Transforming the fight against HIV
Many millions more people at risk of HIV in low- and middle-income countries will have access to a powerful new prevention option thanks to the Gates Foundation and Indian drug manufacturer Hetero Labs. The two organisations have partnered to produce a low-cost,...
All the winners of the Llama Impact Grant
Meta, in partnership with Data Science Africa, has announced the winners of the Llama Impact Grant for Startups and Researchers at this year’s Unstoppable Africa 2025 event. Launched in March 2025, the initiative is part of Meta’s global Llama Impact Grants programme...
Businesses are vulnerable to AI-driven cyberattacks
A recent Kaspersky study reveals that businesses are increasingly worried about the growing use of artificial intelligence (AI) in cyberattacks. According to the findings, 56% of surveyed companies in South Africa reported a rise in cyber incidents over the past year,...
Paratus opens Botswana to Zambia fibre route
Paratus Botswana has commenced work on lighting a new fibre route, the SADC Highway, that will connect Gaborone in Botswana, through Zimbabwe, to Livingstone in Zambia. The first section in Botswana, which is from Gaborone to Plumtree, spans approximately 500km and is...
Africa to benefit from Smart LEO networks
Q-KON is extending its collaboration with Eutelsat OneWeb to develop end-user portfolio service sets engineered to meet the needs of niche market sectors in sub-Saharan Africa. Recognising the challenges inherent in the African connectivity landscape, Q-KON is working...
Siemens Healthineers adopts medical imaging AI
About 3,6-billion medical imaging tests are performed annually worldwide to diagnose, monitor and treat various conditions. Speeding up the processing and evaluation of all these X-rays, CT scans, MRIs and ultrasounds is essential to helping doctors manage their...
How to deliver marketing excellence in 2025
With increased pressure to deliver growth and support cross-functional work, Gartner has identified three priorities for CMOs to deliver marketing excellence in 2025. These priorities include: Transcending disruption by bridging the gap between marketing strategy and...
Intel launches Arc B-Series graphics cards
Intel has announced the new Intel Arc B-Series graphics cards (code-named Battlemage). The Intel Arc B580 and B570 GPUs offer best-in-class value for performance at price points that are accessible to most gamers, deliver modern gaming features and are engineered to...
How high school learners are hooked on vaping
A new study led by the University of Cape Town (UCT) has uncovered startling levels of vaping among high school learners in South Africa, with nearly 30% of Grade 12 students reporting active use. the research, involving over 25 000 learners across 52 schools, was...
Hydrogen engines face narrowing window of adoption
In 2025, Europe’s second-largest truck OEM, MAN Truck & Bus, will deliver 200 hydrogen trucks powered by its in-house H45 hydrogen combustion engine. These trucks will emit less than 1g of CO₂/tonne-km (drastically lower than a comparable diesel), with ranges up...
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Pinnacle launches online pre-Black Friday specials
Black Friday is coming (26 November), and resellers are looking to secure stock now to make sure they can meet customer demand. Pinnacle wants to help its partners get full stocked ahead of the day and is making a range of pre-Black Friday deals available through its...
First Distribution takes Citrix CSP into Africa
First Distribution (FD), the leading pan-African distributor for Cybersecurity, Datacentre, Enterprise, Networking and Cloud solutions, has expanded its Citrix footprint beyond South Africa with its appointment as a Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) distribution partner...
Omnisient wins African startup award
Omnisient has been recognised by US-based Startup City as one of Africa's Top Ten Startups, having recently also won Best Brand Award from the World Marketing Congress, and achieving a second round of funding in July 2021. Based in San Francisco, Startup City aims to...
Ukheshe partners with African tech unicorn
Fintech enablement partner Ukheshe Technologies has announced a new partnership with Chipper, one of Africa's most valuable startups, to enhance and accelerate the rollout out of Chipper's digital payment offerings. These include free and unlimited P2P payments across...
Disruptive behaviour can cost your career
The past year has been tough. People are struggling. Organisations are battling. And tensions are high. In July 2021 this boiling pot of frustration, stress and anxiety exploded, and South Africa faced extensive damage as looters swept across the country. For many, it...
Frogfoot expands in the Western Cape
Frogfoot, a licensed open-access infrastructure provider, has announced its acquisition of the Link Africa Western Cape FTTH network. "We are very excited about the acquisition of the Link Africa network in the Western Cape," says Abraham van der Merwe, CEO of...
Evolution of payments drives a contactless society
While people have been paying for goods and services for millennia, the arrival of the internet in the 1990s became a major turning point for the payments sector. Since then, digital innovation has evolved payments solutions at breakneck speeds. Everything from...
Tarsus On Demand takes Microsoft cloud honours
Tarsus On Demand has once again walked off with the Top Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) Indirect Provider of the Year award from Microsoft. This is the company's fourth consecutive win in the hotly contested category. Every year, Microsoft celebrates its South African...
First Distribution Offers Wireless Connectivity Solutions from Cambium Networks
Value-added IT distributor First Distribution announces it now offers Cambium Networks’ wireless fabric portfolio of communications solutions. Enterprises, service providers and government agencies are choosing fixed wireless and Wi-Fi technology that deliver the...
Paratus to open Zambia data centre
Paratus Group's brand-new data centre opens in Lusaka, Zambia on 1 October 2021. Offering colocation services, 24/7 quality connections for local and multinational businesses, together with a highly sophisticated range of digital and aligned services, Paratus Zambia...
Big Data Specialist ( Contract Role) – Gauteng Randburg
Job PurposeWe require a Big Data Specialist to assist with harmonising data from diverse sources, to analyse, problem solve, reconcile, develop solutions and build reporting in various tool sets, to enable Business understanding and decision making.Job...
BI Specialist (Microsoft Stack & Power BI) – Western Cape Cape Town
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