Emmanuel Tzingakis, technical manager for Africa and venture markets at TrendAI. (Photo: Supplied) Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing the economics of cyber crime, lowering the technical barrier to sophisticated attacks while creating new security and governance challenges for companies. This was a central message from speakers at TrendAI’s Spark 2026 event in Sun City last…
Shortly before Air Force One took off from Turkey at the end of last month’s NATO summit, President Trump secretly slipped away from the presidential jet and was whisked to another plane with the help of an airport catering truck, according to a U.S. official with direct knowledge of the matter. The ruse was employed…
Herotel CEO Van Zyl Botha Herotel intends to sell Amazon’s low-Earth orbit satellite broadband at prices that closely track its existing fibre packages, and will carry the currency risk on terminals landed in South Africa, CEO Van Zyl Botha has told the TechCentral Show podcast. It is the clearest signal yet on what Evry will…
Cali, Colombia – A day after a magnitude 7.4 earthquake shook western Colombia, rescue teams are frantically fighting through the rubble of collapsed buildings to find survivors and recover bodies. The powerful quake has caused at least 254 deaths nationwide, most of them concentrated in the cities of Pereira and Cali, according to government figures….
The future of innovation will not be built by technology alone. It will be shaped by the people asking better questions, challenging conventional thinking and creating solutions that improve lives. As artificial intelligence and exponential technologies continue to transform every sector of society, women are playing an increasingly influential role in driving that change. Reflecting…
CoreWeave CEO Michael Intrator appears after the company’s initial public offering at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York on March 28, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images CoreWeave shares jumped 14% in extended trading on Tuesday after the AI infrastructure provider reported revenue than topped Wall Street expectations. Here’s how the company did…
Wandia Gichuru Interview with Wandia GichuruCO-FOUNDER & CEO, VIVO FASHION GROUP Lives in: Nairobi “I don’t come from a fashion background, so I tend to approach things purely from a business perspective,” says Wandia Gichuru, founder and CEO of Vivo Fashion Group, a Kenyan clothing manufacturer and retailer. “We try to focus on what the…
YouTube is significantly raising the barrier to entry for its YouTube Partner Programme (YPP), effective February 1. While the baseline requirement of 1,000 subscribers remains unchanged, the platform is doubling the engagement thresholds needed for creators to begin monetizing their content. Read: AI models design viable synthetic viruses for the first time Under the updated…
The family of a New York City fashion designer found dead on a boat in the Hamptons last year is preparing to file a wrongful death lawsuit against the man she was with when she died. Martha Nolan-O’Slatarra, 33, was found dead on a boat owned by Christopher Durnan, 61, and docked at the Montauk…
UCT and Western Cape government officials have signed an MOU to strengthen collaboration in research, innovation, skills development and public sector capacity building. The University of Cape Town (UCT) and the Western Cape government (WCG) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to strengthen collaboration in research, innovation, skills development and public sector capacity building….
