Tech sales feel the pinch as consumers curb spending

South Africa’s fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) market is proving resilient so far in 2026, although retailers and brands in the tech and durables (T&D) sector are experiencing a number of challenges. This is according to NielsenIQ (NIQ) South Africa, which has...
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SA tops the African charts for AI readiness

Ataraxis’ 2026 Global Outsourcing AI Readiness Index shows South African enterprises deploying AI at a scale no other African country has matched, putting the country in eighth spot globally and number one on the continent. The index ranks the world’s top 25...
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Women are embracing AI in the workplace

South African women are narrowing the artificial intelligence (AI) skills gap with their male counterparts. This is according to the its Pnet Job Market Trends Report for August 2026, based on an analysis of 1,5-million jobseeker profiles. Men account for around two...
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New channel opportunities as AI becomes pervasive

Artificial intelligence has quickly moved beyond the hype stage and is taking root in just about every business process, in every vertical market. Not since the Internet has a technology had such a profound effect, changing the way people work, live and play - and the...
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Long-term strategy puts IBM in AI pole position

Kathy Gibson reports from Pinnacle TechScape – For years, IBM has been very deliberate in how it has shifted its strategy, positioning itself for today’s realities.

Resilience the game-changer as cyberattacks ramp up

Huawei commits to partnering

Nvidia to buy Hugging Face in $12,9bn deal

AI infrastructure investment will power past $1,3trn by 2027

SA online retail to reach R159bn this year

Features

Is print is part of your security strategy? Why protecting the page matters

For years, cybersecurity conversations have focused on endpoints, networks, cloud applications and data. But too often businesses forget about one part of the environment that users interact with every day: the printer.

Peak retail season prep starts now

Data centres could unlock economic growth

Watch out for these online scams

How the channel can unlock new value in industrial automation

Connected healthcare needs a digital backbone

Trends and Analysis

Cyber resilience starts at the endpoint

By Musa Masungwini – What is the cost of discovering a cyberattack only after it has reached your Security Operations Centre (SOC)?

CISOs can seize moments of opportunity among the AI chaos

AI coding costs set to outstrip developer salaries

Overestimating GenAI will see mainframe exit projects fail

We’re surrounded by AI, but starved of real innovation

Cloud sovereignty for the AI age

Product Showcase

Better energy usage with Uniflair XCA chiller

Schneider Electric has launched Uniflair XCA, a series of air-cooled and free-cooling chillers for AI-driven, high-density liquid-cooled data centres.

The safe is part of the security system 

Surfshark enhances Dausos protocol to boost connectivity

More storage and faster gaming with SanDisk

Vertiv adds compact desktop UPS

Horizen debuts consumer-grade NB-IoT tracker for portable assets

Thought Leadership

Trusted systems the future of AI finance

We are in the age of autonomous agents, writes Aaron Harris, chief technology officer of Sage.

What work can safely be delegated to AI?

The hidden barriers to scaling a business

Digital transformation fails because of uncertainty

Securing the enterprise software fabric: A blueprint for open source

The cybersecurity reset: Why last year’s playbook is obsolete 

Events/Report-backs

Pinnacle TechScape 2026

Pinnacle has wrapped up its fifth TechScape event with partners and vendors. Titled “Mission: AI Possible”, a wealth of information and advice was shared during two days of sessions.

Women urged to seize the AI opportunity

Veeam unveils DataAI vision in SA

AI and cloud set to transform Africa

AWS invests $1bn to embed AI-forward engineers

Africa on the cusp of rapid 5G growth

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