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The Internet Service Providers’ Association (Ispa) has questioned whether government and communications regulator Icasa can deliver meaningful reductions in the cost of connectivity, warning that years of investigations and policy commitments have produced limited progress.

Bootlegger, one of South Africa’s fastest-growing coffee franchises, has reportedly exposed sensitive business information through an internal dashboard developed using artificial intelligence.

A platform-based approach is helping Ecobank DRC simplify network operations, improve visibility and strengthen cybersecurity resilience as the bank prepares for continued digital growth across Africa.

New Brand Phishing Report reveals attackers are expanding from trusted technology and social platforms into AI and developer tools, while using fake commands and remote access software to compromise victims

Zikho Pali says technology, stronger hospital partnerships and a focus on patient outcomes will be central to making home-based clinical care a mainstream part of healthcare delivery

From artificial intelligence and connected care to cybersecurity and digital health infrastructure, South Africa’s healthcare leaders will gather in Midrand to explore how technology can transform patient outcomes, strengthen healthcare systems and expand access to care.

The University of Cape Town (UCT) has secured US$1.6 million (about R26.4 million) from Google.org to advance research into how genetic differences among African populations influence the way medicines are processed by the body.

As AI reshapes medical research, South Africa’s investment in African-led data science highlights the importance of local expertise, research infrastructure and collaboration in developing solutions for the continent’s healthcare needs.

Official Meta-tested microSD Express memory cards and USB-C flash drives give users of Meta VR Glasses expanded capacity to help maximize their VR experiences

Across South Africa, a new generation of business leaders is reshaping what transformation looks like by placing Customer Experience (CX) at the centre of organisational strategy.

MICT SETA and an ICT company co-fund cybersecurity training for unemployed young South Africans

AI agents being tested by OpenAI broke out of their test environment and into Hugging Face's production systems. Hundreds of them had found a way to leave notes for each other in a shared software cache, turned it into a makeshift message board, and coordinated their escape.

New portfolio offers purpose-built storage for continuous recording on the road and at home

Payments are still mostly seen as a budget line item by most retailers.

Check Point Research has discovered two high-risk vulnerabilities in LiteLLM, the open source LLM gateway organisations use to connect their applications to AI providers such as OpenAI, Google and Anthropic. With 97 million downloads per month and over 59,000 GitHub stars, LiteLLM runs inside large enterprises, startups and many of the platforms used to build AI applications.

Businesses can now open USD, GBP, and Euro accounts in their own name, with payments across 190+ countries, all from a single platform.

President Ntuli is preparing to leave Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) South Africa, ending his tenure as managing director and board member after 14 years with the technology group.

Angola, Nigeria and Kenya are the most attacked countries in EMEA, while Government is the most targeted sector in Africa

Seacom CEO Alpheus Mangale has stepped down from Absa’s board while an investigation into complaints concerning the submarine cable operator’s management remains under way.

Former Dimension Data and NTT chief executive Jason Goodall has acknowledged an undisclosed financial interest in the 2019 sale of the company’s Johannesburg headquarters, agreeing to pay NTT about R208.6m in settlement of the dispute.

Artificial intelligence has emerged as a key issue during interviews for judicial candidates seeking positions on the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA).

Cybersecurity has traditionally focused on keeping attackers out. To protect their systems, organisations have invested heavily in firewalls, endpoint protection, identity controls, and monitoring.

NEC XON has been appointed an accredited Cohesity Technical Support Partner Program (TSPP) Partner, strengthening its ability to deliver enterprise data protection, cyber resilience and recovery solutions to African enterprises.

For businesses looking to build loyalty among their customers, success ultimately doesn't hinge on marketing or advertising campaigns or on automation, AI bots and Customer Experience (CX) platforms, but on the quality of engagement provided by their customer service agents, who are often the true face of the company.

The narrative about Africa's technological future is often framed through the narrow lens that the continent must "catch up" to global innovation. But this framing misses a critical point: Africa has never simply been a consumer of technology. We adapt it, reshape it, and increasingly originate it.

Cybersecurity training remains one of the most persistent challenges in corporate South Africa, not because organisations don't invest in it, but because too many still treat it as a once-off exercise. Ticking a compliance box and moving on. The result? Employees forget what they learned, threats evolve, and the organisation stays vulnerable.

WAPA says resource disclosures and enforceable conditions should precede approvals for large data centre precincts

MTN Group president and CEO Ralph Mupita has secured another term on the board of the GSM Association (GSMA), giving South Africa continued representation at the highest level of the global mobile industry.

Identity protection must be integral to cyber resilience. Although organisations continue to invest heavily in data protection and backup strategies, most breaches begin with compromised credentials, often privileged Active Directory (AD) accounts that give attackers unfettered access.

