Audit functions turn to audit management software
While 84% of audit functions have adopted audit management software (AMS), satisfaction varies considerably across key capabilities, according to Gartner. James Bourke, director analyst: research, in the Gartner Audit & Risk Practice, say high adoption does not...
Township and rural entrepreneurs called to submit their big ideas
Across South Africa’s townships and rural communities, entrepreneurs are solving real-life problems every day. Sometimes an idea starts with frustration: a service that does not exist, a process that takes too long or a community need that continues to go unmet. At...
Mitsumi to distribute Samsung’s mobile products in SA
Kathy Gibson reports – Samsung has appointed Mitsumi as a distributor for its mobile products in South Africa. The two companies have an existing partnership in the rest of Africa and the Middle East, but this is Mitsumi’s first foray into the South African market...
20 years on and gender gap parity is fracturing
Twenty years after the World Economic Forum first measured the global gender gap, the world is closer to parity than ever, but progress is fragile, with gains reversing in some areas, according to the Global Gender Gap Report 2026. Women now reach senior leadership in...
OpenAI discloses new agent issues, sets up reporting framework
OpenAI has revealed that six new incidents of unexpected or concerning AI model behaviour have come to light, prompting it to update its framework for reporting model misalignment. The best-known recent incident was an OpenAI agent acting autonomously to hack a...
How to beat the runaway cost of AI tokens
Kathy Gibson reports from Nutanix .Next in Sandton - For much of the 20th century, oil was the currency that drove the economy. As we entered the 21st century, businesses started to refer to data as the “new oil”. Today, organisations are realising that data is only...
SA consumers comfortable with AI making financial decisions
Consumers are ready to take the next step in their relationship with artificial intelligence (AI) with four in 10 South African consumers comfortable with AI agents applying for credit, according to new research from Experian. The study – AI in Risk: The Rise of...
Trustworthy practices boost companies’ ROI in AI
A new SAS report with research insights by IDC uncovers what’s powering the organisations winning the race to profit from their AI investments: embracing trustworthy AI measures. Organisations applying trustworthy AI practices were 15 times more likely to report...
The stark state of SA’s infrastructure and the hidden business risk
South Africa loses nearly half (47,3%) of all municipal water supplied through leaks, infrastructure failures, and other non-revenue losses, while copper theft is estimated to cost the economy more than R45-billion a year, and road maintenance backlogs exceed...
Inflation expectations cause for optimism
The Bureau of Economic Research at Stellenbosch University has released its third-quarter survey on inflation expectations and, writes Johann Els, chief economist at PSG Financial Services, it was quite encouraging. First, the overall survey results showed unchanged...
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What to know about crypto wallets before you get one
Ask 10 people what a crypto wallet actually is and you will likely get ten different answers, most of them a little off. It is one of the first things almost anyone encounters when they get curious about crypto and getting it wrong is where a lot of confusion, and...
SA universities don’t need more data – they need to act on it
South African universities collect vast amounts of information about student performance, attendance, engagement and progression. Yet too often, that information tells institutions what has already happened rather than helping them influence what happens next. The...
How to get a good night’s sleep when data protection is your baby
In South Africa’s financial services sector, executives tasked with data protection are increasingly losing sleep over potentially failing audits and being held liable for data protection oversights. Siloed IT security, AI adoption, the move to cloud, and stringent...
Cloud control becomes a resilience issue
South African businesses have become more comfortable with the cloud. Amongst other things, the public cloud has helped organisations access capacity faster, modernise applications, support digital services, and avoid waiting months for infrastructure projects to...
Africa’s mobility opportunity needs the right conditions to thrive
Africa has never lacked ambition or an appetite for innovation. Across the continent, technology has transformed how people communicate, access financial services, run businesses and participate in the economy. Mobility has the potential to be the next great chapter...
How AI could make governments more responsive
For most of the past decade, digital government has meant digitising what already existed: moving paper forms online, replacing queues with portals, converting manual registers into databases. While useful, this largely automated processes instead of changing them in...
Digital safety tools are failing our kids
The reported arrest of a 16-year-old in Malmesbury in a case involving child sexual abuse material should disturb us for several reasons, write Anzio Jacobs and Aluta Sneke from the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund. Somewhere, children were exploited to create that...
When patients move, their healthcare data should move with them
A patient in an underserved community may begin their care at a local clinic, be referred to a district hospital, have tests processed elsewhere, and later need specialist treatment or follow-up in another province. By Henry Adams, country manager at InterSystems...
Building a cybersecurity workforce ready for what’s next
Only a few years ago, AI was present in the workplace but peripheral, a specialised tool operating largely out of sight. Today, it’s fundamentally changing how we learn, work, and lead. By Marci Paino, chief learning officer of enterprise learning and growth at Cisco...
SARS is fighting harder. Taxpayers must fight smarter
The South African Revenue Service (Sars) has become a far more formidable opponent in tax disputes, wielding the tax acts with greater purpose and precision. Once it raises an assessment, it is increasingly prepared to dig in and defend its position. That means...
Full Stack Java Developer (Stellenbosch Hybrid)
ENVIRONMENT:BUILD and improve the software that powers products and operations across Africa of a fast-growing FinTech company as its next Full Stack Java Developer. You'll work across the full development lifecycle, partnering with your team to design, build and...
Full Stack Java Developer (Stellenbosch Hybrid) – Western Cape Stellenbosch
ENVIRONMENT:BUILD and improve the software that powers products and operations across Africa of a fast-growing FinTech company as its next Full Stack Java Developer. You'll work across the full development lifecycle, partnering with your team to design, build and...
Project Manager
The Intermediate Project Manager is responsible for the planning, coordination, and delivery of software projects of moderate complexity. This role manages the full project lifecycle, from initiation to closure, and ensures delivery within agreed scope, timeframes,...
Project Manager – Gauteng Johannesburg
The Intermediate Project Manager is responsible for the planning, coordination, and delivery of software projects of moderate complexity. This role manages the full project lifecycle, from initiation to closure, and ensures delivery within agreed scope, timeframes,...
Senior Backend Developer (C# & C++) – Centurion /JHB
ENVIRONMENT:A leading Security Solutions provider is seeking an Intermediate C++ Backend Engineer to join its technology team. This role focuses on the design, development, and maintenance of high-performance backend applications responsible for processing large...
Senior Backend Developer (C# & C++) – Centurion /JHB – Gauteng Johannesburg
ENVIRONMENT:A leading Security Solutions provider is seeking an Intermediate C++ Backend Engineer to join its technology team. This role focuses on the design, development, and maintenance of high-performance backend applications responsible for processing large...
SAP ABAP Developer and Integration Support Engineer
Our Client are looking for a technically curious SAP ABAP Developer to join a complex technical environment supporting Finance systems and custom SAP applications. Requirements 3-5 years' SAP ABAP development experienceStrong ABAP development, debugging and...
SAP ABAP Developer and Integration Support Engineer – Western Cape Cape Town Region
Our Client are looking for a technically curious SAP ABAP Developer to join a complex technical environment supporting Finance systems and custom SAP applications. Requirements 3-5 years' SAP ABAP development experienceStrong ABAP development, debugging and...
Scrum Master
Our client is looking for an experienced Scrum Master to support Agile delivery within an established IT environment.The role will focus on facilitating effective Scrum practices, supporting delivery teams and helping maintain a productive Agile environment throughout...
Scrum Master – Gauteng Johannesburg
Our client is looking for an experienced Scrum Master to support Agile delivery within an established IT environment.The role will focus on facilitating effective Scrum practices, supporting delivery teams and helping maintain a productive Agile environment throughout...
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