Steady growth puts digital trade firmly on the map

New experimental estimates show that digital trade is increasing significantly across the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in 2023, underscoring the importance of digital technologies in shaping international trade. Up to now, much of the...

Geopolitics creates inflationary pressures for SA

As the Middle East moves towards a fragile lull in hostilities, the economic shock caused by the conflict – supply chains perturbation, inflation etc - is already spreading to the global economy with oil-importing economies such as South Africa particularly exposed to...

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...

Consumers driving strong growth in smart vacuums

The global smart vacuum market recorded shipments of 6,17-million units in the second quarter of 2025, reflecting a 20,5% YoY increase, according to the latest data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Smart Home Device Tracker. “Smart...

Cisco’s lower prices drive WiFi 7 surge

Enterprise class Wireless LAN (WLAN) revenue grew by double-digits for the second consecutive quarter - confirming its emergence from the doldrums of 2024, according to a new report from Dell’Oro Group. “Cisco has kept its average WiFi 7 AP price significantly below...

Bitcoin hits all-time high on Trump victory

Following the election of Donald Trump as the US’s 47th president, Bitcoin yesterday hit an all-time high above $75 000 - finally breaking through the long-standing peak of $73 700. The cryptocurrency was trading on Luno at R1,323,115 at 12h48 yesterday afternoon. The...

How to ensure AI offers ROI

Kathy Gibson reports – Companies around the world are starting to measure artificial intelligence (AI) projects against real return on investment (ROI). Todd Lieb, vice-president: cloud partnerships at Dell Technologies, explains that AI is accelerating the pace of...

RansomHub rises as ransomware landscape shifts

Ransomware remains the world’s top cyberthreat, according to Check Point Research’s latest security report, with RansomHub quickly emerging as the fastest-growing group operating through Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS). As of September 2024, RansomHub accounted for 19%...

West Africa data centres mirror global trends

Organisations around the world are trying to manage an explosion of data across distributed sites and environments, requiring them to be more agile and responsive than ever before, but often by means of legacy infrastructure. This scenario is no different for...

88% of new jobs in global business services go to youth

The global business services (GBS) sector has added 8 847 jobs between January and June this year - contributing $142-million to South Africa’s export revenue – according to BPESA’s latest quarterly GBS Sector Job Creation Report. What’s more, the report adds, 60% of...

Municipal leaders prioritise service delivery over clean audits

Senior municipal officials in South Africa are prioritising service delivery over and above achieving clean audits, according to a survey by a leading fintech in municipal financial management solutions, Munsoft. The study, which surveyed around 95 municipalities out...

Kaspersky helps Interpol disrupt global cyberthreats

As a firm advocate for a collaborative approach to combatting cybercrime, Kaspersky says it has contributed to Interpol’s global Operation Synergia II aimed at disrupting cyberthreats such as targeted phishing, ransomware, and information stealers. The joint effort...

Campus NaaS startups poised for bigger share of the pie

Projects that Campus Network as a Service (CNaaS) startups with LAN-as-a-Utility offer will grow faster than other types of CNaaS offerings and represent a third of all CNaaS revenues by 2028, says a new report from Dell’Oro Group. “Startups such as Nile, Meter, Join...

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Tens of thousands of jobs lost. More than 100 people dead. Scores of businesses looted, burnt, and damaged, many of which will never reopen. Vital supply chains destroyed. South Africa is reeling from its greatest crisis since the dawn of democracy almost three...

LEAN, Agile and DevOps: a vaccine for stalled digital transformation

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Beat cybercriminals at their own game with AI technology

Artificial intelligence (AI) technology is a powerful technology, and because of this, it holds great potential for exploitation by cybercriminals. By Derek Manky, chief: security insights and global threat alliances at Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs Considering this, the...

When data backup goes wrong

Businesses know that they need to have backups as part of a data management and disaster recovery (DR) strategy. By Hemant Harie, MD of Gabsten Technologies But the reality is that backup failures are an all too common experience, and they happen for any number of...

How to fight the new deepfake threat

After ransomware, the next mean-spirited genie to escape the cybercrime bottle will most likely be deepfakes: audio and video material, maliciously created with the help of artificial intelligence (AI) for manipulation and fraud purposes. By Chris Mayers, chief...

How to improve secure data collaboration

Today, data is an imperative for organisations across all fields, regardless of their size or purpose. By Julien Alteirac, regional vice-president: northern Europe and emerging markets at Snowflake Strategically, businesses rely on data-driven insights into...

What are the challenges of digitalising the payroll?

While digitalising a payroll has become a business imperative given the geographically dispersed workforce resulting from widespread lockdown conditions, it does not come without its share of challenges. Ian McAlister, GM of CRS Technologies, discusses some of the...

Tech-led agri insurance will broaden inclusivity

Despite a myriad of setbacks caused by Covid-19, optimism in South Africa's agricultural value chain recently reached a six-year high. This suggests that the industry is bouncing back, although the full impact of the lockdown is still coming to the fore. Farmers have...

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Our client is seeking a DevOps Engineer for a hybrid position based in Johannesburg, with strong experience in Docker and Kubernetes. Key Requirements 5+ years' experience overall.BSc/ BTech/ [URL Removed]DockerKubernetesTerraformGitBitbucketCI/CD ToolsShould you meet...

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The client is seeking a dedicated and detail-oriented developer for a remote internship role focused on building new products/features and maintaining a modern web application using the latest .NET and AWS tech stack. Key Requirements C# .Net Core / .Net 9Blazor or...

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Our client is seeking a DevOps Engineer for a hybrid position based in Johannesburg, with strong experience in Docker and Kubernetes. Key Requirements 5+ years' experience overall.BSc/ BTech/ [URL Removed]DockerKubernetesTerraformGitBitbucketCI/CD ToolsShould you meet...

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