By paying ransomware, organisations are leaving themselves open to repeat attacks and long-term business disruption, according to Lloyd Timcke, regional director for Africa and Israel at cybersecurity firm Rubrik. At a cybersecurity event in Johannesburg last week, the company said attackers are increasingly exploiting identity systems such as Active Directory and cloud identity providers, allowing…
The author, SAP Southern Africa MD Nazia Pillay From boardrooms to back offices, South African companies are moving beyond AI hype and into execution. But as pressure builds to show tangible return on investment, business leaders are looking for practical, proven AI use cases they can deploy today, not three years from now. The good…
Artificial intelligence is no longer a narrow technology trade. It is reshaping energy markets, infrastructure spending, and portfolio construction. Investors who focus only on chips and software risk missing where the next phase of value is occurring, according to investing experts on this week’s episode of CNBC’s “ETF Edge.” Some of the trends and innovations…
President Donald Trump met Friday afternoon with more than a dozen oil companies at the White House to discuss plans for investment in Venezuela, less than a week after the U.S. ousted President Nicolás Maduro. Exxon CEO Darren Woods, ConocoPhillips CEO Ryan Lance and Chevron Vice Chairman Mark Nelson attended. Executives from Halliburton, Valero and…
BBD builds the platforms businesses rely on. Most software works perfectly on the happy path. But the top software development companies know that real customers, real data and real-world complexity is where systems are truly tested. For more than four decades, BBD has helped organisations modernise legacy estates, design future-ready platforms and orchestrate processes end-to-end…
Harare, Zimbabwe — National laws aimed at redressing colonial imbalances reserve retail sectors, like that of brickmaking, for locals. But companies with outside investment, particularly from China, routinely flout the rules. For nearly a decade, Stanley has made a living laying out bricks for drying at Willdale Bricks, one of Zimbabwe’s oldest brick manufacturers. That…
Kerissa Varma Companies in South Africa and around the world must make better use of artificial intelligence if they’re to fend off malicious actors who are themselves harnessing AI to intensify their cyberattacks. That’s according to Kerissa Varma, chief cybersecurity adviser for Microsoft in Africa, who was unpacking the findings of the 2025 edition of…
Amazon Proteus robots demonstrate autonomous navigation using barcodes on the floor during the Delivering the Future event at the Amazon Robotics Innovation Hub in Westborough, Massachusetts, US, on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Artificial intelligence is widening the productivity gap between large and small companies, lifting up bigger firms that…
Pension funds and insurance companies in different African countries invest billions abroad despite energy projects on the continent needing investment, says chairperson of the presidential initiative on climate change in Sierra Leone Kandeh Yumkella. Speaking at the Accelerated Partnership for Renewables in Africa (Apra) investment forum in Sierra Leone, Yumkella said projects in Africa are…
Bernd Debusmann Jr,at the White House, Max Matza and Ian Aikman ‘It was time’, says Trump on increase in Russia sanctions The US has announced new sanctions targeting Russia’s two largest oil companies in an effort to pressure Moscow to negotiate a peace deal in Ukraine. The announcement came one day after US President Donald…
