million businesses are already using a Meta Business Agent on WhatsApp and Messenger to respond...
Cisco unveils agentic platform for critical IT infrastructure
In an agentic AI world, organisations must act and defend at machine speed and scale. Cisco Cloud Control, unveiled at Cisco Live, is a unified platform built for humans and AI agents to manage, monitor and defend critical IT infrastructure — and the foundation for...
Vertiv debuts converged physical infrastructure digital twin for NVIDIA Omniverse DSX
Vertiv has announced progress on a production-grade digital twin capability for Vertiv SmartRun integrated in the NVIDIA Omniverse DSX Blueprint, advancing its roadmap to make AI factory infrastructure more configurable, repeatable, and simulation-ready. As AI...
Absa and Salesforce expand strategic collaboration,
Absa has announced a significant renewal of its long-standing strategic collaboration with Salesforce, through a new three-year agreement that will support the bank’s growing focus on artificial intelligence, automation, and real-time data insights to create more...
SA’s AI future is being written on the factory floor, not in Pretoria
The irony was palpable when South Africa’s Draft National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy was abruptly withdrawn in April. A document designed to establish the country as an ethical leader in AI governance was found to be riddled with fictitious, AI-hallucinated...
From greylist to greyed out: The hidden risk in SA’s payment infrastructure
South Africa has been off the greylist for just over four months, and now we risk hitting a different, perhaps more worrying, kind of greyish trap: being "greyed out" of the global SWIFT payments network. By Marna Roos, senior client consultant at AfriGIS But the...
Human capital as a risk management strategy
In an increasingly complex risk landscape, businesses often focus on external threats like cybersecurity and supply chain vulnerabilities, writes Thembi Manyike, head of people experience at Santam. Yet some of the most dangerous risks facing South African...
Can AI make teams more human?
For years, conversations around artificial intelligence in the workplace have focused on speed, automation, and efficiency. But increasingly, businesses are asking a different question: what if AI’s biggest benefit isn’t replacing people, but giving them more space to...
UCT signs renewable energy agreement with Discovery Green
The University of Cape Town (UCT) has signed a groundbreaking long-term renewable electricity supply agreement with Discovery Green as part of a broader strategic partnership focused on advancing sustainable energy and skills development. The agreement represents the...
Nedbank partners with Jumo to expand financial inclusion
As living costs rise, many South Africans are finding it increasingly difficult to build emergency savings, leaving them vulnerable when unexpected expenses arise. Research by Nedbank reveals consumers' growing preference for smaller loan amounts over shorter terms...
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