Revenue to hit $1bn as quantum breakthroughs advance

Worldwide, quantum computing revenue is projected to total $1,1-billion in 2027, according to Gartner. “Nations and businesses have scaled spending in quantum literacy, patents, partnerships, and early use-case exploration,” says Gaurav Gupta, vice-president analyst...

Fuel price shock will hit supply chains hard, driving prices up

South Africa’s latest fuel price increase will put fresh pressure on already strained supply chains, says supply chain industry body SAPICS. The organisation warns that the cost impact is likely to extend far beyond the transport sector and into consumers’ pockets at...

SA must put jobs at the centre of its AI future

South Africans are embracing AI, but turning that appetite into economic opportunity will require trained educators, reliable Internet, affordable access, recognised skills pathways, scaling of existing financing models, and investment in the country’s own languages,...

SA’s data centre boom starts to raise questions

South Africa’s rapidly expanding data centre sector is highlighting a fundamental gap in how the country plans and regulates major digital infrastructure: there is no comprehensive public record of how many facilities are operating, where they are located, or how much...

A once-off view of your attack surface is no longer enough

South African organisations are trying to secure environments that change by the hour, while AI is reducing the time between vulnerability discovery and exploitation. Arctic Wolf’s Andre den Hond and Jason Oehley explain why security teams need to know what they have...

Microsoft sets out humanist AI code

Microsoft has added its voice to calls for responsible AI that remains under human control. On Monday (14 September 2026), the company made its draft Humanist AI Code of Conduct public, setting out behavioural boundaries for its in-house Microsoft AI (MAI) models. The...

Lessons learnt from Europe’s scorching summer

Western Europe got its first hint of an unusual summer in May 2026, when a heat dome produced exceptional temperatures that shattered records in several countries. Remarkable as it was, that early heat wave turned out to be only the opening salvo. By mid-August,...

SA unmatched in Africa on AI readiness

Ataraxis’ 2026 Global Outsourcing AI Readiness Index shows South African enterprises deploying AI at a scale no other African country has matched, putting the country in eighth spot globally and number one on the continent. The index ranks the world’s top 25...

MTN grows service, fintech businesses

The MTN group reported strong growth, profitability and cash generation for the six months ended 30 June 2026, led by service revenue, which was up 17,5%. Fintech revenue also grew: it was up 13,3%, or 19,3% excluding regulatory items, with a transaction value that...

Bitcoin rally has real fuel behind it

Bitcoin’s bulls are firmly back in control, and this rally has real fuel behind it rather than empty hope, says financial advisors deVere Group amid an impressive bounce. Bitcoin surged around 18% in 48 hours late last week to trade above $77 600, its first push back...

Malware campaign targeting car head units uncovered

Kaspersky has warned of a novel Android malware targeting vehicle head units – systems combining multimedia and, in some cases, car control functions. Taking the form of a stealthy multi-stage downloader, this campaign marks the first documented case of malware...

40% of South Africans rely on social grants

New Ipsos data reveals the scale of South Africa’s reliance on social grants, with the Child Support Grant (CSG) dominating, the once-temporary Covid-era Social Relief of Distress (SRD) Grant becoming a lifeline for (especially) young South Africans, and a relatively...

Frogfoot, Vox, Hypa cash injection secures fibre expansion

Frogfoot, Vox and Hypa have secured a capital injection that will allow the companies quadruple their annual fibre rollout to 360 000 connected homes The new growth capital will materially accelerate the physical expansion of high speed fibre to previously underserved...

MTN starts share repurchase

The MTN board) has decided to implement a share repurchase programme. The programme will see the group buy up approximately 31-million ordinary shares for about R6-billion, based on the closing price on 21 August 2026. The repurchase programme starts today (24...

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ManageEngine rolls out autonomous AI

ManageEngine, a division of Zoho and provider of enterprise IT management solutions, has launched Zia Agents, the company's proprietary AI-powered autonomous agent, across its digital enterprise management suite. Built within a secure and privacy-compliant framework,...

New benchmark aims to measure product readiness in SA businesses

South African businesses have become highly effective at digitising quickly. What remains far less clear is whether the systems underneath that growth are actually built to sustain it. That is the premise behind a new initiative launched this month by Specno, which...

No room for error: Hotel payments optimised

Hotels now have access to a seamless, end-to-end payment experience that follows the guest from booking through to checkout. Already live across the Red Carnation Hotel Collection’s South African portfolio - including the Oyster Box, Bushman's Kloof Reserve &...

KnowBe4 scales global threat defense

KnowBe4 has launched KnowBe4 Defend Graph API integration and localized teachable moments within its Inbound Email Security. The two product updates empower organizations to implement high-performance, zero-friction email security while delivering personalised,...

I think I gave my AI an anxiety disorder

By Barry Buck - I said something to my project manager last week that started as a joke and has been quietly haunting me since. Anthropic might owe me money – because between the last-minute requirements and the volume I push through it, I am fairly sure I am going to...

Your business is always talking to you. Are you listening?

Spend enough time around CEOs and founders, and a pattern emerges. By Thuto Motsie, CEO of Thamani No matter the industry, whether professional services, property, manufacturing or retail, the same question surfaces, often framed differently: “How are we really...

Data at the edge is critical for faster patient diagnosis

When it comes to diagnosing and treating patients, every second counts, and being able to access the right information in real-time is critical. By Giorgio Ippoliti, technologist: field applications engineering EMEA at Sandisk According to a report published by The...

When prevention fails: Recovery the new frontline in cybersecurity

For many companies, cybersecurity still revolves around prevention, but today these tools are only part of the security equation, writes Mohammed Pochee, cybersecurity product manager at Vox. Modern attacks now deliberately attack backup data. Insights from nearly 3...

The strongest businesses are built on people, not strategy alone

Most companies do not fail because of a bad strategy. They fail because they cannot execute the strategy they already have in place. By Frik van der Westhuizen, CEO of EQPlus Even when budgets are allocated and technology is deployed, delivery often lags and timelines...

Good governance vital for AI resilience

Kathy Gibson reports - Artificial intelligence (AI) is driving massive disruption in the IT world, with implications for security and resilience. Time Pfaezer, GM and senior vice-president: EMEA at Veeam, points out that it is driving more and faster data exploits,...

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