Cedarberg reveals tiny ecosystem that helped kick-start life

An international team of scientists from South Africa, Canada, France and the UK has uncovered fossil evidence of a tiny ecosystem that helped kick-start the recovery of Earth’s oceans after a global mass extinction. The team, led by Dr Claire Browning, an Honorary...

CEOs take the lead as AI investment gains pace

Corporate AI investment is growing significantly and it’s not about to slow down. Companies are planning to double their spending on the technology in 2026, accounting for about 1,7% of revenues - more than twice the increase for 2025. Meanwhile, CEOs are rolling up...

Geoeconomic risks rise in new age of competition

The World Economic Forum's Global Risks Report 2026, published yesterday (14 January), finds geoeconomic confrontation emerges as the top risk for the year, followed by interstate conflict, extreme weather, societal polarisation and misinformation and disinformation....

South Africans stay optimistic as they adapt to financial pressures

South African households are showing signs of meaningful financial adaptation amid ongoing cost pressures, according to TransUnion’s latest Q4 2025 Consumer Pulse Study. While inflation and affordability challenges persist, consumers are becoming more intentional in...

SA’s small businesses are resilient

mall businesses continue to display resilience in challenging times, with 83% growing their revenue over the past year and 90% optimistic about their future growth.  This is according to new research from Xero, shown in its 2025 State of Small Business Report. Despite...

BETI reaches its lowest level in 2025

The BankservAfrica Economic Transactions Index (BETI), measuring the value of all electronic transactions cleared through BankservAfrica on a monthly basis at seasonally adjusted real prices, slipped back in April 2025. Despite global setbacks, positive factors are...

Applications now open for ISPA Inspires sponsorships

Smart young South Africans aspiring to careers in the ICT industry are invited to submit their applications for consideration for the fifth instalment of the ISPA Inspires educational sponsorship from Monday (2 September). ISPA is South Africa's official internet...

Exposure to violence severely impacts SA’s young children

A study by Lucinda Tsunga, a PhD graduand from the University of Cape Town (UCT), has described alarmingly high levels of violence exposure in young South African children which could have significant implications for addressing the profound impact of violence...

Young scientists show what they can do

A total of 262 young scientists presented 183 research projects at the Eskom Expo for Young Scientists' Regional Science Fairs final event in Gauteng North at the Tshwane University of Technology. The projects on display were evaluated by 142 judges including...

AWS has deep roots in Cape Town

Kathy Gibson reports from AWS Summit in Sandton - AWS's relationship with South Africa - and Cape Town, in particular - goes back a long way. Indeed, a lot of the technology development that supports AWS's global cloud services was developed by a small group of...

AWS renews commitment to cloud, AI in Africa

Kathy Gibson reports from AWS Summit in Sandton - AWS has already invested R15,6-billion in building infrastructure in Africa - and has committed to a further R30,4-billion. "Whether it is opening new office locations, or enabling the distribution connect backbone, or...

These are the technologies that will transform sales in the future

Emotion AI, machine sellers, and digital twin of a customer will have a transformative impact on the sales function in the next decade, according to Gartner. However, sales leaders must closely navigate the hype to evaluate when these technologies will be appropriate...

IDC optimistic that smartphones on road to recovery

Worldwide smartphone shipments are forecast to grow 5,8% YoY in 2024 to 1,23-billion units, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. The 12% growth in the first quarter - followed by 9% growth last quarter - has...

GenAI to trigger a spike in cybersecurity spend

Worldwide end user spending on information security is projected to total $212-billion in 2025 - an increase of 15,1% from 2024 - according to a new forecast from Gartner which says that this year's spend is estimated to reach $183,9-billion. "The continued heightened...

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The IDC forecasts that South Africa's IT spend will be $12,78-billion (R197-billion) in 2021, an increase of 5,2% over the previous year. One of the biggest contributors to this figure is software and cloud spend, which has grown exponentially since the start of the...

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Sophos and Itec Group join hands

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