Nvidia invests in Cassava Technologies
Nvidia has invested in African technology group Cassava Technologies. Hardy Pemhiwa, president and group CEO of Cassava Technologies, comments: “Cassava is Africa’s leading technology company, driving the continent’s digital transformation with digital infrastructure...
Infrastructure key as AI evolves
Kathy Gibson reports – Not only is artificial intelligence (AI) already a widespread phenomenon, it is rapidly maturing into its second age. The first era put the power of AI at every user’s fingertips; the second era is where agentic AI will be employed to perform...
Africans tend to misplace blame for climate change
Across 39 African countries, most of those who have heard of climate change place primary responsibility for addressing it on their government, while a further third saw ordinary citizens as most responsible, and very few placed responsibility on historical emitters....
Massive growth for semiconductor revenue
Worldwide semiconductor revenue totaled $655,9-billion in 2024, up 21% from $542,1-billion in 2023, according to final results by Gartner. Nvidia climbed to the number one position, overtaking Samsung Electronics and Intel for the first time. “The position shift among...
5G IoT to grow at plus-50% CAGR
The global 5G IoT market size is expected to reach $89,42-billion by 2030, registering a CAGR of 50,3% from 2025 to 2030, according to a new report by Grand View Research. The growth can be ascribed to improved dependability, decreased latency, expanded capacity, and...
Cyberattacks ramp up in Africa
Between 2023 and 2024 African businesses were targeted by web threats, on-device threats, and attacks aiming to steal data, including spyware and password stealers. This is according to the latest anonymised data from the Kaspersky Security Network (KSN), which also...
5th Gen AMD Epyc delivers Google Cloud performance
AMD has announced that the new Google Cloud C4D and H4D virtual machines (VMs) are powered by 5th Gen AMD EPYC™ processors. The latest additions to Google Cloud’s general-purpose and HPC-optimised VMs deliver leadership performance, scalability, and efficiency for...
Data centre cooling market set to boom
The global data centre cooling market size is estimated to reach $56,15-billion by 2030, registering to grow at a CAGR of 16,4% from 2025 to 2030 according to a new report by Grand View Research. The market is expected to witness substantial growth on account of the...
European companies to up security spend
According to the Worldwide Security Spending Guide published by International Data Corporation (IDC), European security spending is projected to grow by 11,8% year on year in 2025. Geopolitical developments, the intensification of cybercrime activity, and a tightening...
Hubble helps precisely measure Uranus’s rotation rate
An international team of astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has made new measurements of Uranus' interior rotation rate with a novel technique, achieving a level of accuracy 1 000 times greater than previous estimates. By analysing more than a...
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On Safer Internet Day, go easy with the public WiFi
You're the owner of a small business, and your employees are all set up to work from home. Firewall and enterprise-level anti-virus software in place. Regular data back-ups. You may even have cyber-insurance. And then Stage 6 loadshedding kicks in, and your people...
What to do in the face of growing ransomware attacks
Ransomware attacks are proliferating, with attackers becoming more sophisticated and aggressive, and often hitting the same victims more than once, in more than one way. By Doros Hadjizenonos, regional director: southern Africa at Fortinet FortiGuard Labs research...
The predictive network comes to the fore
As data moves out of the datacentre and flows freely between devices everywhere, organisations are rapidly losing visibility and control of their ecosystems. This is according to Chris Pretorius, business unit manager at Datacentrix, who explains that because of this,...
Nokia builds pan-Africa optical backbone for Liquid
Nokia has been selected by Liquid Intelligent Technologies to deploy a next-generation optical transport network connecting Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa. As part of the agreement, Nokia is deploying a...
Fujitsu debuts continuous education program for channel partners
Fujitsu's SELECT Expert Channel Partners can now more easily acquire, hone and refresh their valuable IT skills that provide a competitive advantage. The Fujitsu Continuous Education Program is a new training approach backed by three key pillars: training, tools and...
New HR executive and company secretary for Altron
JSE-listed technology group Altron has appointed Pam Xaba as group executive: human capital, and Mbali Ngcobo as group company secretary, as of 1 February 2023. Altron Group chief executive Werner Kapp comments: "I am pleased to have both Pam and Mbali as part of our...
Fake apps on Apple’s App Store used in CryptoRom schemes
Sophos has released new findings on CryptoRom scams - elaborate financial fraud schemes that prey on and trick dating app users into making fake cryptocurrency investments - in its latest report, "Fraudulent Trading Apps Sneak into Apple and Google App Stores". The...
RMB establishes a US presence
Rand Merchant Bank (RMB) is now operating from a New York based representative office, to facilitate greater US business flows into the African continent. RMB's parent, FirstRand Bank, has received all necessary approvals from the United States Federal Reserve Board...
Tips to make tomorrow a Safer Internet Day
Kaspersky research shows that during 2022, 15% of Internet user computers worldwide experienced at least one malware-class attack. Throughout last year, 32,5% of users in South Africa were affected by online threats, compared to 40% in Kenya and 35,8% in Nigeria. The...
Power crisis threatens Internet access in SA
The ongoing power crisis is starting to threaten one of the fundamental drivers of South Africa's digital economy: Internet access. By Paul Colmer, exco member of the Wireless Access Provider's Association (WAPA) That's because one of the biggest unforeseen...
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