Binance pledges to make good on $6,3bn hack
Cryptocurrency platform Binance has been hit with what is believed to be the biggest single cybersecurity incident ever, with customers losing a massive $6,3-billion. The company has pledged to cover the losses. “Binance's initial investigation suggests that the...
How can SA plug the ICT skills gap?
Kathy Gibson reports from the IITPSA Workforce Conference – While South Africa records the highest unemployment rate in the world, there is still a dire shortage of critical IT skills. Presenting the IITPSA IT Skills Survey, Lehlohonolo Mokenela, MD of Africa...
A hybrid approach can balance AI’s costs, risks and rewards for SMEs
Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is among the fastest-adopted technologies in business history. Research from Google and Ipsos found that 70% of online adults in South Africa have used an AI chatbot, and three-quarters said AI is useful in the workplace. By...
AI-ready architecture starts with engineering discipline
Data-driven decision-making rests on a reasonable premise: better data leads to better decisions. For Wayne Yan, chief technology officer at Dariel, AI hasn’t changed that premise or the problem underneath it. “The basic pattern of input, processing and output is...
The barrier to AI-led digital transformation was never the technology
The biggest barrier to digital transformation is rarely the technology. It’s rather the distance between the people who decide what to build, which systems to install, and which processes to implement and the people who’ll actually use it. By Krishna Chetty,...
POPIA still holds you accountable if AI causes a breach
South Africa's Information Regulator received more than 1 220 security compromise notifications between 1 April and the end of August this year, and expects the total to pass 3 000 by the end of the financial year. By Carolyn Duby, field chief technology officer and...
Cyber resilience is about staying operational through disruption
Cyber disruption has become a recurring operational reality for businesses, with implications extending well beyond IT departments. By Boland Lithebe, cybersecurity lead for Accenture, South Africa For South African organisations navigating increasingly connected...
Africa’s fintech boom will be won in the back office
Fintech revenue on the continent is forecast to grow 13-fold by 2030. The products expected to drive that growth run on infrastructure most institutions have not yet built. Africa's fintech sector is forecast to grow revenue roughly 13-fold, to around $65 billion by...
Can SMEs afford AI?
For large enterprises, artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming a serious business investment. For smaller businesses, the question is rather more uncomfortable: can they afford to participate? By Kuben Ramsamy, head of sales at HPIFS Africa AI is moving from an...
Employees key to cyberdefence
Cybersecurity Awareness Month has reminded us that employees are central to an organisation’s defence. By David Howell, regional sales director at ManageEngine South Africa But when do password rules, multi-factor authentication (MFA) requests, phishing warnings,...
The biggest threat to your security team may be your own organisation
An organisation that can't coordinate a human response in a day will struggle to govern autonomous agents that act in seconds, says Cisco, with new research finding that the organisations best at defence do not rely on one strength - they combine broad coverage, fast...
Shoppers want more choices for payment
Despite retailers offering more ways to pay than ever, no single payment method is preferred by even one in five South African online shoppers, according to new research from World Wide Worx. The Online Retail in South Africa 2026 study shows instant EFT or automated...