There are probably more digital transformation strategies sitting in South African executive archives than there are organisations successfully delivering against them. The problem isn't necessarily the quality of the strategies.

Sanlam is moving to take full ownership of Santam, offering minority shareholders R505 a share in a deal that will end the insurer’s 62-year run as a separately listed company if approved.

South Africa's digital identity programme could become important infrastructure for the country's digital economy, but its real value will depend on how widely the technology can be adopted and how effectively it connects government with the private sector.

Cell C delivered stronger revenue, profitability and subscriber growth in the year to May 2026, as its parent company Blu Label Unlimited continued to reshape the telecommunications group.

New solution combines frictionless shopping, AI-enabled personalisation and retail media

A short time ago, the main issue in cloud computing was this: How fast could we migrate?

ISP deployment and emerging enterprise cybersecurity opportunities lead the charge

For logistics companies, speed now depends on more than moving goods. It also depends on how quickly the business can capture proof of delivery, resolve exceptions, complete compliance records and move a transaction towards payment.

Eskom chair Mteto Nyati has been given another three-year term as the power utility moves from fixing the electricity crisis to tackling affordability, financial sustainability and sweeping market reforms.

Altron expects a significant improvement in interim earnings, with headline earnings per share (HEPS) forecast to rise by between 21% and 27% for the six months to the end of August 2026.

Cell C CEO Jorge Mendes has invested R20.8m in the telecommunications operator through two share purchases on the JSE, increasing his direct beneficial interest in the company as it continues efforts to restore financial stability and return to sustainable growth.

For many organisations, digital transformation occurred quickly and under pressure

Workforce Holdings has introduced a customisable, cloud-based workforce AI processing platform to bridge the gap between traditional paper workflows and modern digital enterprise systems.

Many South African organisations have historically seen backup as the quiet, dependable safety net of their IT estate – something that can be set up once, monitored occasionally and trusted to be there when disaster strikes.

Why third-party cyber risk is a financial risk for South African businesses

Cyber incidents are not new, but the way organisations are expected to respond to them is changing. Under the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA), breach reporting has increased significantly in South Africa

The publication of information linked to Hollard customers has brought renewed attention to the cybersecurity risks created by third-party technology providers, following a breach at insurance technology company MIP Holdings earlier this year.

Document workflows affect reporting, cash flow, compliance and the quality of business decisions

For years, cloud adoption was seen as a destination. Organisations moved workloads, updated applications, and welcomed the flexibility and scalability promised by cloud environments

For years, cybersecurity strategies focused on protecting centralised environments such as data centres and corporate networks, and, more recently, the cloud. However, the rapid growth of edge computing, Internet of Things (IoT), and distributed digital infrastructure is changing this landscape.

Proximie, AWS and Deloitte join eight NHS hospitals in a major real-world test of surgical AI designed to unlock capacity without adding theatres or staff

From South Africa's first corporate APN to 25+ countries, Metacom has spent 25 years keeping African business connected

Enterprises are connecting AI assistants to more of their real infrastructure every month, from inboxes to file drives to internal tools, on the assumption that the isolation between users and accounts holds. Check Point Research just tested that assumption against ChatGPT and found a way to break it. Using an internal service that was never meant to carry user data at all, CPR opened a working channel between two completely separate ChatGPT accounts and used it to hand one victim's session a task from a total stranger, all while the victim's own conversation looked entirely normal.

Lesaka Technologies has crossed an important milestone in its fintech turnaround, reporting its first full-year GAAP profit as stronger earnings from its consumer and enterprise businesses helped offset pressure in its merchant operation.

Check Point Research reveals a 22% year-on-year increase in global cyber attacks and a rise in phishing activity. Attacks on African organisations exceed global averages

Phillip Nganga to drive accelerated growth across the rapidly expanding market

South African organisations are showing strong enthusiasm for artificial intelligence, but the rush to adopt AI risks overlooking a more fundamental question: are businesses actually ready to use it effectively?

A few years ago, Artificial Intelligence (AI) was mostly an experiment. Companies saw it as futuristic, expensive, and typically only accessible to big tech firms. Then Generative AI (GenAI) arrived and quickly shifted the conversation. Suddenly, executives in various industries began asking, "How quickly can we implement this?"

Having used AI to automate its own executive and financial reporting, the African systems integrator is extending the approach to customers through a partnership with Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Vodacom Group has appointed former JSE CEO Leila Fourie as an alternate director to chairman Saki Macozoma, bringing her payments and financial-services experience into the telecoms group's boardroom ahead of a planned leadership transition.

Huawei and Xiaomi are stepping up their assault on the premium smartphone market with new foldable flagships, setting the stage for an increasingly competitive battle with Apple and Samsung.