
Global memory crunch threatens laptop value for business buyers
Memory chip shortages are squeezing PC specs – rental models offer businesses a smarter way through.
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Memory chip shortages are squeezing PC specs – rental models offer businesses a smarter way through.

Otinga plans to leverage AI-powered hackathons, among other resources, to help businesses secure tangible outcomes.

Capitec, South Africa’s leading financial services group, has launched its in-branch Smart ID service in partnership with the Department of Home Affairs (DHA). Following a successful piloting phase, the service is now live in select branches, marking the beginning of a phased national rollout that will expand to 100 locations by mid-2026. Capitec clients can […]

Donald Trump has ordered the release of files related to aliens, UAP, and UFOs. If previous disclosures are any indication, get ready for a letdown.

Orca Fraud, a real-time fraud intelligence platform, has raised $2.35 million in an oversubscribed seed round to advance its transaction monitoring and fraud intelligence capabilities across Africa and other emerging markets. The round was led by Norrsken22, with participation from OneDayYes, Enza Capital, and CV VC Africa. The funding follows 16 months of rapid enterprise […]

These tech-packed beds can adjust firmness, track your sleep, and regulate temperature automatically. Based on my testing, here’s what’s worth the investment.

The MAHA movement is recasting the term—developed in the 1980s to help protect patients against paternalistic medicine—in service of its own agenda.

Canal+ is expected to lay out its strategy for MultiChoice and DStv when it reports results on Wednesday.

NjiaPay raises $2.1 million to help African online businesses reduce payment failures by coordinating multiple payment providers through a single integration.

The state-owned bank strengthens security controls after a January ransomware attack compromised internal records.

To support AI strategies, companies should partner with colocation data centres that have the infrastructure and scale to underpin the AI journey, says Dr Ayotunde Coker, CEO of Open Access Data Centres.

The platform supports indigenous knowledge holders and early-stage bioeconomy entrepreneurs seeking to transform traditional practices into regulated, market-ready products.

VCs are betting that artificial intelligence will disrupt nearly every industry in the world. Are they prepared for it to disrupt their own?

The rand has tumbled below R16.90/$ as investors dump risk assets amid the unfolding crisis in the Middle East.

The funding round was led by Norrsken22, with participation from OneDayYes, Enza Capital and CV VC Africa.
System76 isn’t the only one criticizing new age-verification laws. The blog 9to5Linux published an “informal” look at other discussions in various Linux communities.Earlier this week, Ubuntu developer Aaron Rainbolt proposed on the Ubuntu mailing list an optional D-Bus interface (org.freedesktop.AgeVerification1) that can be implemented by arbitrary applications as a distro sees fit, but...

The programme aims to tackle the region’s shortage of skilled cloud, Linux and cyber security professionals.

Fintech start-up NjiaPay has bagged $2.1-million in seed funding to simplify payments across Africa.

In search of a new adventure, Craig Munns went back to school. Now, at 65, he spends his days examining long-vanished life forms
Craig Munns has a large model of a T rex on his desk. He got it with a magazine subscription two decades ago. One day, a few years ago, he was sitting in his study, which was dense with books and yellow sticky notes and posters charting evolution from single cells...

The company will explore macro trends within the marketplace and their effect on data centres.

Type II compliance independently verifies that security and operational controls are not only well designed but consistently effective over an extended review period.