news
President Ntuli to depart HPE
By Kathy Gibson – President Ntuli has resigned as member of the board and MD of Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (HPE) in South Africa.
Channelwise Awards 2026: voting is open
Record decline for smartphone shipments, with worse to come
Liquid C2 brings KnowBe4’s workforce risk management to African businesses
Eaton launches Solutions Studio, expands warehousing and logistics
Synology Solution Day 2026 puts resilient data foundations at the heart of AI readiness
news
President Ntuli to depart HPE
By Kathy Gibson – President Ntuli has resigned as member of the board and MD of Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (HPE) in South Africa.
Channelwise Awards 2026: voting is open
Record decline for smartphone shipments, with worse to come
Liquid C2 brings KnowBe4’s workforce risk management to African businesses
Eaton launches Solutions Studio, expands warehousing and logistics
Synology Solution Day 2026 puts resilient data foundations at the heart of AI readiness
Features
AI, security skills top priorities for Africa
By Kathy Gibson – Artificial intelligence (AI) and cybersecurity skills are in demand across Africa, and companies are keen to boost training in these areas.
Features
AI, security skills top priorities for Africa
By Kathy Gibson – Artificial intelligence (AI) and cybersecurity skills are in demand across Africa, and companies are keen to boost training in these areas.
Trends and Analysis
Enterprise storage shakes off its slump
The worldwide external OEM enterprise storage systems (ESS) market delivered a sharp acceleration in the first quarter of 2026, reaching $9,2-billion in vendor revenue – a 22,7% year-over-year increase, according to IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Enterprise Storage Systems Tracker.
Trends and Analysis
Enterprise storage shakes off its slump
The worldwide external OEM enterprise storage systems (ESS) market delivered a sharp acceleration in the first quarter of 2026, reaching $9,2-billion in vendor revenue – a 22,7% year-over-year increase, according to IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Enterprise Storage Systems Tracker.
Product Showcase
Oticon wearables enhance hearing
The recently-launched Oticon Zeal wearable combines advanced technology into a single, compact, sealed structure that fits discreetly in the ear.
Product Showcase
Oticon wearables enhance hearing
The recently-launched Oticon Zeal wearable combines advanced technology into a single, compact, sealed structure that fits discreetly in the ear.
Thought Leadership
The competitive advantage that actually matters
By Colin Timmis – South African entrepreneurs are known for their grit and resilience. They spot opportunities, build relationships, win customers and find ways to keep moving when conditions are tough.
Interest rates, inflation and the hidden giant of credit
The social impact gap: Procurement must deliver more than compliance
SMEs must modernise IT infrastructure to survive and scale
AI should not make leaders think less, but further
Edge intelligence and AI mobility reshape Africa’s next digital economy
Thought Leadership
The competitive advantage that actually matters
By Colin Timmis – South African entrepreneurs are known for their grit and resilience. They spot opportunities, build relationships, win customers and find ways to keep moving when conditions are tough.
Interest rates, inflation and the hidden giant of credit
The social impact gap: Procurement must deliver more than compliance
SMEs must modernise IT infrastructure to survive and scale
AI should not make leaders think less, but further
Edge intelligence and AI mobility reshape Africa’s next digital economy
Events/Report-backs
Vertiv Week: Data centres key for the future
Data centres are key infrastructure building blocks in an age of increasing digitalisation and artificial intelligence.
Events/Report-backs
Vertiv Week: Data centres key for the future
Data centres are key infrastructure building blocks in an age of increasing digitalisation and artificial intelligence.
Channelwise E-Books
Perfect storm batters IT channel supply chain
Storage back in the spotlight, connectivity as a vital building block for growth, skills development in a changing era, and a renaissance for Syntech Distribution.
AI Everywhere: What is the channel’s role?
Get ready for a new threat onslaught, the old networks won’t cut it in the AI era, and our report back on Gitex Kenya.
One Africa: A continental revival
Into Africa with First Distribution, Barry Buck unravels the secrets of AI, how to weather the memory and CPU crisis, and Channelwise at 30.
2026 set to test the channel’s resilience
The AI elephant in the room, all the action from the Channelwise golf day, and cyber-resilience closes the security backup circle.
The channel has spoken
Skills development in SA, all about AI, the product showcase and report-backs from Africacom and Vertiv. Plus, the winners of the 2025 Channelwise awards.
New-look data centres power a future of cloud and AI
Printing evolves to meet changing needs, a bright future for servers, First Distribution debuts IBM’s Power11 and Syntech goes global.