Ensure your AI adds value
Kathy Gibson reports from InterSystems Summit in Sandton - The true impact of artificial intelligence (AI) could be both more and less than organisations expect. This is the word from Jonathan Tullett, research director of IDC, who explains that an AI project could be...
Four in five SA adults are online – only one in three shops
The next phase of e-commerce growth in South Africa depends on delivery costs, payment access, trust, and local-language services, according to the Online Retail in South Africa 2026 report. Internet access now reaches 79,1% of South African adults, yet only 34,2%...
Crackdowns alone won’t stop online wildlife trafficking
A new major global review shows that platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube are fueling a fast-growing and difficult-to-track illegal wildlife trade. The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Dr Annette Hübschle, a co-author of the study, says closing...
AWS and Nvidia to deliver 2m more GPUs and AI infrastructure
Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Nvidia have announced a major expansion of their strategic collaboration to meet surging global demand for AI infrastructure as demand continues to accelerate. Building on already-rapid customer adoption of Nvidia-accelerated compute on...
AI spend by customer service surges
AI spending by customer service leaders has surged despite near-stagnant overall budget growth for customer service and support functions, according to a survey by Gartner. Customer service organisations are prioritising technology investments as AI rapidly reshapes...
AI vulnerabilities grew 10-fold in the first half of this year
The growing adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) is happening across multiple sectors and has also led to an increase in the number of vulnerabilities discovered within AI services, according to Kaspersky’s Quarterly Exploits and Vulnerabilities Report. It’s a...
Ebolavirus vaccine candidate advances to clinical trials
African biopharmaceutical company Minapharm Group, headquartered in Egypt with subsidiaries in Berlin, will receive up to $16,5-million from the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) to advance the development of a Bundibugyo ebolavirus vaccine...
Claudeforce merges Salesforce and Claude capabilities
Salesforce and Anthropic are announcing Claudeforce, an expanded strategic partnership bringing Claude’s intelligence and reasoning together with Salesforce’s enterprise harness to make its data, workflows, business logic, actions and governance securely accessible to...
Bolstering project preparation fast tracks SA’s infrastructure development pipeline
Project preparation - once a stumbling block in the way of critical infrastructure development - has been significantly improved in South Africa, paving the way for the faster implementation of Strategic Integrated Projects (SIPs). This is according to President Cyril...
Have a Heart this September
Next month is International Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and CHOC is asking South Africans to learn the SILUAN early warnings signs of childhood cancer, listen to the stories behind every diagnosis, and take action to support children and teenagers on their cancer...
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The risk at the edge of SA’s agriculture supply chain
Agriculture has become agritech. Over the past few years, technology has eased into everything from yield monitors to climate monitoring to soil sensors and irrigation, writes Lucas Molefe, cybersecurity expert at ESET Southern Africa. Precision agriculture practices,...
Vertiv infrastructure underpins Paratus Nambia’s network
Vertiv is powering Namibia’s first private mobile network built on LTE and 5G technologies for pan-African telecommunications and network services provider Paratus. The deployment marks a major milestone in the country’s digital evolution and Paratus Namibia’s...
Kwik Payments goes live with ACI
Global payments company ACI Worldwide has announced that Kwik Payments, a South Africa-based payments service provider (PSP), has successfully gone live on the ACI Payments Orchestration Platform. The partnership represents a pivotal milestone in ACI’s expansion...
Boards urged to strengthen checks on director appointments
Recent years have seen a number of high-profile cases where questions have emerged regarding the qualifications, conduct or suitability of individuals occupying positions of trust. While each case is unique, they highlight an important governance lesson: organisations...
Mulilo move forward on Hartebeesfontein BESS financial close
Mulilo has successfully reached financial close on the Hartebeesfontein Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) project, a 77 MW/308 MWh facility located near Klerksdorp in the City of Matlosana Local Municipality, North West Province. This is Mulilo’s second renewable...
