SA faces socio-economic, infrastructure, climate change risks
In a persistently tough economic environment, crime, infrastructure risks and climate change-related weather volatility are the biggest challenges currently impacting South African households and businesses. This is according to the 2025 Santam Insurance Barometer...
Cookies crumble in the wake of cybercriminals
Hackers have stolen nearly 94-billion browser cookies this year - a 74% increase from last year, according to cybersecurity analysts NordVPN. Cookies make browsing easier by saving things like logins and preferences. But now, criminals use them to break into accounts...
Beware new Trojan on App Store and Google Play
Kaspersky researchers have discovered a new Trojan spy called SparkKitty which targets smartphones on iOS and Android and sends images from an infected phone and information about the device to the attackers. This malware was embedded in apps related to crypto and...
Steady growth predicted for high-performance computing
The global high-performance computing (HPC) market is expected to reach $87,31-billion by 2030 and is expected to grow at 7,2% CAGR from 2025 to 2030, according to a new study by Grand View Research. High-performance computing can be categorised into high-performance...
Donors commit to fund Gavi vaccines
World leaders have pledge support for Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, with a total of more than $9-billion secured against a targeted $11,9-billion budget for its next five-year strategic period from 2026 to 2030 (Gavi 6.0) at the Global Summit: Health and Prosperity...
Urgent reforms to get SA back on track outlined
South Africa’s transport and logistics sector has long been recognised as a key obstacle to economic growth – but change is underway. In the latest PSG Think Big webinar, Minister of Transport Barbara Creecy sat down with award-winning financial journalist Alishia...
TransUnion invests in Omnisient
TransUnion has announced a minority investment and broader strategic partnership with Omnisient, a South Africa-founded fintech operating internationally that offers a privacy-preserving data collaboration and advanced analytics platform. The Omnisient platform...
AI and scams are driving up insurance risk
Recently a LinkedIn post went viral in which a woman faked her own car accident. She used AI to generate images of her “smashed” car, bruises on her face from her “injuries”, as well as a believable car crash scene and an authentic-looking receipt. The point of the...
iOCO gains AWS Migration and Modernisation Competency
iOCO has achieved Amazon Web Services (AWS) Migration and Modernisation Competency status. AWS launched the AWS Migration and Modernisation Competency to allow customers to easily and confidently engage highly specialised AWS Partners that help AWS customers modernise...
Duxbury debuts HPE Aruba’s data centre networking range
Duxbury Networking has announced the availability of HPE Aruba Networking's latest advancements in data centre and campus networking. HPE Aruba's new offerings include the CX 10040 distributed services switch, an evolution of the CX 10000 platform. It is designed to...
CASA Software launches Unity NV4000
CASA Software has announced the local availability of Nexsan’s upgraded unified storage solution, UnityT NV4000 which is aimed at small and medium enterprises (SMEs) as well as distributed enterprises. Nexsan - the global pioneer of highly reliable, cost-effective...
MTN SA achieves Cisco gold partner status
MTN South Africa has been awarded Cisco Gold Partner status, the highest level of certification offered by Cisco. “Attaining Cisco Gold Partner status is more than just a badge of honour, it’s a validation of the years we’ve invested in training, systems, and service...