New battery factory drives industrialisation, job creation

Kathy Gibson reports - Actom has opened a new assembly line for locally-assembled LiFePO₄ battery energy storage systems (BESS). Yesterday, the company also announced that is expanding manufacturing capacity for its high voltage equipment. These moves are significant...

Herotel brings Amazon’s Leo satellite services to SA

Kathy Gibson reports – Herotel has signed a distribution agreement with Amazon to bring its Leo Constellation satellite service to South Africa. Set to go live in 2027, South Africa will be among one of the first countries in the world to connect to the low earth...

Social media the top culprit as deepfake fraud grows

Deepfake attacks are growing, and costing people more. Scial media is the main culprit

Muse highlights privacy, copyright issues in AI training

Copyright and privacy issues under the spotlight as Meta withdraws Muse feature

Why some SA businesses aren’t translating software into revenue

South African businesses have become highly effective at producing software quickly. What remains far less clear is why this increased engineering velocity is failing to translate into commercial growth for many companies. This is the central finding of the 2026 State...

Memory crisis weighs on Africa’s smartphone market

The global memory shortage and price increases has had an adverse effect on Africa’s smartphone shipments, which declined 12% YoY in Q1 2026, according to Counterpoint Research’s Market Monitor Service. Although the region sees a high number of events in the first...

Call for financial architecture reform in Africa

The African Development Bank Group’s board of governors has endorsed president Dr Sidi Ould Tah’s mandate to implement the bank’s Four Cardinal Points strategic vision to accelerate the reform of African’s financial architecture. The governors called on Dr Ould Tah to...

TSMC uses Nvidia for design and manufacture

Top semiconductor manufacturer TSMC using Nvidia accelerated computing and AI to advance semiconductor design and manufacturing. As chips move to more advanced nodes, bringing them from design to high-volume production has become one of the world’s most complex...

Nvidia debuts deskside AI computer

Nvidia today announced Nvidia DGX Station for Windows, a powerful deskside AI supercomputer designed to build, run and connect always-on AI agents to Windows applications and workflows, capable of running frontier AI models of up to 1 trillion parameters locally....

Nvidia releases open source agent tools and skills for physical AI

Nvidia yesterday announced a major collection of open source physical AI skills and tools that help developers turn complex robotics, autonomous vehicle (AV), vision AI and industrial digital twin workflows into agent-executable tasks — reducing the costs, time and...

Sophos sets up SA entity

Sophos has set up Sophos South Africa, a local legal entity designed to strengthen Sophos’ operations in South Africa and support the company’s continued growth across sub-Saharan Africa. Local organisations are facing a more complex threat landscape driven by...

Between geopolitics and AI, global economic outlook hangs in balance

The global economic outlook has deteriorated sharply in recent weeks, according to the latest edition of the World Economic Forum’s Chief Economists’ Outlook. Nearly nine in 10 chief economists surveyed expect global growth to weaken over the next 12 months, reversing...

Africa’s growth holds firm amid global turbulence

Africa’s economies are projected to grow at 4,2% in 2026, moderating slightly from 4,4% in 2025, before rebounding to 4,4% in 2027. The findings of the 2026 African Economic Outlook from the African Development Bank Group underscore the continent's continued...

Consumers want AI to help with shopping, not make purchase decisions

As brands race to invest in agentic commerce, consumer willingness to let artificial intelligence (AI) make purchase decisions topped out at 11% across lower-stakes categories, such as personal care and household supplies, according to Gartner. The findings suggest...

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SA’s IoT uptake shows encouraging signs

South Africa leads the world in daily internet usage as users here spend an average of nine and a half hours online, We Are Social said last year. This bodes well for the country’s Internet of Things (IoT) rollout, says LNX Solutions, a custom IT solutions firm that...

Resilience debt: The silent risk undermining cyber recovery

Organisations have spent the last decade strengthening prevention capabilities by deploying advanced firewalls, endpoint protections, identity controls, and now AI-powered threat detection. By Musa Masungwini, data protector and cyber defender at Dell Technologies...

Global instability raises the bar for fintech delivery 

South Africa’s fintech industry is navigating an unusual paradox. Charl Kleynhans, Altron Fintech senior manager: implementations  Locally, most systems hum along smoothly – banks are stable, regulators are predictable, and digital adoption continues. Having proven...

Red Hat build of Podman Desktop debuts

The "works on my machine" problem has been a thorn in the side of IT since the dawn of distributed development workflows. By James Labocki, senior director: product management at Red Hat As organisations accelerate their shift to cloud-native practices, a critical gap...

Obsidian Systems partners with BlueFlag Security

South African organisations are building more software than ever before. What many of them are not doing is securing the identities and pipelines that build it. Obsidian Systems has announced a strategic reseller and implementation partnership with BlueFlag Security,...

Solid8 Technologies announces Ping distributorship

South African cyber security specialist Solid8 Technologies has partnered with identity software provider Ping Identity. Simone Santana, MD of Solid8 Technologies, says identity is at the core of every great digital experience and the key to digital transformation....

Building Africa’s talent pipeline for the next fintech wave 

Africa’s financial technology (fintech) story has, to date, been largely defined by access. By Pivendren Naik, tech lead at Sanlam Fintech Over the past decade, the continent has made extraordinary progress in getting people connected, banked and transacting...

Cybersecurity awareness is a behavioural discipline, not an IT project

An employee receives an email from a Gmail address asking for payslips. It feels routine, and without hesitation, the attachment is sent. Or the employee can pause, verify the sender, and confirm the request. This is just one of many similar moments that determine...

Unilever and Google Cloud partner on consumer goods

Unilever and Google Cloud today announced a five-year partnership to accelerate Unilever's business transformation through its use of Google Cloud’s advanced AI, data, platform and next-generation marketing capabilities. The partnership will help drive growth and...

SAP ABAP Developer (Expert) 0092

Develop programs, function modules & reports based on functional requirements.Use AI-tools to boost your efficiency.Debug and troubleshoot ABAP code resolving coding and performance issues.Enhance standard SAP functionality by utilizing e.g. User Exits, BAdIs, and...

SAP ABAP Developer (Expert) 0092 – Gauteng Pretoria

Develop programs, function modules & reports based on functional requirements.Use AI-tools to boost your efficiency.Debug and troubleshoot ABAP code resolving coding and performance issues.Enhance standard SAP functionality by utilizing e.g. User Exits, BAdIs, and...

Senior Test Analyst (SAP Hybris)

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Test Analyst with strong experience in SAP Hybris to join our QA team. This role will focus on ensuring the quality and reliability of our eCommerce platforms through comprehensive testing, supporting a seamless customer...

Technical Lead – Camperdown KwaZulu – Natal

Our client who offers a wide range of vehicle solutions is looking for an experienced Technical Lead to join their dynamic team in Camperdown, KwaZulu - Natal. Overview of the position The Technical Lead will be responsible for the operation, performance, and...

Senior Test Analyst (SAP Hybris) – Western Cape Woodstock

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Test Analyst with strong experience in SAP Hybris to join our QA team. This role will focus on ensuring the quality and reliability of our eCommerce platforms through comprehensive testing, supporting a seamless customer...

Camunda Developer

We are seeking skilled Camunda Developers to join a dynamic technology team focused on designing, developing, and supporting enterprise workflow and process automation solutions. The ideal candidates will have hands-on experience with Camunda BPM, Java-based...

Business Intelligence and Analytics Specialist

We are looking for a Business Intelligence and Analytics Specialist to design, develop, and deliver trusted business intelligence and data analytics solutions that support operational, commercial, and strategic decision-making. The successful candidate will be...

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