As AI adoption grows, more security alerts are ignored
Security operations centres are facing mounting pressure from growing alert volumes, increasingly sophisticated AI-powered attacks, and persistent staffing constraints. According to Prophet Security's Second Annual State of AI in Security Operations Report, presented...
Africa on the cusp of rapid 5G growth
Kathy Gibson reports - Africa will be the fastest-growing market for mobility connections within the next five years. This is one of the headline findings from Ericsson’s latest Mobility Report, which predicts average use per user to grow from 5,3Gbps in 2025 to...
Procurement will drive next phase of African growth
Procurement and supply chain professionals must move beyond simply reducing costs and instead become architects of economic growth, infrastructure delivery, investment confidence and national competitiveness if Africa is to realise its enormous economic potential....
Component shortages could push WiFi 8 forward
Enterprise class WiFi 8 introduction may be brought forward to 2027 so vendors can circumvent the lack of DDR4 memory chips, according to report from Dell’Oro Group. “With prices rising, we expect triple-digit growth in WiFi 7 revenue in 2026,” says Siân Morgan,...
If GenAI provides support, customers want access to a human
Customers have mixed feelings using GenAI for customer support, as 50% of customers say their interactions are easier when companies use GenAI, yet 87% of customers say it is essential for companies to provide an option to reach a human agent when using GenAI,...
Frontline workers using AI less likely to burn out
Frontline workers who use AI on the job are less likely to report being burned out. This is according to a 10-country global study of 8 200 frontline employees by UKG, a global AI platform for HR, pay, and workforce management. Frontline workers — those who must be...
June sees a fall in air passenger demand
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released its latest data on passenger air travel based on year-on-year traffic and capacity data provided by airlines in each region worldwide during June 2026 compared with the same month in 2025. According to...
Absa uses AI/OCR to transform debt review
Absa has successfully implemented an artificial intelligence (AI) and optical character recognition (OCR) solution within its debt review team, significantly improving the efficiency and accuracy of the debt review process for over-indebted South African consumers....
AI, refresh cycles put new life into network security hardware
Worldwide spending on network security hardware is forecast to exceed $90-billion during 2025 to 2030, according to new report from Dell’Oro Group. Hardware revenue - comprising physical firewall, SWG appliance, WAF and ADC appliance - is projected to achieve a seven...
Stablecoins just went mainstream, but most investors haven’t priced it in
Stablecoins just moved to a core financial infrastructure, and most investors haven’t caught up. This is the word from Nigel Green, CEO of deVere Group, as Mastercard just completed its acquisition of BVNK, the London-based stablecoin infrastructure firm, in a deal...
Cyber, fraud, AI risks converge to create new challenges
Companies in South Africa are facing an increasingly complex risk environment as cyber threats, fraud, governance failures, business interruption and emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) become more interconnected, according to forensic...
Growing AI adoption raises new wellbeing considerations
As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes increasingly embedded in everyday work, Lyra Southern Africa is observing growing concern among employees about keeping pace with changing workplace demands, evolving skills requirements and the increasing complexity of modern...