‘A defining opportunity for Africa to leapfrog into the AI era’
The transition from legacy 2G/3G networks to 4G and 5G will act as critical infrastructure for Africa's participation in the AI economy, according to the latest Ericsson Mobility Report: Sub-Saharan Africa, which says AI and uplink-heavy applications are set to...
Consumer confidence nosedives on higher fuel prices
The latest FNB/BER Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) reading is the lowest since the first quarter of 2025 (-20) when the Finance Minister tabled his (aborted) proposal to hike VAT by two percentage points in the February 2025 budget speech. This time around, it is the...
Overestimating GenAI will see mainframe exit projects fail
More than 70% of mainframe exit projects initiated in 2026 will fail to produce the intended benefits due to an overestimation of generative AI (GenAI) tooling capabilities, according to Gartner. “There is a widening gap between the marketing promise of GenAI and its...
National sovereignty now hinges on digital sovereignty
As geopolitical tensions mount and AI re-shapes the digital landscape, governments worldwide face an urgent new reality: true national sovereignty now depends as much on controlling digital infrastructure as it does on physical borders, according toGlobalData. The...
Master Power Technologies opens R50m Customer Experience Centre
Master Power Technologies (MPT) has opened its high-tech Customer Experience Centre, housed at its new regional headquarters in Midrand. Founded in 1999 by electrical engineer Menno Parsons, MPT has grown from its origins as a uninterruptible power supply (UPS)...
Enterprise storage shakes off its slump
The worldwide external OEM enterprise storage systems (ESS) market delivered a sharp acceleration in the first quarter of 2026, reaching $9,2-billion in vendor revenue - a 22,7% year-over-year increase, according to IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Enterprise Storage Systems...
IITPSA ICT Skills Survey delves into burning questions around AI’s impact on jobs
The Institute of Information Technology Professionals South Africa 2026 IITPSA Skills Survey has gone live, this year with a strong focus on the impact of AI on recruitment, jobs and individual IT professionals. The ICT Skills Survey, published by the IITPSA, is a...
Blockchain venture funding gains traction in Africa
Africa's blockchain industry is entering a new phase of economic relevance. This is according to the fifth edition of the CV VC African Blockchain Report, published in association with Absa Group. Blockchain accounts for 5,3% of all African funding Pan-African led...
Corporate redefinition demands versatile C-suite leaders
Rapid market change, technological disruption, and economic pressures are causing South African companies to no longer be content with incremental improvements to their core operations. To unlock new avenues for growth, businesses are increasingly diversifying by...
Dell AI Factory with NVIDIA advances supercomputing-class infrastructure
Dell Technologies has introduced the Dell PowerEdge XE8812 server, a new addition to the Dell AI Factory with NVIDIA, purpose-built for the world's most demanding HPC and AI workloads, featuring NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL4 architecture and delivering up to 144 GPUs per...
Urgent call to unlock youth potential in agriculture
While agriculture remains one of the country’s most critical yet under‑utilised sectors for job creation, entrepreneurship and long-term economic inclusion, young people continue to enter the farming industry at far lower rates than required to secure the future of...
Is SA’s cybersecurity lagging AI adoption?
South Africa now features among the most targeted countries on the continent for cybercrime, with regional policing analyses warning of sustained growth in financially motivated attacks, including business email compromise and ransomware. The CSIR State of...