Credit risk and policy gaps still hinder intra-African trade
Preliminary results from the 2026 PAFTRAC Africa CEO Trade Survey - presented at the WTO Public Forum in Geneva - reveals that 81,3% of senior executives expect their cross-border activity to expand over the next 12 months. Intra-African commerce has overtaken China,...
AI puts Africa on the cybersecurity front line
AI was linked to more than half of the cybercrime cases recorded in Africa in 2025, according to Interpol's African Cyberthreat Assessment Report 2026. Southern Africa was reported as the most targeted country on the continent, accounting for 92% of Africa's...
SA drops to 87th in global economic freedom ranking
South Africa ranks 87th out of 165 countries and territories in the Economic Freedom of the World: 2026 Annual Report (EFW), released today by the Free Market Foundation (FMF) in conjunction with Canada’s Fraser Institute. The latest ranking reflects a further decline...
AMD reaches for the stars with new processors
AMD has started sampling with early access customers of the AMD Versal AI Core XQRVC1902 adaptive SoC in an enhanced space-grade package – designed to support space missions for 15 years – and which will be Class Y qualified for the highest level of reliability...
Huawei and Qualcomm seal patent licence agreement
Huawei and Qualcomm have agreed on a multi-year, broad patent licence agreement that includes cross licences to the companies’ patent portfolios across a range of technology fields - including 5G, compute, AI, and networking - together with Qualcomm’s purchase of...
Top five actions CISOs should be taking now
Gartner has identified five actions that chief information security officers (CISOs) should take by the end of 2026 to combat accelerating technological disruption. “AI-augmented cyberattacks, AI safety debates, and emerging quantum computing risks create persistent...
Finalists selected for this year’s Google for Startups Accelerator
After whitling down 1 057 applications, Google has announced the 15 startups selected for its third cohort of the Google for Startups Accelerator: South Africa. The programme offers local founders a three-month period of equity-free funding, Google's AI tools, and...
Higher commodity prices, stronger mineral reserves reshape mining outlook
South Africa’s mining sector entered the 2026 reporting period on firmer footing, supported by higher precious-metal prices, improved mineral reserve positions and growing interest in critical minerals. This is according to PwC’s latest SA Mine 2026 report, which...
FNB expands alternative investments with crypto assets
FNB has launched Crypto Investing through its banking platform. Sizwe Nxedlana, CEO of FNB and RMB Private Banking and Wealth Management, comments: “FNB customers will now have access and exposure to crypto assets, with the ability to trade a set of curated coins, as...
CFOS play an outsize role as AI scales enterprise-wide
As AI becomes more integrated into enterprise operations and decision-making, chief financial officers (CFOs) are taking on a larger role in shaping enterprise priorities around AI, helping turn strategy into execution, and determining how investments and capital...
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The next constraint on MSP growth is security operations
Many South African businesses rely on managed service providers for cybersecurity because maintaining specialist capability in-house is expensive and difficult. André Kannemeyer, technical CEO of Duxbury Networking That demand creates a genuine growth opportunity for...
Datacentrix doubles up at Lenovo Partner Awards
Datacentrix received two accolades at the recent Lenovo Partner Awards. The company was named as Infrastructure Solutions Group (ISG) Platinum Partner of the Year, acknowledging the organisation’s performance within Lenovo’s infrastructure business, spanning servers...
SA’s AI habits key to capturing market share this retail peak
South Africans have changed the way they shop, write Zaida Kamish, business unit director, and Malcolm Peters, head of SEO at Incubeta. While economic pressure may be forcing us to watch every penny, we have wholeheartedly embraced AI, which is now acting as our...
NEC Africa accelerates Uganda market expansion
NEC Africa has confirmed significant early-stage momentum in Uganda, marked by new ISP partnerships, active infrastructure deployments, and expanding enterprise cybersecurity opportunities driven by evolving regulatory requirements. Geoffrey Karanja, key account...
DigiCert supports Nvidia Open Agent Safety Platform
DigiCert has announced support for the Nvidia Open Agent Safety Platform to help enterprises establish verifiable identity and authority for autonomous AI agents. At the centre of the Nvidia Open Agent Safety Platform is Nvidia OpenShell, an open, secure runtime that...
Is green public procurement is a missed opportunity?
Public procurement represents an estimated 15% to 22% of GDP in many developing economies (World Bank), making it one of government's most powerful tools for driving economic, social and environmental outcomes. Yet green public procurement (GPP) remains underutilised...
The complexity tax: the cloud cost that survives every budget review
Fragmentation is expensive, writes Oliver Niemandt, GM and head of sales at Cloud On Demand. It is also unowned and unmeasured, which is why it never has to justify itself. For South African organisations heading into next year’s budgets, the cloud conversation is...
Why critical circular supply chain initiatives stall
Circularity was once framed mainly as an environmental imperative, but it is no longer just about sustainability. In addition to reducing industrial emissions, cutting waste and saving valuable, dwindling resources, circularity can strengthen resilience, grow...
New board for Vodacom Foundation
Vodacom Group has established a Foundation to consolidate and strengthen its impact on the continent. The Vodacom Foundation, which brings together the eight Foundations across its footprint under one umbrella, has appointed a seven-member Board chaired by renowned...
Red Hat debuts Red Hat AI 3.5
Red Hat has announced significant updates across the Red Hat AI portfolio with the release of Red Hat AI 3.5. As enterprise teams move past early experimentation and pilot successes, IT and platform engineering leaders face the challenge of running AI with the same...
Solutions Architect (Enterprise software · Java / Spring · Azure) at Sabenza IT & Recruitment – Gauteng Pretoria
Design scalable, secure and maintainable enterprise software solutions. The role needs a strong development background, with the architect comfortable across application architecture, cloud, integration, infrastructure and distributed systems. The right person has...
Junior Developer at Sabenza IT & Recruitment
The Junior Developer contributes to the design, build, test, support and maintenance of enterprise applications. The role sits in a mission-critical integration setting, where applications exchange data between systems and must remain reliable, secure and...
Data Engineer at MSP – Gauteng Johannesburg
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ICT Programme Manager – Western Cape Cape Town CBD
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Responsible for taking ownership of a mature PHP-based software platform within the Revenue Systems division. The role focuses initially on knowledge transfer, codebase familiarisation, support and maintenance, progressing to extending and enhancing the platform and...
PHP Developer – Western Cape Cape Town CBD
Responsible for taking ownership of a mature PHP-based software platform within the Revenue Systems division. The role focuses initially on knowledge transfer, codebase familiarisation, support and maintenance, progressing to extending and enhancing the platform and...
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