New battery factory drives industrialisation, job creation

Kathy Gibson reports - Actom has opened a new assembly line for locally-assembled LiFePO₄ battery energy storage systems (BESS). Yesterday, the company also announced that is expanding manufacturing capacity for its high voltage equipment. These moves are significant...

Herotel brings Amazon’s Leo satellite services to SA

Kathy Gibson reports – Herotel has signed a distribution agreement with Amazon to bring its Leo Constellation satellite service to South Africa. Set to go live in 2027, South Africa will be among one of the first countries in the world to connect to the low earth...

Social media the top culprit as deepfake fraud grows

Deepfake attacks are growing, and costing people more. Scial media is the main culprit

Muse highlights privacy, copyright issues in AI training

Copyright and privacy issues under the spotlight as Meta withdraws Muse feature

Mobile device-as-a-service fills enterprise niche

Mobile device-as-a-service (MDaaS) market is rapidly expanding, driven by enterprises' increasing demand for sustainability, flexibility, and comprehensive device management solutions. As organisations prioritise operational efficiency and employee satisfaction, MDaaS...

Applications open for AWS 2025 Generative AI Accelerator

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has opened applications for the third cohort of the AWS Generative AI Accelerator (GAIA), an eight-week global program designed to scale early-stage startups building foundational generative AI technologies. Forty promising startups from...

Cellphone distractions the biggest culprit in SA road accidents

Cellphone distractions now top the list of risky driving behaviours in South Africa, according to new research revealed by Discovery Insure at the launch of the UN-JCDecaux Global Campaign for Road Safety. Discovery CEO Robert Attwell says that the short-term insurer...

Rakesh Parbhoo takes on Westcon-Comstor EVP role

Westcon-Comstor has announced the promotion of Rakesh Parbhoo to the newly-created role of executive vice-president of its Middle East and Africa (MEA) business. The appointment will see Rakesh drive the continued growth of Westcon-Comstor across the region....

SMEs are optimistic, but need more support

South African small businesses are feeling positive about the future, but need more support to tackle ongoing challenges. This is according to Xero's 2024 State of Small Business Report, which reveals that the top barriers facing small businesses this year are...

$277bn a year needed for Africa to achieve 2030 SDGs

Boasting 60% of the world's best solar resources, Africa's solar power potential presents multiple opportunities for investors seeking long-term, scalable financial prospects. A panel session during this year's Invest in African Energy (IAE) 2024 forum explored...

Digital economy outperforms overall growth across OECD

The information and communication technology (ICT) sector grew by an average of 6,3% between 2013 and 2023 - about three times faster than the total economy across the 27 OECD countries analysed. The first volume of the newly-released OECD Digital Economy Outlook 2024...

Chip industry may not be ‘fit-for-purpose’ by 2030

Next-generation chips represent the next frontier of semiconductor technology incorporating advancements in design, materials, manufacturing process, performance, and packaging - and, as computing tasks become more demanding and data-intensive, next-generation chips...

Careto APT resurfaces after 10-year hiatus

Kaspersky researchers have uncovered two new malicious campaigns operated by the notorious Careto Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) group, marking their first activity since 2013. Demonstrating a remarkably high level of sophistication, the actors conducted two complex...

Greener digital content needed for Net Zero goals

Websites and digital content can increase organisations' carbon emissions and hamper efforts to achieve Net Zero status. This is the view of Andri Johnston, digital sustainability lead at Cambridge University Press & Assessment, who was addressing a webinar on...

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What to expect when riding with Uber over the festive season

As the year draws to a close and the festive season approaches, it's no secret that most people are already planning and preparing to make memories with loved ones during parties, gatherings and special occasions. With reckless and drunk driving on the rise during...

Top tech predictions for 2020 and beyond

Increased rollouts of 5G in 2020, will unlock the development of more advanced technologies says Gianfranco Lanci, corporate president and chief operating officer of Lenovo.   Prediction 1 - 2020 will be the Year of 5G With potential speeds of up to 10 gigabits...

Making the move to the cloud

It has been several months since the launch of the two Microsoft Azure data centres in South Africa. And as expected, this has resulted in many organisations looking for ways to move their on-premise data environments to the cloud. By Reghard van Jaarsveld, engagement...

