Author: Chris Anu

Yenayena Ngidi, Workspace Product Manager, Canon. (Image: Supplied) The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) trends significantly impacts how companies handle, analyse and utilise data. Automation and robotic process automation (RPA) streamline complex workflows, eliminate repetitive tasks and improve efficiency. Data security and compliance have become paramount, especially with stringent data privacy regulations, such as South Africa’s POPI Act. Yenayena Ngidi, Workspace Product Manager at Canon, shares insights into the key trends shaping the industry and how Canon’s information management solutions are poised to lead the way.Canon’s solutions are designed to help businesses navigate AI challenges, while enhancing productivity and decision-making. Ngidi highlights…

Trade, industry & competition minister Parks Tau The competition appeal court has agreed to hear arguments against a Competition Tribunal decision to block Vodacom’s acquisition of a 30-40% co-controlling stake in fibre operator Maziv and has set 22-24 July 2025 as the dates for the hearing. The move by the appeal court comes even though the tribunal has still not provided detailed reasons for its decision to block the multibillion-rand deal – months after its deadline to do so passed. “The parties still await the reasons of the Competition Tribunal for prohibiting the merger, which to date the parties have…

Huawei South Africa IP Club 2025. Huawei South Africa introduced its upgraded Huawei Xinghe Intelligent Network offerings at its recent Huawei South Africa IP Club 2025 event at the Indaba Hotel, in Johannesburg, which took place from 12-13 March 2025. The two-day event brought together over 300 industry experts, key opinion leaders, customers and partners to showcase how these purpose-built offerings help enterprise customers of all sizes accelerate their digital and intelligent transformation in response to today’s rapid advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) technology.Networks, the cornerstone for transmitting information, are undergoing unparalleled changes as AI evolves. In this evolution, network…

Siri has fallen hopelessly behind other chatbots Apple’s top executive overseeing its Siri virtual assistant told staff that delays to key features have been ugly and embarrassing, and a decision to promote the technology publicly before it was ready made matters worse. Robby Walker, who serves as a senior director at Apple, delivered the stark comments during an all-hands meeting for the Siri division, saying that the team was facing a bad period. Walker also said that it’s unclear when the enhancements will actually launch, according to people with knowledge of the matter, who asked not to be identified because…

inDrive champions female empowerment in SA’s e-hailing industry. E-hailing firm inDrive has pledged to recruit over 400 female drivers in Cape Town, to create more earning opportunities and meet the growing demand for women drivers.The company says the initiative seeks to foster a more diverse and equitable ride-hailing industry, with research showing that over 80% of e-hailing passengers would prefer female drivers when given a choice.Furthermore, local unemployment stats show that 35% of women were unemployed in the last quarter of 2024.“We understand the barriers women face in accessing employment opportunities in South Africa. Our commitment to increasing female driver…

For years, investors have talked of Apple as a potential port of safety in times of market turmoil. That hasn’t been borne out this time around. The iPhone maker has tumbled in recent sessions, extending its year-to-date underperformance amid a growing number of risks that are overshadowing its traditional high-quality characteristics. While Apple offers steady earnings growth and sits on a mountain of cash, headwinds form a daunting list for would-be bulls: it is heavily exposed to tariff uncertainty and China, its artificial intelligence offerings have repeatedly fizzled and its lucrative partnership with Google is potentially at risk. It trades…

In this episode of ITWeb TV, Hendrik de Bruin, head of SADC security consulting at Check Point Software Technologies, discusses how the Bybit hack occurred, who is behind it, and how crypto exchanges can protect themselves from such attacks. #BybitHackCrypto-currency hacks are set to continue until adequate regulations are put in place to mitigate against these threats, said Hendrik de Bruin, head of SADC security consulting at Check Point Software Technologies, in an interview with ITWeb TV.De Bruin was speaking after Dubai-based crypto-currency exchange Bybit was hacked of approximately 400 000 Ethereum, valued at $1.5 billion. This incident is considered…

The number of ATM bombings in South Africa declined by 30% in November and December 2024 and January 2025. This is according to Project Big-Bang, a collaborative initiative by the South African Banking Risk Information Centre (Sabric), Online Intelligence, the Petroleum Security Initiative, oil companies and the South African Police Service. “This joint effort led to the identification, tracing and arrest of 46 top perpetrators linked to 69 cases. As well as the seizing of explosives, vehicles, firearms, clothing used at the scene and more than R400 000 in dye-stained cash,” Online Intelligence, one Project Big-Bang’s partners, said in a statement…

SABC eyes one million registered SABC+ users by 2027/28. The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) is targeting one million registered users of its SABC+ streaming platform, by the 2027/28 financial year. This is based on the 2025 Estimates of National Expenditure (ENE) document published by National Treasury, in conjunction with the national budget tabled by finance minister Enoch Godongwana this week. In the ENE, the number of registered users of the SABC+ platform in the 2024/25 financial year stood at 500 000, projected to increase to 750 000in 2026/27. In addition to growing its user base, the corporation plans to…

National treasury on Wednesday announced that luxury taxes on smartphones costing R2 500 or less will be removed. While the industry has cheered the move, the real-world impact may prove minor. The announcement by treasury of a move championed by communications minister Solly Malatsi, aims to lower the cost of accessing 4G-capable devices at the lower end of the market ahead of the planned shutdown of 2G and 3G networks in the coming years. The telecommunications industry applauded the announcement, with the Association of Comms & Technology – the industry lobby group representing South Africa’s largest network operators – describing it…