Cloud problems have nowhere left to hide

Cloud problems have nowhere left to hide

Kevin Naicker, executive head of cloud solutions, DVT. Organisations can keep layering AI tools onto their cloud environments, or they can confront the reality of how those environments operate. Those are the real options on the table right now. Most large enterprises in South Africa have already crossed the cloud adoption threshold. The workloads are…

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Africa: Unsafe Food Kills 1.5 Million People Each Year – Children Most At Risk – WHO

Africa: Unsafe Food Kills 1.5 Million People Each Year – Children Most At Risk – WHO

Unsafe food causes an estimated 866 million illnesses and 1.5 million deaths every year worldwide, highlighting the often-overlooked toll of contaminated food on health, development and fragile economies, according to new data from the UN health agency. The new insights released on Wednesday ahead of next week’s World Food Safety Day, show that children under…

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Africa: Unsafe Food Kills 1.5 Million People Each Year – Children Most At Risk – WHO

East Africa: Tanzania Calls for Stronger Regional Unity to Contain Ebola Outbreak in East Africa

Dodoma — TANZANIA has urged East African countries to strengthen regional cooperation and emergency preparedness in response to the ongoing ebola outbreak in parts of East and Central Africa, warning that infectious diseases continue to pose a cross-border threat that requires collective action. The call was made on in Dodoma by the Deputy Minister for…

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Meta takes on OpenAI and Anthropic in enterprise AI

Meta takes on OpenAI and Anthropic in enterprise AI

Meta Platforms on Wednesday unveiled an AI agent aimed at helping businesses carry out day-to-day operations, positioning the social media giant as a player in the enterprise AI market. Announced at the company’s WhatsApp-focused Conversations conference in London, the new product expands on existing business messaging services by enabling “agentic” capabilities in which the assistant…

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Africa: Unsafe Food Kills 1.5 Million People Each Year – Children Most At Risk – WHO

Africa: U.S. Pledges Direct Support to Nigeria, Resets Africa Policy

The Trump administration has outlined a renewed Africa strategy centered on national sovereignty, commercial partnerships, and targeted support for Nigeria, as Washington moves to reshape its engagement on the continent. Senior US officials say the new approach prioritises measurable outcomes and strategic interests over what they described as “moral lectures” in foreign policy. Speaking at…

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AI-fuelled fraud drives surge in local digital scams

AI-fuelled fraud drives surge in local digital scams

South Africa is one of the few markets with the highest rate of suspected digital fraud attempts. (Image source: 123RF) South Africa had the highest rate of suspected digital fraud among African countries analysed, with 3% of transactions involving consumers in South Africa being suspected of digital fraud during 2025 – slightly below the global…

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