How your travel documents could end up on the dark web

As international travel is reaching new highs, so is cybercrime targeting travelers. Joint research by NordVPN and Saily exposes the dark web’s growing market for stolen travel documents — from passport scans to loyalty accounts — and shows just how cheap it is for...

Cyber attacks drive big drop in company value

Cyber events that cause reputation risks can result in an average of 27% drop in shareholder value, highlighting the growing financial and reputational stakes of cyber risk. This is among the findings from Aon’s 2025 Cyber Risk Report, which builds on its 2023 finding...

End users will spend $14,2bn on GenAI models this year

Worldwide end-user spending on generative AI (GenAI) models is projected to total $14,2-billion in 2025, according to Gartner. End-user spending on specialised GenAI models, which include domain-specific language models (DSLMs), is estimated to total $1,1-billion this...

Deepfake fraud losses creep towards $1bn

The first half of 2025 had almost four times as many deepfake incidents (a total of 580 incidents) as the entire year of 2024 - and losses from deepfake-related fraud reached $410-million, according to a new report from Surfshark. Since 2019, deepfake technology used...

Fibre operator ratings improve slightly

South Africa’s Internet service providers (ISPs) have a slightly better perception of the country’s fibre network operators (FNOs) compared to six months ago. This is according to the results of the latest six-monthly Internet Service Provider Association (ISPA) FNO...

Vodacom, Maziv respond to Competition Tribunal ruling

The Competition Tribunal yesterday (29 October 2024) prohibited Vodacom’s proposed R14-billion investment into Maziv, the fibre holding company of Vumatel and Dark Fibre Africa (DFA). Maziv has responded that it is disappointed by the outcome but respects the...

Initiative aims to open access to digital finance

Visa and the GSMA Mobile for Development Foundation (GSMA Foundation) have announced the launch of the Digital Finance for All (DFA) Initiative. The five-year initiative aims to advance digital financial inclusion for 20 million individuals, including women, small...

New Nvidia GPUs drive AI-enhanced workflows

New Nvidia RTX 500 and 1000 Ada Generation Laptop GPUs will be available in new, highly portable mobile workstations, expanding the Nvidia Ada Lovelace architecture-based lineup, which includes the RTX 2000, 3000, 3500, 4000 and 5000 Ada Generation Laptop GPUs. The...

Change fatigue should be factored into project planning

Finance employees are facing unprecedented levels of change and are becoming increasingly fatigued by it, creating a business risk that can drive down employee performance, according to Gartner. "Change fatigued employees exhibit much lower intent to stay,...

ISPA urges users to secure personal information

With more than 80% of confirmed data breaches due to stolen, weak or reused passwords*; reclaiming digital footprints by safeguarding personal information is one of the most pressing internet safety issues of 2024. This is according to the Internet Service Providers'...

Online shutdowns drive VPN searches up in these African nations

New research from Techopedia reveals the countries where VPNs were searched for the most in 2023, with three African countries featuring - Ethiopia (at number two), Senegal (at number nine), and Uganda (at number 10). Analysing Google Trends data from 2022/23, two of...

SA operators join GSMA initiative to combat fraud

As part of the global GSMA Open Gateway initiative, South African operators will now be able to implement world-class number verification and SIM swap application programme interfaces (APIs). They will be available to all mobile commerce and financial institutions and...

How GenAI could influence SA elections

It's a national election year in South Africa, as well as for many countries around the world. This time round, we are about to witness how generative AI will impact the run up to voting day. Zaheer Ebrahim, solutions architect at Trend Micro MEA, offers some insight...

East coast cable issues hit operators

Seacom has encountered a service-affecting outage on its subsea cable system, beginning on 24 February 2024. The disruption is only on the segment of the cable that runs from Mombasa (Kenya) to Zafarana (Egypt). Initial assessments suggest that the disruption to the...

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How to spot digital banking fraud

To prevent becoming the victim of fraudsters, it's vital to be on guard, especially when using transactional, card-based accounts linked to cheque and savings accounts. "The Office of the Banking Ombudsman recently pointed out these transactional accounts are among...

A digitised supply chain necessary for building business efficiency

Cloud technology is driving change and accelerating digital transformation across multiple industries simultaneously. Not only is cloud technology itself evolving at pace, but the way organisations buy and manage software is having to adapt as well. Marilyn Moodley,...