Digital transformation: 2020 and beyond

Every definition of transformation includes the notion of change, writes Lori MacVittie, principal technical evangelist: office of the CTO at F5 Networks. The most common examples are found in nature, in the process of change from caterpillar to butterfly and tadpole...

Back to work in 2020 … what the future holds

As 2020 fast approaches, we reflect on having survived a year where HR has been flooded with information on how their jobs and those of employees will change. Technology continues to take a foot hold in our everyday work lives; the new way of work has become the way...

Vox champions rural Internet connectivity

Even though the Fourth Industrial Revolution has been a focal point in recent months, fewer than 2% of South African rural households can access the Internet from home. Clearly there is work to be done if more people are going to be part of the connected economy. This...

IoT and its role in insurance

By the end of this year, forecasts anticipated that there will be more than 14-billion Internet of Things (IoT) devices in use with that number expected to reach 25-billion by 2021. Furthermore, the global market for IoT is projected to grow significantly between 2018...

WorldRemit partners with Vodacom Tanzania

WorldRemit has partnered with Vodacom Tanzania  to enable nine million M-Pesa customers to receive money directly to their M-Pesa wallets from friends and family living abroad. The new service increases convenience for money transfer recipients in urban and rural...

Reinventing network camera security

Now in its seventh generation and celebrating its twentieth anniversary, the Axis ARTPEC chip was launched in 1999 designed to optimise network video. By Brendon Holl, sales manager: Africa at Axis Communications Today, it forms the basis for the essential product...

Tangent Solutions joins the Tarsus On Demand ecosystem

Tangent Solutions, a Microsoft Gold Partner and the 2019 Microsoft Application Development Innovation Partner of the Year, has joined the Tarsus On Demand (TOD) ecosystem as a channel partner. As part of this move, the company has transitioned from sourcing Microsoft...

Front End Developer (Angular) – 0256EvdB – Gauteng Johannesburg

• Lead Front End developer• Pro-active knowledge sharing, mentoring, and coaching of members from the same or other teams• Development of frontend user stories• Actively take part in all regular Scrum ceremonies• Contribute to refinement of user stories (user stories...

Application Support Analyst

Empowering seamless business operations through expert application support!Our client is seeking an Application Support Analyst to join their dynamic team. You will play a pivotal role in resolving customer queries and technical issues related to core business...

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Psybergate is an IT company that builds bespoke software solutions and provides highly skilled resources to its clients.We are looking for a DevOps Engineer to join our financial services client based in Sandton (On site).What you will be doing: Design, implement, and...

Business Analyst

We are seeking an experienced IT Business Analyst to join our dynamic Technology and Innovation Team, working closely with our Finance stakeholders. In this key role, you'll analyze business needs, gather essential requirements, and create technology-driven solutions...

Application Support Analyst – Gauteng Sandton

Empowering seamless business operations through expert application support!Our client is seeking an Application Support Analyst to join their dynamic team. You will play a pivotal role in resolving customer queries and technical issues related to core business...

DevOps Engineer – Remote Remote

Psybergate is an IT company that builds bespoke software solutions and provides highly skilled resources to its clients.We are looking for a DevOps Engineer to join our financial services client based in Sandton (On site).What you will be doing: Design, implement, and...

Business Analyst – Western Cape Cape Town

We are seeking an experienced IT Business Analyst to join our dynamic Technology and Innovation Team, working closely with our Finance stakeholders. In this key role, you'll analyze business needs, gather essential requirements, and create technology-driven solutions...

Intermediate Software Engineer

We are looking for a skilled and versatile Intermediate Software Engineer with a broad understanding of software development across both front-end and back-end technologies. In this role, you will design, develop, and optimize scalable applications, ensuring seamless...

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Managing projects / processes Ability to develop within a specific sought-after programming language and or Cloud services Strong working knowledge with software development tools, techniques and approaches used to generate and prepare data to be used by the...

CX Specialist at Resourgenix

CX Specialist Own the Customer Journey & Drive NPS & CSAT Excellence!Are you passionate about customer experience and thrive on using data-driven insights to shape and enhance brand perception? We're looking for a CX Specialist to take charge of the entire...

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