More BlackBerry Jam sessions in SA

BlackBerry is to host a new series of BlackBerry Jam Sessions for the African developer community, starting in South Africa in March. The sessions will take place in Cape Town on 25 March and in Pretoria on 26 March, giving developers a chance for more hands-on...

Business boot camp kicks off

The Seed Engine Business Accelerator has begun its first 13-week accelerator boot camp. Six teams of entrepreneurs have been selected from more than 300 applications.  Each technology venture has been given R100 000 start-up capital to convert their ideas into...

Boost for local software development

Application development in South Africa is taking a step forward in terms of efficiency and productivity with the announcement of the formation of a joint venture to create “High-Maturity Software Development” (Hi-Mat) Units. Under the leadership of the Joburg Centre...

Oracle announces NetBeans IDE 7.3

Oracle has announced the general availability of NetBeans Integrated Development Environment (IDE) 7.3. NetBeans IDE 7.3 features advanced HTML5, JavaScript and CSS development capabilities, for faster and easier rich Web and mobile application development. The new...

PPO aids AfriSam development

Leading black-controlled construction materials group in southern Africa, AfriSam has chosen to implement Project Portfolio Office (PPO), an online project portfolio management (PPM) and collaboration application, in order to meet its project management and reporting...

bbd nurtures local app developers

Leading SA software development company bbd – with operations in South Africa and Europe – is continually striving to bring new skills into its local development teams. Each year the company scours universities for talented graduates to bring on board as...