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Treasury aims to enhance disaster risk collaboration
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SMEs spend too much on tech
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Food inflation decelerates to 55-month low
Headline inflation continued to decelerate after clocking 5,1% y/y in June to a 39-month low of 4,6% y/y in July 2024. Monthly, headline inflation edged 0,4% higher m/m with price pressures from electricity, which contributed 0.4ppts to the monthly outcome, and core...
New satellite brings AI to Earth observation
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Lights, camera, privacy … safely sharing those snapshots
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Despite its value, IT leaders don’t adequately protect data
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NTT Data adds expertise, solutions for regional retailers
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NTT Data plans vertical market investment
Kathy Gibson reports - The new-look NTT Data Middle East & Africa (MEA), having grown out of the 40-year-old Dimension Data, continues to innovate and invest - particularly in vertical market solutions. Alan Turnley-Jones, CEO of NTT Data, explains that NTT Data...
South Africans growing fonder of AI – even as a boss
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ABAP Developer (Contract – Euros) at Parvana Recruitment
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Data Technologist at Financial Intelligence Centre – Gauteng Pretoria
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