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YouTube Celebrates 20 Years and over 20 billion videos — with South Africa

– – Celebrating its 20th anniversary today, YouTube has grown from a simple 19-second video into a platform that allowed over 20 Billion videos to be uploaded....

iGenius Launches One of the World’s Largest Sovereign AI Data Centres Leveraging Vertiv Infrastructure, NVIDIA Accelerated Computing and Omniverse

Columbus, Ohio– Vertiv (NYSE: VRT), a global provider of critical digital infrastructure, today announced a groundbreaking collaboration with NVIDIA and renowned AI pioneer iGenius to deploy Colosseum, one of...

Fully-integrated browser AI, Aria, is now available to millions of Opera Mini users in South Africa, without extra data costs

Opera is adding its free browser AI, Aria, to Opera Mini, its popular Android-based browser with 100M+ users across the world. This update brings powerful AI capabilities, such as...

Where are all the women? Addressing SA tech’s serious lack of female representation

April 2025, Johannesburg – In an era where technology is reshaping every aspect of our lives – from how we work and connect to how we solve global challenges –...

Johannesburg: Huawei sets new standard with a leading smart warehouse

Huawei South Africa has launched its leading smart warehouse solution in Johannesburg. This strategic investment has the potential to revolutionise logistics operations in Africa. The newly opened 14,000 square...

Growing medical recruitment market held back by global skills shortage

The global population currently seeking healthcare services is growing for a variety of unique reasons – including longevity, and better health-related education. Unfortunately, the number of skilled healthcare workers...

Beyond the algorithm: AI in executive search

Artificial intelligence has spent the past two years reshaping every industry, and recruitment is no exception. In conversation, it is described as a game changer as it steps in...

Google offers more opportunity to grow for online businesses in South Africa

It is no secret that education and funding are the top priorities for entrepreneurs. To equip South African businesses with both, for a limited time, we are launching the...

Empowering South Africa’s Youth: Free Coding Programme Bridges Digital Skills Gap

In a country where many young people struggle to find jobs, a new initiative is offering hope and opportunities. Registrations are now open for 2025 for a free coding...

Microsoft launches AI Skills Fest to empower South Africans to acquire new AI skills

Johannesburg, 07 April 2025 - As part of Microsoft’s 50th anniversary, the company is launching AI Skills Fest, a global initiative featuring a 24-hour AI learning event followed by 50 days...

Gemini 2.5 most intelligent AI model to date

Gemini has launched their most intelligent AI model to date, Gemini 2.5. With key developments that centre Gemini 2.5 models as "thinking models" making it capable of reasoning through their thoughts...

Africa’s $832 Billion Mobile Money Boom is a Hotbed for Cybercriminals

Africa has emerged as a global leader in mobile money adoption, a financial revolution connecting millions and driving economic growth. Yet, this digital frontier has also attracted a surge...
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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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