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South Africa’s Cloud Market is Booming but Complexity Threatens to Stall Progress
By Dean Wolson, General Manager, Infrastructure Solutions Group, Lenovo Africa South Africa’s cloud computing market is experiencing...
Jun 173 min read


How to Get Maximum Benefits Out of DevOps
By TechGeist Featuring insights from Nic Evans, Head of Business Agility, iOCO Digital Key Takeaways DevOps is a strategic enabler , not...
Jun 172 min read


Remittances: a lifeline for families and communities in SA
Johannesburg, 10 June 2025: The United Nations’ (UN) International Day of Family Remittances, celebrated on 16 June, showcases how...
Jun 173 min read


Driving Innovation: Lenovo and F1® Embracing an AI Future Together to Boost Technical Operations
Formula 1® and Lenovo are actively working together to test Lenovo’s latest AI PCs both on track and at F1’s Media & Technology Centre in...
Jun 173 min read


Economic growth in South Africa is possible With just a few small policy changes
South Africa’s economic growth continues to stall under the weight of restrictive policies and missed strategic opportunities. This piece draws bold comparisons with Singapore’s rise, offering sharp insights into what’s holding us back — and what it would take to build a thriving, high-skill, corruption-free economy.
Jun 174 min read


Data to Defiance: Youth, AI, and the 5th Industrial Revolution
Exploring the barriers and breakthroughs shaping South Africa’s creative youth in the digital age — from data access to digital innovation, this piece unpacks what it takes to rise in today’s tech-driven world.
Jun 174 min read


Bitcoin surges to new all-time high
Thursday, 22 May 2025 – Bitcoin has set a new all-time high of $111,534, demonstrating increasing independence from traditional...
May 222 min read
Beyond buying power: How your credit score shapes your future
With the 2025 Budget Speech postponed, predictions of potential PAYE tax and VAT increases signal tighter financial conditions for...
Feb 243 min read
Ensuring a Safer Digital Space: TikTok Removes Over 900,000 Videos in South Africa
South Africa: As part of its recent Q3 Community Guidelines Enforcement Report , TikTok has reinforced its commitment to a secure...
Jan 272 min read


Optimising green hydrogen production with technology advancement
OPED By Hennie Colyn at Schneider Electric 9 May 2024, A recent Markets and Markets research report Green Hydrogen Market, Industry Size...
May 14, 20243 min read


Weak AI vs Strong AI
By Callan Abrahams, Principal AI Consultant, iOCO From chatbots to predictive analytics, and from recognition systems to autonomous...
May 14, 20243 min read


Contact centres must embrace generative AI or risk being left behind
By Ryan Falkenberg, Co-CEO, CLEVVA Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has gone from interesting experiments to a mainstream...
May 14, 20243 min read


Email security remains critical for organisations’ cybersecurity practices as threat actors embrace AI
Email compromise still accounts for around 90 percent of breaches that occur within business on a daily basis, something that, in most...
Feb 9, 20244 min read


Solutions to Cross-border Payment Challenges in the SA Mining Sector
Modern businesses in capital-heavy sectors like mining can't afford to bypass the perks of advanced cross-border payment platforms. South...
Feb 9, 20243 min read


Brain Drain: There’s more to the skills shortage than emigration
By Richard Firth, CEO, MIP Holdings Corporate South Africa has been talking about – and worried about – a “brain drain” resulting from...
Feb 9, 20244 min read


Keep data safe or pay the price
With the implementation of the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA), organisations in South Africa need to prioritise stringent...
Feb 8, 20244 min read


The benefits of using a digital wallet to pay household workers
Paying domestic workers, gardeners or any other staff members using a digital wallet is not only convenient – it can contribute to their...
Feb 8, 20243 min read


Creating clarity from chaos - the art of successful IT separation in portfolio disposals
By Hubert Wentzel , Principal Consultant for iOCO Mergers and acquisitions have become a common strategy for growth and transformation....
Feb 7, 20246 min read


Reinventing warehouses – the hub of the logistics chain
Warehouses are the heart of logistics operations, and often the point at which delays occur, says Hanmer. “An issue we see with a lot of...
Feb 7, 20242 min read


Mobile device management headaches solved and costs reduced for SA businesses
IT departments, ops managers, and finance divisions face daily challenges managing their fleet or network of mobile device assets. For...
Feb 7, 20243 min read
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