Africans’ loyalty to local brands drops
The 15th annual Brand Africa 100 | Africa’s Best Brands reveals a stark disconnect between rising African optimism and declining brand loyalty. While 68% of Africans express belief in Africa, up from 64% in 2024, only 11% of the Top 100 most admired brands are African...
Cancer centre pushes research boundaries with AI
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, a specialist cancer center, has announced a pioneering partnership with NTT Data and CARPL.ai, a enterprise imaging artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning operations (MLOps) platform. Together, they have designed and...
Fewer than half of employees are satisfied with career development
Only 46% of employees feel supported trying to grow their careers at their organisation, according to a survey by Gartner. A September 2023 Gartner survey of 3 500 employees revealed that when organisations close the gap on employee career growth expectations it can...
AI drives strategic healthcare investments for Nvidia
Nvidia has significantly ramped up its involvement in the healthcare sector in the past few quarters, riding on its success with the generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) wave. Through a series of partnerships and investments, totaling at least a dozen, the...
Double-digital growth forecast for MEA IT security spend
Spending on security products and services in the Middle East and Africa (MEA), excluding Israel, will grow 10,3% year on year in 2024 to reach $6,2-billion, according to the latest Worldwide Security Spending Guide from International Data Corporation (IDC). The...
Companies pour massive investments into security upskilling
Most then 70% of businesses pay more than $100 000 for additional training annually to keep skills of their cybersecurity employees up to date, a recent global Kaspersky study has revealed. However, the surveyed companies also highlighted that there was a lack of...
The world spent $42,5trn on IT over the last decade
Each year, companies and consumers worldwide spend trillions of dollars on IT, including devices like PCs, tablets, mobile phones, printers, enterprise software, data center systems, and communications services. And, while 2024 is on track to set a new record with...
Expanding channel, enhanced user experiences drive smart home devices
The market for smart home devices within the Middle East, Türkiye, and Africa (META) region reached $12,71- billion in 2023, a 6% increase on the previous year's $11,990billion. That's according to the latest insights from International Data Corporation (IDC) and its...
Interim results reveal mixed fortunes for EOH
EOH Holdings reported group revenue of R3,1-billion for the six months ended 31 January 2024, lower than R3,2-billion for the six months ended 31 January 2023. Group operating profit was R9-million for the period, compared to R143-million in the first half of 2023....
Student competition winners hone skills in Texas
Team Wits, winners of the Student Cluster Competition (SCC) run by CHPC and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), sponsored by Dell Technologies South Africa, honed their skills at the Dell HPC and AI Innovation Lab at Dell HQ in Round Rock as...
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Kaspersky Security Cloud strengthens privacy control
Kaspersky has updated Kaspersky Security Cloud - its account-based service with access to the company's best consumer technologies and tools - with new ways to protect user privacy across multiple devices. Kaspersky Security Cloud now reduces the risk of users'...
Guardrisk sell insurance policy via WhatsApp chatbot
The launch of what is believed to be South Africa'ss first non-life insurance WhatsApp chatbot, took just two weeks from concept to launch. Guardrisk - part of Momentum Metropolitan Holdings Limited - has partnered with fintech start-up Root to extend its CarSure...
Kaspersky appoints Tarsus Distribution
Kaspersky has signed on Tarsus Distribution as a new distributor for the brand's portfolio of business to business and business to consumer product offerings in southern Africa. The new distributor agreement forms part of Kaspersky's growth pipeline for the local...
Fujitsu, Nutanix joint solution gets SAP HANA certification
Fujitsu is enabling the full integration of mission-critical SAP HANA deployments on hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) based on Nutanix Enterprise Cloud on PRIMERGY to unlock simplified management, higher performance and increased scalability across both private...
JSE to buy majority stake in Link SA
JSE Limited, the operator of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), has agreed to acquire Link Market Services South Africa (Link SA), the second largest share registry business in South Africa (with six of the top 40 listed companies as clients), subject to all...
