
AI powers the future of finance
The Sage Intacct cloud-based accounting system incorporates AI agents to automate accounting processes and gives users real-time visibility, automation and scalable control.
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The Sage Intacct cloud-based accounting system incorporates AI agents to automate accounting processes and gives users real-time visibility, automation and scalable control.

The Huawei Developer Competition, Code4Mzanzi, has kicked off in partnership with the Department of Small Business Development and various academic institutions, including the University of Cape Town, the University of Johannesburg, the University of Pretoria, and the University of the Witwatersrand. The competition, which is part of a larger international initiative, brings together South...

From threat modeling to encrypted collaboration apps, we’ve collected experts’ tips and tools for safely and effectively building a group—even while being targeted and tracked by the powerful.
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Guardian: Tech companies are conflating traditional artificial intelligence with generative AI when claiming the energy-hungry technology could help avert climate breakdown, according to a report. Most claims that AI can help avert climate breakdown refer to machine learning and not the energy-hungry chatbots and image generation tools driving the...

The worker, who posted dozens of defamatory videos, narrowly avoids activating a suspended 30-day prison sentence.

Cyber security professionals have reacted to SONA 2026, urging government to classify digital security as critical infrastructure and prioritise skills development.

On a busy afternoon in Cape Town, a customer taps her crypto card at a café counter. The transaction clears in seconds. The barista hands over the receipt and moves on to the next order. What makes the exchange different is not visible to anyone in the queue. The payment was made using crypto. Until […]

Synthetic identities are becoming a quick and easy way to establish trust, bypassing business processes by exploiting those who hold the keys, says Antonios Christodoulou, founder and CEO of Cyber Dexterity.

Eighty-two percent of local companies invest more in preventing attacks than in preparing to recover from them, says Musa Masungwini, data protector and cyber defender at Dell Technologies SA.

While edtech solutions promise to address long-standing challenges in the education system, a lack of contextual awareness and support means that many fail to deliver.

Rapid7 and Trinexia empower South African organisations to turn cybersecurity visibility into decisive action.

The 2026 cohort for the MTN Foundation-Helios Towers ICT learnership begins 12-month on-the-job training.

The university’s Centre for Automotive and Electric Vehicle Innovation turns academic research into road‑ready electric mobility solutions.

AI is reshaping consulting’s business models, pricing structures and hiring practices – and South Africa is no exception.
According to Lara Trump, Donald Trump has prepared but not yet delivered a speech about extraterrestrial life, though the White House says such a speech would be “news to me.” White House Spokesperson Karoline Leavitt continued: “I’ll have to check in with our speech writing team. Uh, and that would be of great interest to me personally, and I’m sure all of you in this room and apparently...

OMODA & JAECOO South Africa has reached 20,857 total sales since launching locally in 2023. January 2026 delivered 1,418 sales, marking the strongest month on record for the brand. Plug-in hybrid momentum is accelerating, with 590 SHS units sold to date, including strong performance from the J7 SHS and C9 SHS. OMODA & JAECOO […]

Bateleur and IMTF will address key trends in financial crime and global best practice in compliance at the forum in Johannesburg next month.

At the ITWeb Security Summit 2026, KnowBe4 will showcase Prevent, a smart DLP solution powered by behavioural AI.

Government is planning responsible gambling awareness across universities and TVET colleges to fight the scourge.

AI readiness is about understanding the critical role of data, people and processes to enable AI-driven strategic differentiation.

Static public IPs over satellite and LTE are now a reality, unlocking enterprise-grade security and remote access for Africa’s wireless networks, says Teresa Huysamen, wireless BU executive at Duxbury Networking.