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Join the Exclusive Surface Reseller Partner Community

Feb 18, 2026

The Core Group is inviting local IT resellers to join its exclusive Surface Reseller Program, which offers members targeted training and business support. The program empowers resellers with the resources, training, and support needed to sustain and grow their device...

Official unemployment rate drops to 31,4%

Feb 17, 2026

The official unemployment rate was 31,4% in the fourth quarter of 2025. According to the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) results, there was an increase of 44 000 in the number of employed persons to 17,1-million, while there was a decrease of 172 000 in the...

Check Point acquisitions reinforce AI security strategy

Feb 17, 2026

Check Point Software Technologies has announced three strategic acquisitions, namely Cyata, Cyclops and Rotate, aimed at strengthening its platform across artificial intelligence (AI) agent security, exposure management and MSP-driven workspace protection. In...

Strategic leadership appointments at Veeam

Feb 17, 2026

Veeam Software has announced a boost to its EMEA channel strategy with the appointment of three new leaders: Nick McAlister as channel director UKI; Charbel Zreiby as channel director EMEA East; and Roman Brandl as enterprise channel director EMEA. “Veeam is setting a...

Westcon-Comstor adds Meter’s enterprise networking

Feb 17, 2026

Westcon-Comstor has signed a new distribution agreement with Networking-as-a-Service (NaaS) provider Meter. The deal sees Westcon-Comstor become Meter’s first distributor in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), allowing the region’s channel partners to leverage a...

AI, resilience, growth key for financial services CEOa

Feb 17, 2026

Financial services leaders across Africa are entering 2026 with renewed confidence, placing artificial intelligence (AI), cybersecurity, regulatory resilience and strategic growth at the centre of their transformation agendas. This is the headline finding from KPMG’s...

Global memory, storage shortages hit SA tech prices

Feb 4, 2026

The on-going global memory and storage shortage is having a measurable impact on pricing across the South African technology market. Mahomed Cassim, CEO of Esquire, notes that the current shortage is being driven largely by structural shifts in global demand rather...

Cassava and AXON Networks take AI to Africa

Feb 4, 2026

Cassava Technologies and AXON Networks have announced a strategic partnership to co-develop, deploy, and manage what they believe to be Africa’s first end-to-end Operator-as-a-Service (OaaS) platform. Customers and service providers will leverage AXON’s AI-ready,...

Cisco launches new Cisco 360 Partner Program

Feb 4, 2026

Cisco has announced the launch of the Cisco 360 Partner Program after fifteen months of co-design with partners. Cisco’s success is built on close collaboration with its partners to meet customer needs in the fast-changing AI world. Now, Cisco is boosting how it...

Phungela partners with AeroCloud to accelerate digital transformation

Feb 2, 2026

Digital transformation firm Phungela has announced a strategic partnership with global airport operations technology provider AeroCloud, rolling modern, cloud-native airport solutions across Africa. AeroCloud currently supports operations at over 80 airports...

Thauronix to distribute curated security solutions

Feb 2, 2026

Thauronix has announced that it is the distributor for NeoWave, Sectona, TransferChain, SecurityScorecard, Pulseway and WithSecure, bringing a curated portfolio of cybersecurity and IT operations solutions to customers and channel partners. Expanded access to strong...

IT distribution revenues reached record $24,3bn

Jan 29, 2026

Sales through the IT distribution channel increased 6% year over year to $24,3-billion in Q4 2025, marking the strongest quarter on record for North American distribution, according to the IDC North America Distribution Tracker (NADT), powered by GTDC. The record Q4...

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