by Kathy Gibson | May 15, 2026 | Featured Story
In a time of major global upheavals, African businesses have realised the massive potential on their own doorsteps and are seriously exploring partnerships and evaluating business opportunities across the continent as they draw closer together than ever before. Today,...
by Kathy Gibson | May 14, 2026 | Trends and Analysis
The memory and SSD crisis is real – and it’s broader and faster‑moving than many in the IT industry expect. This is the stark warning from Craig Nowitz, CEO of Syntech, who recently returned from the Hong Kong electronics shows and a week of factory visits in China....
by Kathy Gibson | May 14, 2026 | news
A massive 71% of organisations suffered at least one identity-related breach in the past year, with an average of three separate incidents reported per company. According to the Sophos State of Identity Security 2026, a vendor-agnostic survey of 5 000 IT and...
by Kathy Gibson | May 14, 2026 | Product Showcase
The Jabra Evolve3 85 is a professional over-ear headset built for hybrid work, combining AI-powered voice processing with enterprise-grade performance. Jabra ClearVoice uses deep learning to isolate speech and suppress background noise, supported by a multi-microphone...
by Kathy Gibson | May 14, 2026 | Trends and Analysis
For decades, entrepreneurial success has been framed as a strategic challenge: identify the right market opportunity, develop a compelling product, and deploy the correct marketing systems to scale. While these elements remain important, a growing number of leadership...
by Kathy Gibson | May 14, 2026 | Trends and Analysis
By Richard Schumacher – In today’s digital economy, continuous connectivity is no longer a luxury but an expectation, making uninterrupted uptime essential. Yet many organisations still treat redundancy as a technical afterthought rather than a strategic...
by Kathy Gibson | May 14, 2026 | Trends and Analysis
By Kwirirai Rukowo – CIOs pride themselves on digital leadership, yet one of the most dangerous failures in enterprise IT happens in plain sight. Vendors talk about the circular economy, sustainability, and ESG, but when your equipment reaches end of life, they...
by Kathy Gibson | May 14, 2026 | Trends and Analysis
Seventy percent of partners are using AI – so why is complexity getting worse for distributors? Lionel Moyal and Paul Bunting, co-founders of Growthguru.ai, examine the possible reasons. For years, most of the conversation around artificial intelligence (AI) in the...
by Kathy Gibson | May 14, 2026 | Thought Leadership
By Barry Buck – Mark Zuckerberg bought a social network for AI bots. Just let that sentence sit for a moment. Meta’s acquisition of Moltbook – the Reddit-like platform where AI agents using OpenClaw gossip about their human owners, swap code, and apparently...
by Kathy Gibson | May 14, 2026 | Thought Leadership
The cold fronts that have been pounding Cape Town and bringing some welcome relief to the region’s dams have finally made their way up to Joburg. Temperatures have plummeted and the dress code on The Local’s smoking balcony now demands a jacket on top of the autumn...
