Author: Chris Anu

CyberArk Secure AI Agents Solution. Delivers privilege controls, visibility and compliance for the new class of AI agent identities.Extends CyberArk’s identity security capabilities to secure AI-driven automation at enterprise scale.CyberArk (NASDAQ: CYBR), which positions itself as the global leader in identity security, is announcing the general availability(1) of the CyberArk Secure AI Agents Solution, expanding the CyberArk Identity Security Platform with industry-first privilege controls to secure the rapidly growing class of AI agent identities.As organisations rapidly adopt AI agents to automate tasks and drive efficiency, these autonomous entities are emerging as a powerful – and privileged – new identity class.…

Cryptocurrencies were caught in a broad flight from risk assets on Friday, sending bitcoin and ether to multi-month lows as worries persisted about lofty tech valuations and bets on near-term Federal Reserve policy easing faded. Bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency, fell 2.1%, breaking below US$84 000 to hit a seven-month trough of $83 447.07 in Asian trading. Ether also slid more than 3% to its lowest in four months. Both tokens were staring at weekly losses of more than 8%. If it’s telling a story about risk sentiment as a whole, then things could start to get really, really ugly Cryptocurrencies are…

Mudzunga Mashamba, Head of PMO, Nexio. The G20 represents global and multilateral governance principles, and as the world congregates in South Africa for the latest G20 summit, the relevance of ESG – environment, social and governance – is at the forefront of strategic conversations. Yet, while many sectors have incorporated ESG outcomes into their projects, the ICT industry is often still an outlier, where ESG measures remain afterthoughts.Is there a way to change this? Yes, by using project management to thread ESG effectively into every IT project, purchase and service, says Nexio’s Head of PMO, Mudzunga Mashamba.”Our clients want to…

Lorna Hardie More than two-fifths (41%) of the world’s major ransomware attacks target African organisations, despite the continent suffering a digital infrastructure deficit when compared to the developed world. This is according to the Check Point 2025 African Perspectives on Cyber Security report, released earlier this week, which found that AI is helping drive faster and more targeted cyberattacks across Africa. “Africa’s digital economy continues to accelerate. Payments, citizen services, education and connectivity are scaling at pace, and with that growth comes a broader attack surface,” said Lorna Hardie, regional director for Africa at Check Point Software Technologies. The report…

Francois Viviers, Capitec group executive of marketing and communications. Capitec Bank has seen rapid growth in mobile banking adoption, with more than half of its 25 million clients now actively using the Capitec app every month.Speaking in an interview with ITWeb on the side-lines of the Capitec Innovation Exchange event yesterday, Francois Viviers, Capitec group executive of marketing and communications, said the app’s ease of use, coupled with customers’ increasing digital literacy, has seen over 14.5 million clients logging onto the app in the past month alone.The majority of customers use the app for a variety of functions, with the…

Returning to the TechCentral Show is ICT regulatory expert Dominic Cull, founder of Ellipsis and regulatory advisor to the Internet Service Providers’ Association. Cull recently attended communications minister Solly Malatsi’s policy colloquium in Pretoria – the first under a non-ANC communications minister. Cull says there is a discernibly different tone from Malatsi compared to his predecessors: more openness, more willingness to engage stakeholders and a stronger focus on evidence-based policymaking. However, while the intent is encouraging, South Africa’s ICT policy environment remains inconsistent, slow and fragmented. Watch the interview In the podcast, Cull discusses: Malatsi’s policy colloquium and what came…

South Africa is set to host a historic G20 Leaders’ Summit – the first on African soil. South Africa’s hosting of the G20 Leaders’ Summit has drawn praise from local technology firms, which say the event will spotlight the country’s innovation capabilities, attract foreign investment, and open new opportunities for digital trade and partnerships.South Africa is set to host a historic G20 Leaders’ Summit – the first on African soil – in Johannesburg on 22 and 23 November.ITWeb spoke with several South African-based tech firms about their expectations for the summit, which comes amid a diplomatic rift between South Africa…

Cell C has cut the offer price for its imminent JSE debut, trimming as much as R3.50/share off the bottom of the original range and knocking roughly R1-billion to R3-billion off its hoped-for valuation. In an update to investors on Friday, Blu Label Unlimited Group, Cell C’s largest shareholder, said it has approved a final offer price of R26.50/share for the private placement. At that level, Cell C will list with a market capitalisation of about R9-billion, based on 340 million ordinary shares in issue at admission. The news immediately impacted Blu Label’s share price, which was trading down 5.7%…

In this episode of ITWeb TV, John Kamara, CEO & Founder, AI Centre of Excellence, discusses tackles Africa’s evolving AI landscape, how the continent must ignore the global “hype train” and focus on localised, relevant solutions to bridge the knowledge divide and create jobs. To achieve this, he says that AI must be used to transform education and that corporates must support local startups to foster innovation and job creation.The hype around artificial intelligence (AI) is causing organisations to overlook the value of their people, missing business opportunities, and, without clear strategic thinking, it will worsen employment prospects for Africans.…

By the end of the year, 5G subscriptions are expected to reach 2.9 billion – about a third of all mobile subscriptions globally, according to the latest Ericsson Mobility Report. And just nine years after its launch, 5G is expected to overtake 4G globally as the dominant mobile access technology by subscription by the end of 2027. The highest 5G subscription penetration is expected to be in North America (79%), followed by north-east Asia (61%), and western Europe and the Middle East (both 55%). For fixed-wireless access, there is a concurrent trend to increase output power to strengthen the uplink…