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Build your AI skills: SAS Hackathon now open for registration

 While artificial intelligence (AI) remains the hottest area in business and technology, many people and organisations struggle to use it effectively to deliver value. The fifth annual SAS Hackathon, open for...

Global South again showing higher adoption of AI, BCG report finds

Johannesburg, June 26, 2025 — AI is now woven into the fabric of daily work, with 72% of global respondents using it regularly. But the true value of AI is...

Americans Would Rather Donate Blood Than Hand Over Their Health Data, Qlik Survey Reveals

New research uncovers stark trust gaps about AI and health data privacy, highlighting openness to data sharing for personal health contrasted with deep scepticism about AI-driven commercialisation Philadelphia, PA,- Qlik®, a global...

HPE unveils new AI factory solutions built with NVIDIA to accelerate AI adoption at global scale

LAS VEGAS - HPE Discover Las Vegas 2025– HPE (NYSE: HPE) today announced new solutions to supercharge the creation, adoption and management of AI factories across the entire AI...

Kaspersky has discovered SparkKitty: a new Trojan spy on App Store and Google Play

Tuesday, 24 June 2025; Kaspersky researchers have discovered a new Trojan spy called SparkKitty which targets smartphones on iOS and Android. It sends images from an infected phone and information...

Data centre guardians – protecting your business and customers from South Africa’s unpredictable disruptions

In today's data centre environment, outages – whether related to power, water or fibre optics – are a daily reality. However, it is not just about responding to these...

Google unveils new AI model supporting better tropical cyclone prediction

Today Google DeepMind and Google Research announced its latest work supporting better cyclone predictions with AI - including a new experimental model, an interactive website for visualising our AI weather models, and a...

AI Coaching – a breakthrough for South Africa’s Youth

New research from Stellenbosch Business School reveals how artificial intelligence may close the coaching gap for young graduates and entrepreneurs. With South Africa’s record youth unemployment and limited access to...

DPI4PP Innovation Challenge 2025 Opens: Calling Global Innovators to Leverage Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) for People and Planet!

Global innovators are invited to create scalable and impactful Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) based solutions that tackle critical people and planetary challenges in the lead-up to COP30. The Digital Public Infrastructure...

How Businesses In Africa Are Finally Closing the Efficiency Gap

In today’s economy, businesses lose up to 30% of revenue annually due to inefficiencies stemming from outdated systems and manual processes. Across Africa, enterprises are particularly overwhelmed by complexity,...

AI Empowered, inspired by EO Cape Town, announces Phase 1 of its speaker line-up

Cape Town, South Africa – On 7 and 8 August 2025, the Cape Town International Convention Centre will host AI Empowered (AIE), inspired by EO Cape Town, a new summit with a...

Google Has Just Announced New Changes to Android. Here Are 7 That You Will Find Exciting

Google's annual I/O developer conference is a hub for exciting product updates. This year, "The Android Show: I/O edition" offered an early preview of Android's future. Packed with groundbreaking...
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AI: solution to close South Africa’s higher education access gap or threat to deepen it?

The past two years have seen artificial intelligence move from the margins to the centre of South Africa’s higher education strategy conversations. Vice-chancellors, registrars,...

Trusted relationship and exploits in public-facing applications strengthen position as the main attack vectors

Although the main initial vectors in 2025 remain similar to 2024, their combined share has grown to over 80%. Public-facing applications account for 43.7%,...

SAS advances its AI-ready data management foundation for industry agents and automation, with governance built-in

Integrated analytics and AI-driven automation help enterprises prepare, govern and activate data for trusted AI at scale. As enterprises race to operationalise AI, many are...

Cyber governance is central to effective enterprise risk management

Across many organisations, cyber governance is still treated as a parallel discipline to enterprise risk management rather than a core component of it. This separation...

Kaspersky spots rising scam activity around the 2026 World Cup, from bogus tickets to $500,000 “grant” emails

Millions of football fans around the world are gearing up for the World Cup, and cybercriminals are seizing the moment to exploit the heightened...
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