Interpol recently revealed that cybercrime, specifically ransomware incidents, cost the South African economy up to 1% of the country’s GDP, while the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research estimated the loss at R2.2-billion a year. At the end of last year it was revealed that South Africa was hit by 2679 reported cyber attacks in the past two years,...
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Shoprite Foundation invests over R3 million to help bridge South Africa’s skills gap
Helping to address South Africa’s critical skills gap, the Shoprite Foundation invested over R3 million to equip two fully functional robotics labs at Cingani High School and Soqhayisa Senior Secondary School in Motherwell, Eastern Cape. Focussed on Grade 8 and 9 learners, these labs will provide foundational knowledge and essential skills in robotics, coding, mechanical...
Gillette returns as the Champions League’s official licensed shaving product partner
European soccer’s governing body Uefa has scored a licensing partnership with men’s shaving brand Gillette for the Champions League. Gillette returns as the Champions League’s official licensed shaving product partner following an initial tie-up in 2019. The brand joins a wider roster of partners for European soccer’s elite club competition that includes Heineken, PlayStation, Lay’s,...
RESEARCH: Rapid GenAI Application Adoption Drives New Era of Application and Infrastructure Modernisation
Nutanix, hybrid multicloud computing announced the findings of its seventh annual Enterprise Cloud Index (ECI) survey and research report, which measures global enterprise progress with cloud adoption. This year’s report sheds light on Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) adoption, investment priorities, and benefits along with key challenges organisations face to meet the demands of these emerging workloads. As...
African Bank appoints Prishy Padayachee as its new group Chief Risk Officer
African Bank has appointed Prishy Padayachee as its new group chief risk officer. Padayachee will step into the role vacated by outgoing group chief risk officer Piet Swanepoel, who is retiring after a decade in this important role. Padayachee is a seasoned banking professional and leader, with considerable experience in risk management of retail, business...
Google’s parent company Alphabet ends diversity-based hiring targets
Alphabet’s Google is scrapping its goal to hire more employees from underrepresented groups and is reviewing some of its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, joining a slew of U.S. businesses scaling back diversity initiatives. “In 2020, we set aspirational hiring goals and focused on growing our offices outside California and New York to improve...
Amazon’s AI revamp of Alexa assistant nears unveiling
Amazon is set to release its long-awaited – and delayed – Alexa generative artificial intelligence voice service, said three people familiar with the matter, and has scheduled a press event for later this month to preview it. Once released, it would mark the most significant upgrade to the product since its initial introduction accelerated a wave...
Beyond the ballot box: Prof. Eldrid Jordaan calls for year-round citizen engagement in Democracy
As President Cyril Ramaphosa prepares to deliver the 2025 State of the Nation Address (SONA), Prof. Eldrid Jordaan, CEO of Suppple, urges South Africans to move beyond passive political engagement and take an active role in governance. In his latest thought leadership piece, Beyond the Ballot Boxes: Democracy does not just die in the dark, it...
Ricci Birchfield joins Audi South Africa as new head of marketing, product and PR
Audi South Africa has appointed Ricci Birchfield as the company’s new head of marketing, product and public relations, effective 1 February 2025. Birchfield succeeds Tarryn Knight and brings more than 18 years of experience in the automotive industry, specialising in marketing, digital strategy and business transformation. According to the brand, he has an exceptional track...
Building better performers: striving to master the art of constructive criticism
One often reads that people are a business’s biggest asset. While it has become somewhat of a business cliché, it remains the truth because every organisation is 100% dependent on the performance of its teams, across multiple functions and levels. The responsibility lies with leaders to develop high performing teams, made up of high-performing individuals....