Africa Data Centres CEO Adil El Youssefi highlights the risks of centralised internet infrastructure, following a major South African outage. He urges businesses to prioritise redundancy, diversify connectivity paths, and embed resilience into digital infrastructure to ensure continuity and performance.

With tax season underway, scams targeting individuals and institutions are surging. Sameer Kumandan of SearchWorks urges accountable institutions to strengthen ID verification, update customer data, monitor transactions in real-time, and prioritise fraud awareness to mitigate risks amid rising phishing and impersonation attacks.

Sameer Kumandan explores the rise of AI-powered fraud, from deepfakes to voice cloning, and highlights how financial institutions must evolve their defences. With tools like VOCA, real-time data and intelligent verification can combat this fast-growing cyber threat.

Troye introduces Arctic Wolf’s Incident360 Retainer to South Africa—a fixed-cost incident response service combining global expertise with local support. It offers proactive planning tools, response time guarantees, and insurance-ready documentation to help organisations manage cyber incidents and strengthen overall resilience.

TransUnion Africa announces its investment and partnership with Omnisient to accelerate inclusive innovation across Africa’s financial landscape. This collaboration represents more than just a strategic alliance; it’s a bold commitment to reimagining credit access through the power of alternative data and privacy-preserving technology.

PROFIDA, a leading provider of policy underwriting and financial services software, is proud to announce the launch of its new automated Targeted Financial Sanctions (TFS) screening functionality. This powerful compliance feature enables insurance institutions and intermediaries to stay ahead of regulatory obligations and safeguard their businesses from risk.