Cyber resilience the foundation for Africa’s next phase of digital growth
Building strong cyber resilience will be the key to sustaining the current remarkable growth of Africa’s digital economy, according to a new white paper from Mastercard. The report – Africa’s Digital Defence Race - highlights that between 2016 and 2025, mobile money...
AI, cloud, connected devices drive broadband demand across OECD
The rapid growth of artificial intelligence (AI), cloud computing and connected devices is increasing demand for faster, more reliable connectivity across the OECD, according to the latest OECD broadband statistics. To meet these needs, OECD Member countries are...
European AI spend on track for $470bn by 2030
European spending on artificial intelligence will reach nearly $470-billion in 2030, growing at a CAGR of 35% over the 2025 to 2030 forecast period, according to the IDC Worldwide AI and Generative AI Spending Guide 2026 V2. Generative AI (GenAI) solutions are already...
Physical AI will redefine the future of robotics
Physical AI marks a shift from machines that follow fixed instructions to embodied systems that perceive, reason, and act autonomously, says GlobalData, and it can be deployed in robots, autonomous vehicles, drones, and industrial systems. Commercialisation began in...
Cartrack breach exposes customer data
Cartrack customers’ information may have been compromised in a ransomware attask on the vehicle tracking company. In a note to customers, Cartrack says the ransomware incident happened on 26 August 2026. The platform was secured and operational within a day, and an...
Google agents attack outside companies
Google has become the latest tech giant to admit that its artificial intelligence (AI) models acted autonomously to attack other companies. The three breaches happened back in May, but Google only confirmed them over the weekend, via the BBC. The AI model was in...
New version of MacSync hits macOS users
Kaspersky researchers have discovered a sophisticated, updated version of the macOS infostealer known as MacSync. First emerging in 2024/2025 as a variant of the AMOS stealer, the malware has undergone a significant transformation. This latest version, spotted in...
Huawei is building an open agentic cloud
With the launch of its latest AI Cluster Service (AICS), Huawei Cloud is reinforcing the foundation for agentic AI. This is the word from Dr Peter Zhou, director of the board at Huawei and CEO of Huawei Cloud, speaking at the Huawei Connect conference in Shanghai. He...
AI emerges as growing competitive threat to commercial brokers
UK commercial brokers are increasingly recognising artificial intelligence (AI) as a competitive threat as conversational AI creates new ways for customers to research insurance and obtain pricing without initially engaging a broker, according to GlobalData....
Anderon secures funds to scale and expand quantum wafer technology
IBM subsidiary Anderon has finalised a $1-billion award under the CHIPS and Science Act with the US Department of Commerce to accelerate its R&D efforts to advance the country’s quantum wafer manufacturing capabilities. Anderon operates a state-of-the-art...
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As AI reinvents business, traditional management is becoming obsolete
A new white paper warns that AI will not simply automate tasks, it will fundamentally reshape the architecture of management itself, forcing SME leaders to develop entirely new capabilities to govern hybrid human-AI workforces. In a new thought leadership white paper...
There are risks in connecting private power to the grid
The national electricity grid has reached a level of physical stability worthy of praise. As it increasingly decentralises, its digital footprint is growing too. The task now is to keep it equally stable amidst mounting cyber threats to its physical infrastructure. By...
Check Point embeds OpenAI frontier cyber capabilities
Check Point Software Technologies has announced the use of OpenAI's frontier cyber capabilities into its customer-facing defenses. Through the OpenAI Daybreak Cyber Partner Program, open to only a select group of security vendors, Check Point can embed OpenAI models...
MetroFibre reaffirms Mplify Carrier Ethernet for Business certification
MetroFibre has reaffirmed that it holds Mplify Carrier Ethernet for Business certification across its six certified Carrier Ethernet services: E-Line, Access E-Line (A EPL), Access E-Line (A EVPL), Transit E-Line, E-LAN and E-Tree. The Mplify Carrier Ethernet for...
Datacentrix launches enterprise CPaaS platform
Datacentrix has launched its Communication Platform as a Service (CPaaS) offering, designed to help organisations to streamline and enhance business messaging across multiple channels. "Companies today rely on communication at every layer of their operations,"...
