168 A company can easily find itself offline for more than a week. Attackers can exploit vulnerabilities to penetrate the network and the encrypted backups, effectively negating the value of its nightly…
Category: Tech
MTN’s Iran problem: can’t stay, can’t leave
133 MTN Group CEO Ralph Mupita said the pan-African telecommunications giant would exit Iran if given the opportunity. Speaking at the group’s annual results presentation for the year ended 31 December 2025…
SA banks race to scale AI and cloud as challenger threat intensifies
150  South Africa’s six largest banks are spending above inflation on technology — with cloud migration, artificial intelligence and cybersecurity the primary cost drivers — as they race to modernise core…
AI won’t kill SaaS – but it will reshape it, software CEOs say
152 Oracle’s Mike Sicilia is the latest software CEO to wade in to the debate on whether AI tools that heavily automate human tasks will mean the demise of his industry. His…
Nvidia targets $1-trillion in AI chip sales as inference demand surges
132 Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. Fred Greaves/Reuters Nvidia said the revenue opportunity for its AI chips may reach at least US$1-trillion through to 2027, as the company outlined a strategy to compete…
When CTEM, AI and a unified attack surface meet
130 Every organisation that has suffered a significant breach shares one uncomfortable truth in hindsight: the path the attacker took was there all along. The misconfigured account, the unpatched service, the employee…
Meta planning layoffs that could hit 20% of workforce
144 Meta Platforms is planning sweeping layoffs that could affect 20% or more of the company, three sources familiar with the matter have said, as Meta seeks to offset costly AI infrastructure…
Why finance’s new KPI is decision speed
134 For years, finance was the organisation’s scorekeeper: close the month, balance the books, keep the auditors happy. That work still matters, but it no longer defines the job. In an economy…
MTN South Africa struggles as competition bites in prepaid market
123 MTN South Africa’s earnings declined sharply in the year to December 2025 as intensifying competition in the prepaid market and rising bad debts weighed on the business, even as the enterprise…
MTN initiates share buyback programme
143 MTN Group plans to buy back between 1.7% and 2% of its shares, amounting to some R6-billion, over the next three years. Speaking at the company’s investor presentation following the release…