Jeff Bezos in new AI startup venture
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has thrown his weight behind Project Prometheus, a startup that aims to develop artificial intelligence (AI) to engineer and computers, cars and spacecraft. He will serve as co-CEO of the venture, alongside physicist and chemist Vik Bajaj,...
AI training initiative launched for African SMEs
AI and digital trade skills are being made available to 7 500 SMEs on the continent through the AfCFTA Digital Inclusion & Entrepreneurship Programme. The new, free training initiative is a collaboration between Google and the African Continental Free Trade Area...
CEOs say cybersecurity is critical for business growth
A massive 85% percent of CEOs say cybersecurity is critical for business growth, according to a survey by Gartner. The Gartner CEO and Senior Business Executive Survey of 456 CEOs and other senior business executives worldwide was conducted from June to November 2024....
Microsoft dominates in phishing trends
These are the brands most tPhishing still targets major brands In Q1 2025, Microsoft maintained its position as the most targeted brand, accounting for 36% of all phishing attempts. Google surged to second place with 12%, while Apple remained in the top three with 8%....
SA sees massive increase in leaked accounts
Surfshark’s global data breach analysis ranks South Africa as the 27th most-breached country in Q1 2025, with 205 900 leaked accounts. Globally, a total of 68,3-million accounts were breached, with the US ranking first and amounting to 25% of all breaches from January...
Summit to examine the impacts of online fraud
South Africans have become accustomed to the narrative that fraud surrounds them, and the fraud landscape is growing significantly as the country attempts to break its bonds of low economic growth. “The public is often unaware of how sophisticated criminals are and...
4Sight Holdings acquires HR specialist XFour Group
Global artificial intelligence (AI) technology group 4Sight Holdings has announced its acquisition of XFour, a fast-growing human resource (HR) and payroll technology services provider, in a deal worth over R40-million. Founded in 2017 by Clark Fourie, Jaco Smit and...
Nexalus, Intel partner on cooling
Hidden out of plain sight, small, suitcase-sized boxes perched high on transmission towers are responsible for every cellphone call, video and text, every second, every day. Crammed inside each box, an orchestra of Intel-based communications equipment – GPU, CPU,...
Nvidia Blackwell boosts water cooling efficiency
Traditionally, data centres have relied on air cooling — where mechanical chillers circulate chilled air to absorb heat from servers, helping them maintain optimal conditions. But, as AI models increase in size, and the use of AI reasoning models rises, maintaining...
Vertiv, iGenius, Nvidia to deploy Colosseum AI supercomputer
Vertiv is collaborating with Nvidia and iGenius to deploy Colosseum, one of the world’s largest Nvidia DGX AI supercomputers with Nvidia Grace Blackwell Superchips. Set to deploy in 2025 in Italy, Colosseum will be a first-of-its-kind sovereign AI data centre for...
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Huawei offers partner value-adds
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AfricaCom 2022: As Africa embraces 5G, 4G and LTE still have massive roles to play
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Shift to online drives retail transformation
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Cloud conversation is faster, smarter, better for business
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Learn2 partners with Evotel and Net Nine Nine
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Safety app wins at MTN Business App of the Year Awards
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Technodyn International places in IFS Partner Awards
Technodyn International, the exclusive strategic partner for global cloud enterprise software company IFS in Sub-Saharan Africa, has been placed third in the 2022 IFS Annual Partner Awards Emerging Market category. The emerging markets category, for which Technodyn...
SA loses billions to poor quality software
South African businesses are losing billions of rands due to poor quality software. And, as the economy tightens and skills remain scarce, this is likely to get worse, forcing them to pay to fix avoidable problems and resulting in stalled growth. According to the...
Informa Tech, Huawei host fourth Broadband Africa Forum
Africa is on the cusp of a broadband explosion but must address significant challenges to ensure that the continent and economic benefits that come with it. This was the consensus at the fourth Broadband Africa Forum, hosted by Informa Tech and supported by Huawei....
Nokia, Liquid Technologies, PayGoZo support Kayamandi Fibre Project
Liquid Intelligent Technologies will provide Nokia fibre technologies to PayGoZo for offering economical, uncapped and ultra-fast internet as part of The Kayamandi Township Fibre Project. The initial proof of concept phase, which was launched in September 2022, will...
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