The Bank of England has got an opportunity to bring these vital species into the spotlight, says Nicola Hutchinson

Your article on the Bank of England’s plans to feature nature on future banknotes (‘A toad is a perfect tenner’: experts recommend wild candidates for new banknotes, 21 March) underlines how deeply the natural world shapes our national identity. Yet it was striking that in...

A study by the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) and the National Planning Commission (NPC) has laid bare the scale of investment required to connect every South African household to high-speed broadband by 2035. The newly completed South Africa’s Digital Connectivity Investment Roadmap to 2035 provides a comprehensive assessment of the country’s progress toward universal broadband […]

After just two years at the helm, Harry Kellan is stepping down as CEO of FNB, with Lytania Johnson appointed as his successor as part of a sweeping restructuring across FirstRand’s banking operations. Kellan, who took over as FNB CEO in April 2024 after serving a decade as FirstRand group CFO, will retire early at […]

FirstRand announces structural changes related to First National Bank, with Lytania Johnson assuming the dual role of FNB CEO and CEO of retail and business banking.

Lytania Johnson will assume the dual role of FNB CEO and CEO of retail and business banking.

Lytania Johnson has been named FNB CEO after Harry Kellan stepped down after just two years in the role.

Yubico (NASDAQ STOCKHOLM: YUBICO), the creator of the most secure passkeys and a leading provider of hardware authentication security keys, today announced the appointment of Poupak Enbom as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO).

Hundreds of thousands of posts have been shared in the past three days as users hope for prosperity

Samsung explains why Real Quantum Dot technology is the key to choosing a high-performance television.

Cape Canaveral and Titusville, long ghost towns after 1969 moon landing, have witnessed space industry ‘renaissance’

Almost six decades have passed since the space coast of Florida experienced an atmosphere quite like this. On its beaches and in cities, there is an air of anticipation, excitement and anxiety to match the final days of Nasa’s storied Apollo moon program.

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Healthbridge, South Africa’s leading health technology company, has acquired Nora, an ambient AI medical scribe that converts doctor–patient conversations into structured clinical notes, reducing administrative burden and saving doctors up to three hours a day, allowing more time for patient care. The deal marks a significant AI acquisition in South African healthtech. Developed by Nora […]

Six outstanding tech leaders are shortlisted for the 2026 CIO of the Year Award, with the winner to be revealed on 16 April.

A new DBSA study says South Africa needs huge investment in infrastructure to achieve universal broadband by 2035.

The South African Social Security Agency is looking for secure, reliable, scalable and highly-available connectivity across all its sites.

AI-driven insights and machine learning increasingly strengthen fraud detection in life insurance claims, says Discovery Life.

Kaspersky and Afripol have trained officers from 23 African countries in advanced threat-hunting techniques.

Aarti Holla-Maini, of the UN’s Office for Outer Space Affairs, is primed and ready should a planetary strike occur – and just over 12 months ago, she thought it might

The UN official had trained for this moment. She had run drills and table-top exercises at her offices in Vienna, housed inside a grey and unassuming 1970s concrete tower complex next to the Danube River.

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If you’re the glass-half-full type, you should be overjoyed at the news coming out of Yale School of Public Health. But pessimists like me? We’re stuffed

There’s bad news for me and my fellow Eeyores (there always is): a positive mindset could help you age better. Research led by Prof Becca Levy of the Yale School of Public Health interrogated over-65s on their attitudes to ageing, following...

AI is turning estate agents into data-driven ‘bionic’ operators who know who wants to sell before the board goes up.

Tarsus Distribution explains how HPE’s latest servers help businesses consolidate workloads and cut costs.