Cyber resilience key for digital growth in Africa

Building strong cyber resilience will be the key to sustaining the current remarkable growth of Africa’s digital economy, according to a new white paper from Mastercard. The report – Africa’s Digital Defence Race - highlights that between 2016 and 2025, mobile money...

IT channel weathers ongoing supply chain storm

The IT channel is living through a perfect storm of supply chain challenges in 2026: having weathered the supply constraints brought on by the Covid pandemic and subsequent shutdowns; now that the artificial intelligence (AI) market is booming, the market is being hit...

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...

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...

Trends and Analysis

Enterprise storage shakes off its slump

The worldwide external OEM enterprise storage systems (ESS) market delivered a sharp acceleration in the first quarter of 2026, reaching $9,2-billion in vendor revenue – a 22,7% year-over-year increase, according to IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Enterprise Storage Systems Tracker.

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