Credit trends diverge as consumers navigate affordability

South African consumers are reshaping how they access and use credit as affordability pressures persist, according to TransUnion’s Q1 2026 South Africa Industry Insights Report. The report’s findings show that credit demand remained resilient, but diverging risk...

Small fibre operators outshine giants in ISPA survey

ISPA's Perception Survey gauges ISPs’ perceptions of fibre network operator (FNO) performance across a range of metrics - and the most recent results reveal smaller FNOs are outshining the established competition. South Africa’s official internet Industry...

The human impact of AI forces a redesign in how we work

We are living through one of the most significant transformations in the history of work, writes Aparna Nair, chief talent, leadership and culture officer at IBM. AI is reshaping roles, rewiring workflows, and redefining the nature of performance itself. Yet, a new...

IBM debuts sub-1nm chip in miniaturisation first

IBM has found a way to further miniaturise chips, with the introduction of the world’s first sub-1 nanometer (nm) chip technology, featuring a transistor architecture at the 0,7nm, or 7 angstrom node. The achievement marks a landmark moment for an industry facing the...

Datatec reports first-half growth

Datatec’s results for the first half of the 2026 financial year were boosted by continued margin expansion and a strong profit-growth trajectory in Westcon, driven by a growing recurring software and services mix. Over 70% of sales are now derived from software and...

Cisco debuts Nvidia reference architecture

Cisco is introducing major advancements to accelerate secure, scalable AI across market segments. Leading the announcements is the Cisco N9100, the first Nvidia partner-developed data centre switch based on Nvidia Spectrum-X Ethernet switch silicon. With this switch,...

Deception campaign uses DeepSeek AI as bait

Security researchers at Kaspersky have revealed how cybercriminals used geofencing, compromised business accounts and coordinated bot networks to distribute malware disguised as DeepSeek AI software, generating over 1,2-million views on X. Kaspersky's Threat Research...

AI readiness lags ambitions

When it comes to artificial intelligence (AI), there is a significant gap between ambition and execution. While 89% of organisations have revamped data strategies to embrace generative AI (GenAI), only 26% have deployed solutions at scale. This underscores the urgent...

As threats escalate, need for cyber insurance grows

As digital infrastructure becomes crucial to business operations, failing to protect these systems can lead to catastrophic consequences. This is among the findings from a KnowBe4 research paper titled “Cyber Insurance and Security: Meeting the Rising Threat”, which...

Protect your credentials, ISPA tells AfriNIC members

ISPA, South Africa’s official internet Industry Representative Body, calls upon its members to exercise heightened vigilance regarding the security of their AfriNIC (The African Network Information Centre) credentials. The latter is Africa’s Regional Internet Registry...

New MacBook Air available for pre-order

Customers can now place their pre-orders for the 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Air, equipped with the M4 chip, and the Mac Studio, powered by the M4 Max and M3 Ultra, at iStore. The latest MacBook Air features the M4 chip and artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities,...

Navigation communications are working on the Moon

NASA and the Italian Space Agency made history on 3 March 2025 when the Lunar GNSS Receiver Experiment (LuGRE) became the first technology demonstration to acquire and track Earth-based navigation signals on the Moon’s surface.  The LuGRE payload’s success in lunar...

High prevalence of critical illness in African hospitals

One in eight hospital in-patients (12,5%) are critically ill in Africa, according to a new study by researchers from the University of Cape Town (UCT) in collaboration with international partners. Of these, one in five (21%) die within seven days, compared to 2,7% of...

Microsoft adds R5,4bn to R20bn data centre investment

Kathy Gibson reports – Microsoft has committed to invest an additional R5,4-billion in its South African cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) data centres. At the same time, the company has significantly expanded its skills development programme in the country....

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5G adoption will help to equalise opportunities in Africa

The positive adoption of 5G technology has tremendous potential to affect African communities and economies in a positive manner. 5G networks – if correctly taken up and rolled out - will offer African businesses and individuals the critical infrastructure to fully...

Risk reduction and cybersecurity

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Nutanix underpins Pinnacle Cloud

Pinnacle has selected the Nutanix Cloud Platform to support launch of the company’s Pinnacle Cloud, providing local partners with a place to land their cloud sales and add infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS), disaster recovery-as-a-service (DRaaS), and...

Changing of the guard at Kyocera Document Solutions South Africa

Werner Engelbrecht, GM of Kyocera Document Solutions South Africa (KDZA), has departed the organisation and Paul Wendlandt, Kyocera Document Solutions South Africa's service director, stepped into the role of acting general manager from 1 July 2022. Wendlandt has been...

Digital disruption means modernising core systems in insurance

Digital disruption challenges insurers with innovative technology trends emerging around artificial intelligence and machine learning. Systems will have to be modernised if incumbents tap deeper into the existing market. At the same time, this provides significant...

SAS SA gets a new country manager

SAS has announced the appointment of Essie Mokgonyana as country manager and sales director for the brand in South Africa. Mokgonyana brings more than 15 years of experience in technical roles within the IT industry, with a strong focus on sales and business...

New Africa CFO for SAP

SAP Africa has announced the appointment of Sandi de Souza as its new chief financial officer for the Africa region. Cathy Smith, MD of SAP Africa, says: "Sandi has been an integral part of our organisation's financial operations for more than a decade, where she has...

4Sight launches R10m skills development, youth employment programme

4Sight Holdings has launched an ambitious pilot programme to provide 50 young people with niche training in Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) technologies, plus guaranteed employment on certification. The total cost for this pilot will be close to R10-million,...

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