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Rising online romance scams highlight cybersecurity need for women

Raising awareness about the critical importance of online safety for women has never been more pressing. Documentaries like The Tinder Swindler, and TV shows such as Catfish highlight how digital crimes disproportionately...

HPE Introduces Next-Generation ProLiant Servers Engineered for Advanced Security, AI Automation and Greater Performance

HPE ProLiant Compute Gen12 portfolio meets federal security certification standards, boosts IT productivity with AI-driven insights and drives 65% power savings HOUSTON – Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) today announced eight...

Lessons from the digital media sector as generative AI takes centre stage in 2025

 AI isn’t new to the digital media world. Grant Lapping, Digital Executive at midnight, the innovation agency of iqbusiness, reflects on the lessons AI adoption in digital media has for...

SONA 2025: Suppple champions Africa-centric AI to drive business, communities & innovation

Cape Town, South Africa – As AI reshapes the global digital landscape, Africa is stepping forward to define its role in the Information Age. At a SONA-livestream and post-SONA networking...

Four challenges facing South African businesses

The business landscape has faced unprecedented challenges, specifically intensifying in the past five years with the rapid rise of hybrid working, artificial intelligence (AI), and the integration of innovative tools like...

Here’s how South Africans have mapped their world

Twenty years ago, Google Maps started helping us explore the world, navigate unfamiliar roads and discover hidden gems. You’ve played a large part in making all of this possible...

What’s ahead for key sectors in South Africa in 2025?

As South Africa has moved into 2025, key sectors including energy, finance, technology, manufacturing, and more are already experiencing significant shifts. These sectors will continue to evolve in response...

Zoho Corporation Announces Zia Agents; AI Platform Supporting Autonomous Agents Across Organisation’s Broad Portfolio

Johannesburg, — 5 February, 2025 - Zoho Corporation, a global technology company, today expands the scope of Zia with the announcement of Zia Agents, Agent Studio, and Agent Marketplace. Together, these solutions empower enterprises to access,...

The hidden dangers of increasingly advanced AI assistants

The evolution of AI assistants over the past few years is nothing short of remarkable. Initially designed to perform simple tasks such as setting reminders and playing music, these...

The digital pickaxe: how ICT is unearthing mining’s future

The mining industry, a cornerstone of South Africa’s and Africa’s economies, is undergoing a technological revolution driven by the integration of Information and Communications Technology (ICT). The convergence of...

South African Businesses to Benefit from New Google Performance Max Upgrades

Google is kicking off 2025 with a suite of new Performance Max (PMAX) features to give advertisers in South Africa greater control, transparency and improved results. Building on the...

Infobip recognised as AIT fraud prevention leader by Juniper Research

Global cloud communications platform Infobip has been recognised as the number one provider among Established Leaders in the Artificially Inflated Traffic (AIT) Fraud Prevention market by Juniper Research. The analyst firm...
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Africa’s AI future dangles on a US-China tightrope

The global artificial intelligence landscape is rapidly fracturing into two distinct, increasingly incompatible ecosystems dominated by the United States and China. For the developing...

Johannesburg manufacturer launches one of South Africa’s first AI wallpaper visualisers

Artificial intelligence (AI) has transformed the way people shop, design and make decisions. Now, it is entering South Africa’s wallpaper industry. Johannesburg-based manufacturer Wallpaper Online...

Africa could gain from world AI organisation – Ticon Africa

In welcoming the development of the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization (WAICO), the Technology Information Confederation Africa (TICON) says the new entity could assist...

SAS: For agentic AI ROI, invest in human judgment

As enterprises move from AI experimentation to agentic AI systems that can take action across workflows, SAS leaders say the next test of AI...

Why Africa’s fastest AI adopters need governance, not just speed

AI adoption is accelerating across Africa's Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs). In South Africa, SMBs are investing in AI at rates above the global...
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