Discovery Bank analyses festive spending
Discovery Bank has released an analysis of its client transaction data during December 2024, highlighting interesting festive spend behaviours. Hylton Kallner, CEO of Discovery Bank, comments: “The December holiday period is known as a time of increased spending. So...
Hackers shut down SA Weather Service
The South African Weather Services (SAWS) web site (weathersa.co.za) is still down following a cyberattack on the weekend. The agency says its systems went down on Sunday evening (26 January 2025) following a security breach. This was the second attempt in two days,...
Global data centre energy consumption to rocket
By 2035, IDTechEx forecasts that the continued growth of artificial intelligence will result in over 2000 TWh of energy being consumed by data centres. By Eve Pope, technology analyst at IDTechEx The expected increase in CO2 emissions from powering these new data...
NTT Data launches Smart AI Agent
NTT Data has announced the international launch of its next-generation Smart AI Agent, which it anticipates could drive up to $2-billion in AI business by 2027. The AI tool is part of the compay’s strategy to accelerate the adoption of generative AI (GenAI). The Smart...
Tarsus partners with Darktrace on AI-powered security
Tarsus Distribution has joined forces with Darktrace, a leader in AI for cybersecurity, making Darktrace’s self-learning AI technology more accessible to Africa’s enterprises. The collaboration will empower Tarsus’s reseller network across Africa to combat the growing...
New VP and CEO of for In2IT in southern Africa
In2IT Technologies has appointed CG Selva Ganesh as vice-president and CEO for southern Africa. Ganesh has worked for companies including BPL, Siemens,and Prodapt, and has spent the past eight years at In2IT Technologies. “I believe in empowering teams through trust...
I3 calls for healthtech innovators
Investing in Innovation Africa (i3), a pan-African initiative to support African healthtech startups to commercialise and scale their offerings, is calling for leading innovators to join its third cohort. Funded by the Gates Foundation, MSD, Cencora, Endless...
Halo Dot achieves PCI MPoC certification
Halo Dot has achieved the Mobile Payments on Commercial Off-The-Shelf (MPoC) certification, awarded by the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) – the irst African-founded SoftPOS vendor to do so. Halo Dot’s SoftPOS solution transforms any...
Steering through the logistics of change
Rapidly evolving customer expectations are putting the logistics and transport sector under pressure to enhance customer engagement by focusing on providing real-time updates and rapid responses across multiple channels. By Pia Knežević, squad lead for mid-market at...
Trends shaping business communications
This time of the year is synonymous with plans and resolutions to improve and grow, both personally and professionally, writes David Meintjes, CEO of Telviva. It’s a time when business leaders try to stay ahead of the curve by pre-empting trends so that they make...
How AI will impact every aspect of computing in 2025
During 2025, the rapid evolution of artificial intelligence (AI) is set to dramatically reshape the cyber security landscape. By Dan Karpati, vice-president of AI Technologies As an AI and cyber security expert, I foresee several key developments that will...
Rapid 5G adoption transforms industries drives need for data management
The future of 5G technology has great potential to transform industries by improving connectivity, speed and capacity, especially as this standard for cellular networks is seeing such rapid adoption that it is set to outpace previous mobile generations due to the...