Media Alert: Official Logitech Market Communication
To ensure customers and channel partners have the best experience with its products, Logitech today issued a guide for purchasing genuine, locally-supported products in South Africa. The advisory is a response to growing market confusion caused by parallel imports....
How businesses modernise their IT for an AI-powered future
Modernisation is a discussion that every business’s IT team has at some point. Ten to fifteen years ago, those discussions centred on cloud computing and how hyperscale cloud environments and tools could usher in a new era of agility, security and scalability. By...
It may be easier to talk to AI about overdue credit accounts
A phone call regarding an overdue account is generally one of the most dreaded conversations a consumer can have. Even when a missed payment is merely an oversight, the interaction feels deeply personal and embarrassing. Yet, as South Africa grapples with an...
Your business doesn’t need more data. It needs a strategy for information advantage
Businesses are surrounded by data. Every sale, invoice, customer query, late payment, abandoned cart, product return and service complaint leaves a trail. By Professor Yudhvir Seetharam, chief analytics officer at FNB South Africa Together, these signals should help a...
Risks posed by agentic AI must be confronted before benefits can be realised
Agentic AI adoption is moving faster than many organisations are prepared for, and while the technology promises major productivity gains, the risks need to be carefully weighed. Cliff de Wit, chief innovation officer at Accelera Digital Group (ADG), says businesses...
Desktop Support Technician
About the RoleWe are seeking a customer-focused and technically driven Technical Support Technician (1st Line Support) to join our dynamic IT team. This role will serve as the first point of contact for end users requiring technical assistance and will be responsible...
Senior DevOps / SRE Cloud Engineer – Western Cape Cape Town
A company that develops, owns, and operates utility-scale power generation and energy storage plants across the African continent is seeking a Senior DevOps / SRE Cloud Engineer who will own the company's Azure-based Kubernetes platform end-to-end - remote or hybrid...
Senior Software Engineer – Western Cape Cape Town
To research, analyse and evaluate requirements for the existing or new software applications.JOB DESCRIPTION Prototyping and software development of the telescope operational software (all stages of the full software development life cycle will be encountered).Provide...
Desktop Support Technician – Gauteng Braamfontein
About the RoleWe are seeking a customer-focused and technically driven Technical Support Technician (1st Line Support) to join our dynamic IT team. This role will serve as the first point of contact for end users requiring technical assistance and will be responsible...
Technical Support Technician
We are recruiting on behalf of a premier electronic security and surveillance technology distributor. They are seeking a skilled Technical Support Technician to provide tier-1 and tier-2 technical support to system integrators, clients, and internal teams. The Support...
Platform Support Engineer (DevOps · Security · Voice & Messaging Support) Cape Town (Hybrid)
ENVIRONMENT:Our client operates a real-time communications platform offering call tracking, number privacy, click-to-call, SMS and WhatsApp solutions to clients across South Africa, the UK and Europe. When a call has to connect, it has to connect. They are hiring one...
Python/Spark/AI Developer
Python/Spark/AI DeveloperRole purpose & context:Our client is looking for a Python/Spark/AI Developer to replat form legacy T-SQL onto Spark/Delta Lake pipelines and build the APIs and AI features around them, writing type-safe, spec-first Python. Key roles &...
Technical Support Technician – Gauteng Centurion
We are recruiting on behalf of a premier electronic security and surveillance technology distributor. They are seeking a skilled Technical Support Technician to provide tier-1 and tier-2 technical support to system integrators, clients, and internal teams. The Support...
Platform Support Engineer (DevOps · Security · Voice & Messaging Support) Cape Town (Hybrid) – Western Cape Cape Town
ENVIRONMENT:Our client operates a real-time communications platform offering call tracking, number privacy, click-to-call, SMS and WhatsApp solutions to clients across South Africa, the UK and Europe. When a call has to connect, it has to connect. They are hiring one...
Python/Spark/AI Developer – Remote Remote
Python/Spark/AI DeveloperRole purpose & context:Our client is looking for a Python/Spark/AI Developer to replat form legacy T-SQL onto Spark/Delta Lake pipelines and build the APIs and AI features around them, writing type-safe, spec-first Python. Key roles &...
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