
AI hype won’t shape Africa’s cyber future
Africa’s cyber security priorities through 2026 will focus on resilience, sovereignty, ROI and zero trust adoption beyond AI hype.
WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026, 17:54

Africa’s cyber security priorities through 2026 will focus on resilience, sovereignty, ROI and zero trust adoption beyond AI hype.

A month after Mythos’s limited launch, cybersecurity practitioners say the hacking threat is more measured than feared.

The Berlin AI Think Tank comes to Johannesburg to bring a licensing methodology to track how AI uses creative work.

The Trump administration keeps threatening to send federal agents to oversee elections. State and local officials are preparing, and even gaming out what happens if they’re arrested.

South Africa’s key inflation number hit 4% in April, with fuel prices still rising and interest rate hikes now looking likely.

The Southern African Music Rights Organisation is hosting Service Weeks for content creators to help members directly address their administrative hurdles.

Enterprise software has moved to the centre of financial strategy, says Teko Mojaki, MD of Spinnaker Support.

Production planning software helps manufacturers control jobs, materials, schedules, costs and shop floor activity from a single system.

The 12th African Federation of Institutes of Internal Auditors Conference will take place at the Cape Town International Convention Centre from 25 to 29 May.

Futurists, AI researchers and business leaders will unpack exponential technologies shaping industries, economies and human potential.

The company will be available at the Cape Town and Johannesburg events to demonstrate the key benefits of the KnowBe4 security awareness training offerings.
A new study finds AI companies, defense firms, and dating apps are among 38 data collectors allegedly using manipulative design to confuse users while collecting their data.

MTN Group will install GPUs at its African towers to build a distributed AI inference grid, while also investing in AI data centres.

Vibrating flowers uses huge amounts of energy, forcing bees to choose which plants to visit and affecting which ones are pollinated
Bees use as much energy collecting pollen through “floral buzzing” as they do taking off in flight, a study shows.
Scientists have found the vibrations bumblebees use to shake pollen loose from flowers are among the most exhausting behaviours they perform, forcing...

The company appoints computer engineer Arnold Goldberg as an independent non-executive director.

Disney+ has hiked the price of its Premium monthly subscription in South Africa by more than 12%.

The Pan African DataCentres Conference will take place on 23 and 24 June at the Sandton Convention Centre.

It’s time to have honest, uncomfortable conversations about the human element of modern cyber threats.

Online learning is reshaping South African education – and Mweb says connectivity is the foundation.

Investing in African Mining Indaba (Mining Indaba) is entering the next phase of its evolution, one defined by shifting from collaborative conversations to successful commitment delivery. As preparations begin toward Mining Indaba 2027, the event is sharpening its focus on how partnerships across African mining translate into practical outcomes and investment decisions. South Africa’s Minister […]
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have identified an ultra-faint galaxy seen just 800 million years after the Big Bang. The galaxy contains almost no heavy elements, shows signs of intense early stellar radiation, and could offer a rare glimpse into the first stages of galaxy formation. Phys.org reports: In a paper published in the journal Nature, a team of scientists led by...