177 Six South African cities rank among the worst in the world for perceived crime. The problem is not that security companies fail to respond but rather how long it takes them…
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iOCO goes desert storming with Saudi Arabia cloud expansion
147 Richard Vester Johannesburg-listed technology services group iOCO has expanded its operations in Saudi Arabia, growing its cloud practice in the region through a partnership with Amazon Web Services. The expansion is…
Blu Label lands electricity trading licence from Nersa
151 Blu Label co-CEO Mark Levy BluEnergy Trading, a subsidiary of JSE-listed Blu Label Unlimited Group, has been granted a multi-year energy trading licence by energy regulator Nersa, allowing it to buy…
Scaling modern, data-driven farming across Africa
188 Chris Duvenage, business unit manager digital at NEC XON AgriLogiq and NEC XON have announced a strategic partnership that brings together advanced agricultural technology expertise and enterprise-grade digital infrastructure to deliver…
Why getting your small business online costs less than you think
153 Does the idea of a website still feel like an unnecessary expense? Maybe you already trade from a physical store, sell at markets or use social media to reach customers, and…
Oni-Tel set to reinvigorate dark fibre in South Africa
179 Global fibre infrastructure providers are moving towards modernising networks to keep up with the bandwidth demands of artificial intelligence, increased use of edge computing and growth in 5G, according to Mordor…
Andrew Baker is new CIO of Capitec
182 Andrew Baker Andrew Baker has been appointed as chief information officer of Capitec. Baker, who was previously the company’s chief technology officer, takes the CIO reins from Wim de Bruyn, who…
Mustek flags earnings surge as Novus takeover remains stalled
152 Mustek’s head office in Midrand, Johannesburg Technology distributor Mustek expects headline earnings per share to surge by as much as 270% for the six months to end-December 2025, even as the…
The battle for Warner Bros may be far from over
181 Image: Reuters Warner Bros Discovery is considering reopening sale talks with rival Hollywood studio Paramount Skydance after receiving its hostile suitor’s most recent amended offer, Bloomberg News reported on Sunday (paywall),…
South African CISOs are facing a burnout epidemic
170 South African chief information security officers are operating in a perfect storm. Machine-driven attacks, chronically limited budgets and a critical lack of cybersecurity professionals are combining to create an environment where…