AI, geopolitics reshaping the future of global energy markets

S&P Global Energy has released its Top Trends report identifying the pivotal developments shaping clean energy technology, sustainability, and growth in global energy markets in 2026. "In 2026, AI's surging power demand growth will be testing grid limits, revenue...

Global IT market on course for its best year since 1996

Worldwide spending on IT – including hardware, software and IT services - is on course to post an increase of 14% in 2025, representing the fastest year of growth since 1996 when the launch of Windows 95, expanding PC usage and Internet adoption were the primary...

Despite slowing momentum, global trade to hit record $35trn

Global trade is on course to exceed $35-trillion in 2025 for the first time, according to UNCTAD’s final Global Trade Update of the year. The new data confirm that trade continued expanding through the second half of 2025, even as geopolitical tensions, higher costs...

Top performers turn AI into revenue, profit growth

Companies that are able to strategically use artificial intelligence (AI) are far more likely to post more than 10% revenue growth, with more than 15% profit margins from their AI deployments. This is among the findings from NTT Data’s newly-released 2026 Global AI...

Africa’s parliaments lag on gender parity

Despite political shifts across Africa, the representation of women and youth in national parliaments remains low. At the current pace, gender parity in African legislatures will not be achieved until 2100, according to Futurelect. In 2024, women held just 23% of...

Scams ramp up ahead of the Oscars

As excitement builds for the upcoming Academy Awards ceremony, Kaspersky experts warn that cybercriminals are seizing the opportunity to exploit eager movie fans with fraudulent streaming scams. Disguised as free streaming offers for Oscar-nominated movies, these...

GenAI advances to reshape healthcare

Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is rapidly gaining traction in the healthcare and pharmaceutical domains, marking substantial advancements. By not only tackling high costs but also elevating patient experiences by enhancing efficiency and outcomes, this...

Greenhouse gases continue to increase

Levels of the three most important human-caused greenhouse gases - carbon dioxide (CO2), methane and nitrous oxide - continued their steady climb during 2023, according to NOAA scientists. While the rise in the three heat-trapping gases recorded in the air samples...

Digital wallets set to dominate PoS transactions

Although Covid-19 has had a significant role in the global shift toward digital wallets, the number of people using these online payment tools continues surging even five years after the pandemic. In 2022, there were 3,4-billion digital wallet users worldwide, and...

Search is on the talented women in science

The Foundation L'Oréal, in partnership with UNESCO, has announced the sixth edition of the Women in Science Young Talent Search in South Africa. The initiative calls for outstanding female researchers under the age of 40 from diverse scientific fields including Formal...

IT distribution revenues continued to decline

IT distributor revenue experienced a year-on-year decline of 5,5% to $17,85-billion in the first quarter of 2024, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) North America Distribution Tracker (NADT). The market continued to rebalance following pandemic...

Fibre network operators proliferate, but confidence drops

Confidence in South Africa's fibre network operators (FNOs) is slipping. This is among the findings from the FNO perception survey released by Internet industry association ISPA. The February 2024 poll measured the views of about 50 Internet service providers (ISPs)...

Ferrari dons blue livery as it announces HP partnership

As HP and Ferrari announce a major new sponsorship, the racing team is set to switch its iconic red livery for blue in the upcoming Miami Grand Prix (3 to 5 May). The colour switch for the Miami meet is a nod to previous North American Grand Prix races when Ferrari...

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Determining data’s net asset value en route to marketing automation

With many organisations increasingly turning to technology and data to unlock value, it is becoming more important to have a clear understanding of the liabilities and risks associated with data harvesting and data ownership. By JD Engelbrecht, MD of Everlytic The...

Cyber crime risks destroy gains made over the last year

Online merchants are revelling in the excellent growth of new online customers, driven largely by the Covid pandemic. But, while they are making hay, fraudsters are also migrating online and, if left unchecked, these bad actors could destroy the windfall of this new...

2021 will be a cybercrime bruiser

Predicting the future is risky. As is often quipped, predicting the past is hard enough! Certainly, nobody could predict that 2020 would be a year like none other in modern history. The pandemic caused a tremendous realignment of priorities and waves of uncertainty....

How to recover from a hasty cloud migration strategy

Many organisations run into trouble when they embark on cloud migration projects without a properly formulated strategy and business case, meaning they have little clarity about where the business value lies and why they are making the move in the first place. The...

The benefits of an agile PoS enablement

There is little doubt that the rapidly evolving point-of-sale (PoS) landscape and the growing number of digital applications and mobile payment methods is exciting for many retailers. However, it is also challenging, as the PoS environment must be made more agile and...

Better-functioning tech makes for less stress at work

At Dell, we use research to understand our customers' needs and to drive innovations as those needs change, writes Brooke Huling, vice-president: product management at Dell Technologies Modern Compute Solutions Group. That's why we embarked on our first ever...

Covid-19 test detects virus with smartphone

Montreal-based Two-Photon Research has announced CAST, a diagnostics platform that changes the way viruses are detected. The CAST platform uses TPR's patented Aptamer Molecular Photonic Beacon (AMPB) that photonically interfaces with smartphones. The first application...

Taking console gaming to the masses

The Covid-19 pandemic has done for gaming what sunshine and beaches did for ice cream, writes Andrew King, senior product manager: visual communications at Vox. The global video game market is expected to top more than $200-billion by 2023. And when it comes to prize...

iOCO offers Africa-focused SD-WAN

iOCO has extended its partnership with and automated cybersecurity solution provider Fortinet to offer its software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN) solution to the southern African market. An SD-WAN solution connects users to any application wherever it resides,...

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IT ARCHITECT – BUSINESS AND DATA – Gauteng Centurion

IT ARCHITECT - BUSINESS AND DATA (TOGAF 9/10 Certification and Enterprise Architecture) CLOSING DATE 19 FEBRUARY 2025 PURPOSE The role of IT Architect - Business and Data is responsible for the strategic business transformation within the Company and overseeing...

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