The glue that holds the Sagrada Familia towers together
The construction of the Sagrada Familia’s central towers marks the most complex structural challenge in the basilica’s history. It is also a novel and unexpected use of superglue. An advanced Loctite solution from Henkel has been instrumental in raising the dramatic...
Shoppers go in-store for last-minute Father’s Day spending
South African consumers are expected to approach Father’s Day 2026 with a mix of forward planning and last-minute spending, as evolving shopping behaviours continue to reshape how families celebrate the occasion. Analysis from 2024 and 2025 spending patterns reveals a...
Small businesses look to digital tools for growth
South Africa’s small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are increasingly demonstrating real digital sophistication in the way they do business. South African online payment acceptance of those surveyed is among the highest in the EEMEA region at 80%, and most businesses in...
SMBs still in the early stages of AI maturity
Nearly 70% of small and midsized businesses (SMBs) still remain in the experimental or opportunistic stages of artificial intelligence (AI) maturity, despite growing investment and widespread use of AI tools. This is one of the findings from a new global...
Cisco Networking Academy hits 600 000 graduates
Cisco yesterday celebrated the graduation of 600 000 South African students from its Cisco Networking Academy. Smangele Nkosi, country manager of Cisco SA, explains that 63 000 students pass through the programme that is affiliated to schools, universities and...
Data visibility gap grows as AI deployments surge ahead
New research from Veeam® Software shows a growing data disconnect across EMEA organisations. While 99% of enterprise decision-makers agree that data sovereignty is critical, at the organisational level, the majority (72,5%) are actively deprioritising it in favor of...
The biggest credit crisis in SA is not debt. It is access
Every year, millions of credit applications are declined by the formal financial sector. Behind every declined application is a person trying to solve a real-life problem: paying school fees, repairing a vehicle, covering a medical emergency, purchasing stock for a...
Visa adds agentic commerce with OpenAI
Visa has announced a strategic collaboration with OpenAI to enable secure Visa payments within agentic commerce, enabling seamless and trusted payments across OpenAI platforms. Visa will provide its global network, credentialing capabilities and security...
Nvidia partners with SK hynix on memory for AI factories
Nvidia and SK hynix have announced a multiyear technology partnership to advance next-generation memory for the global AI factory buildout and accelerate semiconductor design and manufacturing. “AI factories are the engines of the next industrial revolution, and...
Acer Africa extends Nitro Gaming with Syntech
Acer Africa has officially announced a strategic distribution partnership with Syntech, a distributor of premier technology and gaming peripherals in South Africa. The agreement will see Syntech take the reins in driving the growth, local availability, and retail...
Security in the post-Mythos era
The fundamentals you ignored are the only things that will save you, writes Yuri Kramarz, principal engineer at Cisco Talos. In 2023, a colleague and I wrote a cybersecurity guide for businesses of any size. It was not glamorous work. Nobody was asking for another...
Evolve security policies for the AI era
As enterprises accelerate the adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and agentic systems, the conversation around data protection is becoming more urgent. Yet, according to Dariel CTO Wayne Yan, organisations should resist the temptation to treat AI as an entirely...