The vital role of managed services for secure networks

The exciting evolution of connectivity will undoubtedly touch every aspect of society and change it for the better. By Mohamed Elsokkary, head of managed services for Gulf countries at Ericsson With the deployment of 5G and the demand for reliable, secure, and robust...

SA’s unemployment stats in context

All countries have their own laws, regulations and policies and this to a very large extent determines the environment within which jobs can be created. By Johann van Tonder, economist at Momentum Investments Should such an environment not be "job creation friendly",...

Dimension Data receives 2021 SAP Pinnacle Award

NTT has received the 2021 SAP Pinnacle Award in the Global Outsourcing Service Partner of the Year category, which recognises its outstanding contributions as an SAP partner. Representing NTT in the Middle East and Africa territory is Dimension Data, who has been...

EOH sells off Sybrin

EOH has entered into a share purchase agreement for the sale of Sybrin to a consortium group comprising of One Thousand & One Voices Management (Mauritius) (1K1V) and Crossfin Technology Holdings (CFTH) and their black economic empowerment partners led by Isaac...

Inject new talent into the factory of the future

There has been a heightened interest in attracting millennials to manufacturing. Besides the need to attract young, digitally-savvy talent to the industry, baby boomers are starting to retire in masses. By Terence Moolman, chief human resources officer at Syspro A...

Westcon-Comstor partners with Check Point on security consolidation

Westcon-Comstor Sub-Saharan Africa is partnering with security vendor Check Point to help customers consolidate the security landscape and reduce the number of products required to ensure a zero trust approach to securing the business. "Security remains the number one...

Precisely bolsters data governance with Infogix buyout

Master Data Management partner, Precisely, has announced a definitive agreement to acquire data integrity and governance software provider Infogix. Precisely helps companies achieve a foundation of trusted data on which to build their digital futures. The company's...

Naspers invests in mobility technology company

Naspers announced a R42-million ($3-million) investment in Cape Town-founded, WhereIsMyTransport through its early-stage tech investment vehicle. The investment is part of a R201-million ($14,5-million) funding round led by Naspers Foundry, Cathay AfricInvest...

Python DevOps Engineer – Gauteng Pretoria

Operations (2nd and 3rd level) Development of new functionality (backend, frontend) Changes to the existing solutionDevelopment of automated test for the solutionFurther improving the automated test coverage Development of API to the backendFunctional and technical...

Data Analyst Intern – Western Cape Cape Town

DATA ANALYST INTERN: Super exciting opportunity for a recent graduate to join an international company as a Data Analyst Intern. This isn't just an internship – it's your launchpad into the exciting world of international finance. You'll get hands-on experience with...

Delivery Lead / Data Engineering Team Lead

Our client in the banking industry is looking for a Delivery Lead (Technology Team Lead) in the area of Data Engineering.The purpose of this role is to provide directions and lead a data warehouse team responsible for the full product lifecycle of the software...

Senior Infrastructure Security Engineer

The Senior Infrastructure Security Engineer will serve as a technical leader and guide as needed on technical efforts initiated by the Cybersecurity, Infrastructure, and Operations teams and projects outside of Security. This role will focus on Infrastructure...

Senior Infrastructure Security Engineer – Remote Remote

The Senior Infrastructure Security Engineer will serve as a technical leader and guide as needed on technical efforts initiated by the Cybersecurity, Infrastructure, and Operations teams and projects outside of Security. This role will focus on Infrastructure...

Embedded Test Software Engineer

Our client is looking for a skilled Embedded Test Software Engineer to join their team in Stellenbosch! This is a fully in-office position with some remote flexibility, where you will play a key role in testing and ensuring the reliability of embedded systems. Key...

BI Developer (KG)

Job DescriptionThe Business Intelligence Developer is responsible for the development, visualisation, and distribution of reports.The ideal candidate will have designed and built enterprise-wide Power BI and a working knowledge of QlikView applications.The candidate...

Embedded Test Software Engineer – Western Cape Stellenbosch

Our client is looking for a skilled Embedded Test Software Engineer to join their team in Stellenbosch! This is a fully in-office position with some remote flexibility, where you will play a key role in testing and ensuring the reliability of embedded systems. Key...

BI Developer (KG) – Gauteng Pretoria

Job DescriptionThe Business Intelligence Developer is responsible for the development, visualisation, and distribution of reports.The ideal candidate will have designed and built enterprise-wide Power BI and a working knowledge of QlikView applications.The candidate...

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