Stop optimising technology in silos
Reliability, delivery speed, security, cost and application experience are often managed by different teams. The customer, however, experiences only one service, writes Byron Phillips, head of managed operations at Synthesis. Modern technology operations have become...
AI raises the cyber stakes for African enterprises
Generative AI has done to cybercrime what it has done to content production: collapsed the cost and the skill required to produce convincing output at scale. For African enterprises, that shift is arriving faster than most governance frameworks can absorb it. By Wayne...
The overlooked data risk: What your business’s everyday paperwork reveals
Businesses invest in cybersecurity, access controls and data protection systems, but personal information can still be exposed through everyday operational processes. A courier label on a parcel, a delivery note left on a desk or a customer document discarded without...
Mukuru partners with Flash to add cash pay-in points
Mukuru has partnered with Flash, a payments technology company with an extensive network of spaza shops across South Africa, adding 170 000 cash pay-in points where customers can now pay for their Mukuru remittance orders. The network includes Flash’s broader merchant...
Logicalis earns Cisco Secure Networking specialisation
Logicalis has achieved Cisco’s Secure Networking Specialisation, recognising its expertise across networking, security and managed services. The designation validates Logicalis’ ability to design, implement and manage secure environments that bring connectivity and...
Five forces triggering Wall Street’s $3trn tech crash
There are five main triggers behind the $3-trillion tech crash that tore through Wall Street on Thursday, according to Nigel Green, CEO of deVere Group. His comments come as the Nasdaq plunged 5.5% in its most brutal session since April 2025, slamming into correction...
Beyond AGOA: Building a more resilient export strategy
The prospect of South Africa losing its benefits under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) understandably raises concerns, writes Meluleki Nzimande, partner at Webber Wentzel. Preferential access matters, particularly where exporters operate on tight...
NASA experiments with drones for planetary landings
NASA successfully demonstrated technology designed to help spacecraft autonomously navigate to safe landing sites on the Moon and on other planets. An Alta-X drone equipped with the agency’s Safe and Precise Landing – Integrated Capabilities Evolution (SPLICE)...
Strategic workforce planning in the AI era
By 2029, 30% of employees who were terminated and replaced by AI will be rehired, often at a higher cost, as organisations struggle to align workforce decisions with evolving business needs, according to Gartner. At the research group’s recent HR Symposium/Xpo,...
SA and Mauritius lead Africa in AI Youth Readiness Index
South Africa has emerged as one of the Commonwealth’s leading countries for youth artificial intelligence readiness, ranking 13th out of 56 nations in a international study, as the new research finds a possible $9,18-billion increase in the level of the country’s GDP...
Holiday retail predictions: A unified yet fractured journey
Holiday retail planning used to follow a predictable playbook: Optimise the checkout funnel; launch the campaigns; stock the shelves; brace for Cyber Week. But in today’s market, that playbook is obsolete. Data from the Salesforce Shopping Index tells the story...
AI adoption accelerates, but major gaps between businesses and generations
AI adoption is expanding rapidly across OECD economies, but significant gaps among businesses and generations risk limiting the benefits of digital transformation, according to the OECD Digital Economy and Society Outlook 2026. Large firms are more than twice as...