AI in education reaches new heights
The global AI in education market is expected to reach $57,2-billion by 2033 - a CAGR of 25,9% from 2026 to 2033 - according to a new report by Grand View Research. Digitalisation and technological advancement are innovating industrial sectors such as healthcare,...
Cybercriminals turn focus to credential abuse techniques
Password guessing and valid account misuse rank among the most effective tactics used by cybercriminals in 2025, says a new Kaspersky Security Services report, reflecting a strategic shift as attackers move away from triggering endpoint protection with noisy malware...
ME conflict takes toll on air passenger demand
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released data for April 2026 global passenger demand, indicating a drop-off which can be squarely placed on the current Middle East turmoil. Highlights from the latest research reveal: Total demand, measured in...
Nvidia launches Vera CPU for agents
Nvidia has announced that tech leaders are planning to adopt Nvidia Vera, the company’s CPU built for AI agents. Now in full production, Nvidia Vera is a new class of processor enabling 1.8x faster task completion compared with x86 CPUs to drive diverse workloads...
Big increase in direct to cell users falls short of expectations
A new study by Juniper Research projects that the total number of monthly active direct to cell (D2C) users will rise from 17,4-million in 2026 to 133-million in 2031. This substantial growth will be driven by new mobile network operators (MNOs) launching D2C...
AI entrepreneur wins Mr Price’s R1m Bindzu Youth Fund prize
The Mr Price Foundation has awarded its R1-million top Bindzu Youth Fund prize to Gauteng entrepreneur Kamogelo Selepe, founder of AI-powered marketing technology business ArcaneEdge, following a national entrepreneurship programme that attracted 1 692 applications...
Digital laggards will lose ground
The digital economy is entering a tougher phase, and businesses that fail to modernise properly risk losing ground. Future growth will depend less on simply having digital tools in place and more on whether organisations can turn connectivity, trust and customer...
Payments are modernising faster than most businesses realise
Just a few years ago, most South African businesses largely thought about payments in fairly simple terms: cash or card. That no longer feels true, even for relatively small merchants, many of whom now have to accommodate QR payments, digital wallets, real-time...
AI makes it profitable to find and serve those invisible to legacy lending
The credit market is the engine room of the South African economy, but for many financial institutions and aspiring business owners alike, that engine is currently running on a partial cylinder. By Eshmael Mpabanga, regional head: southern Africa and senior...
Three steps to AI readiness for SA businesses
AI deployments do not usually fail on the technology. They fail on what was already broken before the technology arrived: data that nobody fully trusts, governance that exists on paper but not in practice, and teams that were never brought along. For most...
Fuel price volatility adds new cross-border challenge for SMEs
South Africa's latest fuel price adjustment, which saw petrol prices increase while diesel prices declined, highlights the volatility that continues to shape business operating costs. For small and medium enterprises (SMEs) involved in cross-border trade, however, the...
Veeam adds operational privacy, AI governance for the agentic era
Veeam Software has announced new agentic AI capabilities for the Veeam DataAI Command Platform designed to help organisations operationalize governance at the speed and scale of modern AI systems. Organisations are navigating the most complex regulatory environment in...