Troye Interactive Solutions is Arctic Wolf’s 2026 SA Partner of the Year
Troye Interactive Solutions has been named Arctic Wolf’s 2026 South Africa Partner of the Year, recognising its leadership in helping organisations strengthen security operations and defend against modern, AI‑driven threats by delivering trusted security outcomes...
Synack and Wolfpack Information Risk bring Sara AI Pentesting to SA
AI and human penetration testing platform Synack is expanding its partnership with South African cybersecurity firm Wolfpack Information Risk to bring Sara AI Pentesting to local organisations. Sara AI Pentesting, powered by the Synack Autonomous Red Agent, combines...
Navigating the frontier of agentic AI
Every year at Cisco Live US I spend time with the people who keep the world running, writes Jeetu Patel, president and chief product officer at Cisco. The IT teams behind hospitals, power grids, banks, airlines, and governments. The operators who get paged at 2am. The...
TCO is not about cheaper compute but about delivering fewer surprises
In almost every boardroom conversation in southern Africa, the cloud is framed as a cost discussion. Questions like whether it is cheaper or more efficient are common. Those are valid concerns. But they are not the questions that determine whether a cloud strategy...
Dell rewrites the rules of storage modernisation, performance
Dell Technologies has introduced Dell PowerStore Elite, a new class of modern storage platform that delivers breakthrough performance and efficiency through software-driven innovation and a fully refreshed hardware platform. PowerStore Elite supports block, file,...
Senior Software Engineer – Embedded & Industrial Systems
An excellent opportunity has become available for a highly skilled Software Engineer with a passion for legacy system transformation and embedded software development. Our client is looking for a technically strong professional who can bridge the gap between existing...
Senior Software Engineer – Embedded & Industrial Systems – Gauteng Pretoria CBD
An excellent opportunity has become available for a highly skilled Software Engineer with a passion for legacy system transformation and embedded software development. Our client is looking for a technically strong professional who can bridge the gap between existing...
Mid to Senior Java Developer at MSP
Our client is seeking a skilled Mid to Senior Java Developer to join their Pretoria-based team. This hybrid opportunity is ideal for experienced developers who combine strong Java development expertise with solid Angular capabilities. Key Responsibilities Develop,...
Mid to Senior Java Developer at MSP – Gauteng Johannesburg
Our client is seeking a skilled Mid to Senior Java Developer to join their Pretoria-based team. This hybrid opportunity is ideal for experienced developers who combine strong Java development expertise with solid Angular capabilities. Key Responsibilities Develop,...
Java Backend Developer
We are seeking an experienced Senior Java Developer with deep Telecommunications OSS/BSS expertise to design, develop, and maintain large-scale, mission-critical digital platforms. The successful candidate will play a key role in building and enhancing customer,...
Java Backend Developer – Western Cape Cape Town
We are seeking an experienced Senior Java Developer with deep Telecommunications OSS/BSS expertise to design, develop, and maintain large-scale, mission-critical digital platforms. The successful candidate will play a key role in building and enhancing customer,...
Data Analyst / BI Consultant at Sabenza IT & Recruitment
Our client is seeking 2 experienced Data Analysts / BI Consultants to join a short-term project within the telecommunications sector. The project involves working with complex customer, supplier and connectivity data to improve data accuracy, reporting and identify...
Data Analyst / BI Consultant at Sabenza IT & Recruitment – Gauteng Johannesburg
Our client is seeking 2 experienced Data Analysts / BI Consultants to join a short-term project within the telecommunications sector. The project involves working with complex customer, supplier and connectivity data to improve data accuracy, reporting and identify...
Developer / Systems Integrator
An energy efficiency, facility, and utility monitoring company based in Cape Town is seeking a Developer / Systems Integrator who willown live customer systems and make calls about data that clients bill on.Responsibilities:Bench Commissioning & Go-Live: Build,...
Junior to Intermediate AI Project Manager
Our client is seeking an organised and driven AI Programme Coordinator to support the AI Programme Lead in coordinating, tracking, governing, and scaling Artificial Intelligence initiatives across the business. This is an exciting opportunity to work at the forefront...
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