Adil El Youssefi, Chief Executive Officer, Africa Data Centres. (Image: Africa Data Centres) In May 2025, a brief yet wide-reaching internet outage in South Africa, caused by a single point of failure in a core internet exchange, revealed just how exposed even mature digital ecosystems can be. The interruption only lasted a few minutes, but…
The DNT Fund aims to back small publishers with digital tools and innovation. South Africa’s new Digital News Transformation Fund (DNT Fund) has appointed its inaugural board, comprising a diverse group of media leaders. The inaugural board is made up of eight members, including ICT heavyweight and Broadbrand CEO Vincent Maher, who serves as co-chair…
Huawei SA opens applications for the 2025 Women in Tech digital skills training initiative. Technology company Huawei SA is inviting tech-savvy women entrepreneurs to participate in the 2025 edition of its Women in Tech digital skills training programme. Applications for the annual tech upskilling initiative have officially opened. In a statement, Huawei SA says the…
IBM found that the average data breach cost has declined in SA, reaching R44.1 million in 2025. A data breach incident now costs South African organisations a little less compared to the same period a year ago, averaging R44.1 million. Last year, the average data breach cost per incident for local organisations stood at R53.1…
Investment in digital and telecoms infrastructure could help improve service delivery, according to the IRMSA Risk Report. Out of South Africa’s key network industries, the telecommunications industry remains as the one that is “still functional”. As a result, improving the energy, transport/logistics and water industries is paramount, as there is a risk of them becoming…
MoData helps clients digitise manual processes. (Image: MoData) South Africa is poised for a digital currency shift, and technology innovator MoData states that it is positioned to play a key role in underpinning the next generation of money. As South Africa accelerates its digital currency ambitions, the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) is laying the…
Fraudsters sometimes create entirely fake taxpayer profiles using stolen ID numbers. As tax season kicks off with manual filing now open, cyber criminals are ramping up phishing scams and leaked credentials to get access to South African Revenue Service (SARS) taxpayer profiles and steal refunds. In most cases, scammers break into a taxpayer’s SARS account…
Professor HB Klopper, academic head at Belgium Campus iTversity. Technology and business are converging at an unprecedented pace. The swift transition into what some call the fifth industrial revolution, almost leapfrogging the fourth, presents us with a remarkable opportunity to fundamentally reimagine our approach to business operations. In this fifth revolution, the promise is of…
South African healthcare practitioners are leading the race when it comes to adopting artificial intelligence (AI), especially in clinical decision-making and exploring the potential of generative AI. Image credit: Pavel Danilyuk on Pexels Nearly two-thirds of these leaders have already rolled out remote patient monitoring solutions across a range of critical care areas, including mental…
South Africa’s communications and digital technologies minister Solly Malatsi. The success of SA’s digital transformation hinges on the country’s ability to expand connectivity and use AI to accelerate industrial intelligence in public and private sectors. This is a key takeaway from the Huawei South Africa Connect 2025 event, hosted by Huawei and its partners at…
