Amantha Naidoo, executive MD of NTT Data South Africa. (Image: supplied) South African businesses are increasingly turning to generative AI (GenAI) to tackle operational inefficiencies, as they face growing pressure to do more with fewer resources, amid budget constraints. The technology, once considered experimental, is now being deployed to solve real-world business problems. This is…
Ransomware and GenAI risks are on the rise. In December 2025, organisations globally faced sustained cyber pressure, as the average number of cyber attacks per organisation per week reached 2 027, a 1% increase from the previous month and a 9% increase from December 2024. In SA, companies faced 1 850 attacks per week, with financial…
AI-powered cyber attacks and ransomware top the cyber security challenges for 2026, warn cyber security firms. In November 2025, global organisations faced an average of 2 003 cyber attacks per week, driven by ransomware expansion and GenAI-linked risks, representing a 3% increase from October and a 4% rise year-on-year. This is according to cyber security…
Only 17% of respondents report using GenAI every day. Africa’s workforce is embracing artificial intelligence (AI) at a faster pace than global peers, but pressure is mounting for organisations to ramp up digital skills development as generative AI (GenAI) begins reshaping roles across industries. This is according to PwC’s Global Workforce Hopes and Fears Survey…
Jonathan Oaker In two short years, generative AI has moved from hype to production, with specialists like CloudZA helping local organisations harness GenAI to transform their operations. This emerged during a webinar hosted by CloudZA in partnership with ITWeb, where Jonathan Oaker, Alliance Lead specialising in AWS Cloud Migration and Networking at CloudZA, showcased CloudZA’s…
In this episode of ITWeb TV, Jurie Schoeman, managing partner at BSG, talks about the biggest tech trends the consultancy firm is witnessing in the South African market and how generative artificial intelligence has been received by local firms. He also touches on the company’s graduate programme among other issues. #DigitalTransformation #AI #GenAI #GraduateProgramme Digital…
South African enterprises are rapidly integrating generative AI (GenAI) into their operations, but most are doing so without formal strategies, dedicated leadership, or the infrastructure required to maximise value and minimise risk. This is the key finding of the newly released South African Generative AI Roadmap 2025, based on a study by World Wide Worx…
GenAI adoption has climbed in SA, from 45% of large enterprises in 2024 to 67% in 2025. While generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tool ChatGPT remains widely used by local corporates, new research shows a dramatic turnaround for Microsoft’s AI assistant, Copilot. The US software giant’s AI chatbot-based offering rose in the rankings to second place…
Selected start-ups will each receive up to $1 million in AWS credits, mentorship and access to AWS’s GenAI tools. Amazon Web Services (AWS) has opened applications for the 2025 cohort of its Generative AI Accelerator (GAIA) programme. Now in its third instalment, the initiative is a global eight-week programme that supports start-ups building foundational generative…
