For many South Africans, starting a business can feel out of reach. Manufacturing in particular brings to mind large factories, expensive machinery and a sizeable workforce. Advances in laser technology have changed that, opening the door for entrepreneurs to start manufacturing from home, a garage or a small workshop. Modern laser engraving machines can produce…
The chief executive of Ukraine’s leading arms company says Kyiv has “learned the hard way” that military strength is an essential precursor to diplomacy, describing deep strikes into Russian territory as a core tenet of the country’s pressure campaign. Missile and drone maker Fire Point, which says it currently facilitates more than 60% of Ukraine’s…
NAC helps decide what kind of access should be given at the point of connection. (Image source: iStock) A question we often hear when customers are looking at secure access service edge (SASE), security service edge (SSE) or zero-trust network access (ZTNA) strategies is: “If we’re already controlling access through identity and zero trust, why do we…
Louisiana health officials are urging residents to take precautions against a flesh-eating bacterial infection following the deaths of five people this year. The Louisiana Department of Health issued a warning about the infection, known as Vibrio vulnificus, in a press release on Thursday. The department said nine people have been infected this year and five…
Merchant West’s Shane van der Merwe For most of business history, buying technology meant owning it. Capital was set aside, servers and laptops were hauled into the building alongside the software licences, and the business then sweated those assets for as long as it practically could. In the age of AI, that logic is starting…
Oman has said positive talks have been taking place with Iran over an agreement to secure a shipping route through the Strait of Hormuz, as Tehran warned that any deal would not see an immediate reopening of the vital waterway. Both sides suggested on Saturday that discussions were progressing, but a timeline on any deal…
Executive Summary Africa’s industrialisation challenge is not primarily a shortage of ideas, policy intent, or entrepreneurial energy, but a constraint in financial architecture and capital deployment. The continent’s ability to build factories, infrastructure, and value-added industries is limited by the cost, structure, and accessibility of long-term finance. Until capital markets are deepened and better aligned…
Tether remains the dominant stablecoin in South Africa. (Image created by GenAI) Authorised financial services provider BlockTower’s rand-backed stablecoin ZARU has been listed on Luno Global, in what it says is the first institutional-grade rand stablecoin on a regulated crypto exchange. The listing gives the rand an on-chain secondary market on Luno’s exchange. ZARU, which…
More than 20,000 people were ordered to leave their homes overnight in western Canada as a fast-moving wildfire grew rapidly and raced toward towns along British Columbia’s Okanagan Lake, destroying homes in its path. The entire community of Summerland, home to about 12,000 people, was ordered evacuated, along with about 8,000 people in and around…
Becoming an AWS Well-Architected Partner is a series of steps to prove your competency in delivering Well-Architected Reviews to clients. But before you are approved to run the review, you reach a step where you are required to run one on your own business. We went into ours expecting a box-ticking exercise and came out…