Fincheck.co.za invests in FundingHub
Fincheck.co.za, which began in 2016 so consumers could compare financial services products, has taken over the full management and equity in FundingHub. This makes Fincheck the country's biggest financial comparison site as well as the biggest lead aggregator having...
An IT partner can accelerate a bank’s digital journey
Instead of examining the advantages and disadvantages of digital banking versus traditional banking, it should rather be accepted that digitisation is the direction in which all banks need to move. By Steve Lauter, head of banking for Africa at Wipro These days, it's...
Seacom, Sophos secure SMEs
Seacom has joined forces with Sophos to provide a next generation security solution called On-Premise Security to cost-conscious small and medium enterprises (SMEs) across South Africa. Seacom's On-Premise Security is a full-suite solution that uses Sophos' XG...
Citrix to offer desktop as a service solution
Citrix Systems has launched Citrix Managed Desktops, a cloud-hosted offering that enables organisations - regardless of their size or IT expertise - to provision Windows-based applications and desktops from the cloud to any device, anywhere in a simple, unified...
Why co-sourcing is on the up
It seems like yesterday when outsourcing their software and application development projects to specialist partners was the modus operandi for most South African companies, writes Matt Chittenden, business development manager at DotModus. The outsourcing boom of the...
3D Swift Developer – Gauteng Johannesburg
Developing applications for Apple Vision OS using Swift Creating 3D visualizations for medical and pharmaceutical contexts Modeling complex anatomical structures (skeletons, organs, vascular systems) Building interactive 3D experiences and ensuring high visual quality...
Technical Product Manager – 6-12 month contract with possibility for extension
Overview:We are seeking a highly skilled Technical Product Manager with experience in B2B SaaS and a strong background in launching products in global markets. The ideal candidate will be responsible for defining product strategy, managing the end-to-end product...
Senior IT Developer
Senior IT DeveloperSenior IT DeveloperResponsibilities:Researching, designing, implementing, and managing software programs and services.Creating and maintaining SQL Server database tables, functions, and stored procedures.Implementing unit testing for new software...
Cybersecurity Analyst: Detection and Response (12-Month Contract)
ENVIRONMENT:A dynamic Energy Specialist seeks a highly skilled Cybersecurity Analyst to serve as the primary escalation point for critical alerts and incidents passed from First Responders, particularly focusing on high-severity Managed Detection and Response (MDR)...
Fullstack Developer
One of our clients is looking for a software engineer who is proficient in both front and back-end coding and is responsible for fully-fledged platforms using a range of different technologies. The Intermediate Full Stack Developer is involved in the entire product...
Technical Product Manager – 6-12 month contract with possibility for extension – Gauteng Johannesburg
Overview:We are seeking a highly skilled Technical Product Manager with experience in B2B SaaS and a strong background in launching products in global markets. The ideal candidate will be responsible for defining product strategy, managing the end-to-end product...
Senior IT Developer – Gauteng Sandton
Senior IT DeveloperSenior IT DeveloperResponsibilities:Researching, designing, implementing, and managing software programs and services.Creating and maintaining SQL Server database tables, functions, and stored procedures.Implementing unit testing for new software...
Cybersecurity Analyst: Detection and Response (12-Month Contract) – Western Cape Cape Town
ENVIRONMENT:A dynamic Energy Specialist seeks a highly skilled Cybersecurity Analyst to serve as the primary escalation point for critical alerts and incidents passed from First Responders, particularly focusing on high-severity Managed Detection and Response (MDR)...
Fullstack Developer – Gauteng Johannesburg Region
One of our clients is looking for a software engineer who is proficient in both front and back-end coding and is responsible for fully-fledged platforms using a range of different technologies. The Intermediate Full Stack Developer is involved in the entire product...
Senior Software Engineer
Overview:The Software Engineer is responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining software solutions for the organisation's SaaS applications. This role requires strong technical expertise in software development, performance optimisation, security, and...
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