An SME solution to youth unemployment
South Africa faces a critical challenge in rising youth unemployment, and traditional employment avenues are failing to absorb the country’s young jobseekers. While policy solutions remain important, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are playing an...
Logistics industry is unlocking opportunities for youth
With South Africa’s youth unemployment rate sitting at a massive 62n4%, finding sustainable job opportunities for young people has become an urgent national priority. While many sectors are stagnating, logistics is booming. Fueled by the rise of e-commerce, digital...
New tools to protect against sextortion and intimate image abuse
Meta says it is testing new features to help protect young people from sextortion and intimate image abuse, and to make it more difficult for potential scammers and criminals to find and interact with teens. It is also testing new ways to help people spot potential...
Canal+ ups its Multichoice share holding
French media company Groupe Canal+ has acquired an additional interest in Multichoice's ordinary shares, and now holds 40,01% of the company's total ordinary shares in issue. As required in terms of section 122(3)(a) of the Companies Act, MultiChoice has filed the...
Doctors get inside look at gut health with AI-powered endoscopy
From humble beginnings as a university spinoff to an acquisition by the leading global medtech company in its field, Odin Vision has been on an accelerated journey since its founding less than five years ago. An alum of the Nvidia Inception programme for cutting-edge...
FSCA awards licence to Luno
South Africa's largest and oldest crypto asset service provider, Luno, has secured a licence from the Financial Services Conduct Authority (FSCA) to operate as a financial services provider. Luno is the first dedicated crypto asset service provider in South Africa to...
Intel takes up challenge in enterprise GenAI
At its annual Intel Vision 2024 conference, the chipmaker introduced the Intel Gaudi 3 accelerator to bring performance, openness and choice to enterprise generative AI (GenAI) – along with a suite of new open scalable systems, next-gen products, and strategic...
$2,3trn wasted globally in digital transformation failures
Organisations seeking to harness new digital technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI), must approach this organisational change in an entirely new way to avoid contributing to the $2,3-trillion wasted on unsuccessful projects globally so far. This is the...
AI, hybrid work top challenges for HR
Navigating the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) and hybrid work models will be the top challenges affecting the role of HR professionals in 2024, according to speakers at the SAP-hosted HR Connect conference. Kholiwe Makhohliso, MD for Southern Africa at SAP,...
How technology can make or break businesses
In an era of unprecedented uncertainty, the headwinds facing businesses are stronger than ever and they find themselves navigating a complex landscape where economic shifts and geopolitical challenges loom large on the horizon. In such turbulent times, the key...
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Simple ways to become more productive at work
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Resistance to change the biggest reason for failure
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VMware delivers hybrid cloud platform
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Lessons on the future of grid security
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Global trends impacting African consumers
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Data trends shaping digital marketing
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Waiting for 5G: what can you do with wireless now?
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Digital agriculture next frontier for Africa
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Mobile apps simplify FMCG asset management
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UI/UX Designer – Gauteng Houghton Estate
UI/UX DesignerUI/UX DesignerKey Responsibilities:Create user-centered designs by understanding business requirements, user feedback, and UX researchDesign UI elements and build interactive prototypes for web and mobile applicationsDevelop and maintain design systems,...
Senior Ruby on Rails Engineer
Senior Ruby on Rails Engineer About the Role We are looking for an experienced Ruby on Rails Engineer to design, build, and scale a high-impact platform. This is an opportunity to work on a meaningful product, contribute to key technical decisions, and help shape the...
1st Line Support Engineer (JHB Onsite)
ENVIRONMENT:AN innovative provider of advanced Financial Security Services in Johannesburg seeks a strong technical 1st Line Support Engineer for IT related incidents, changes, and service requests, LAN services and desktop/laptop support to all users. You will...
Business Intelligence (BI) Engineer (JHB/Stellenbosch)
ENVIRONMENT:A leading AgriTech company with offices in Johannesburg and Stellenbosch is seeking a Business Intelligence (BI) Engineer to join their team in either Stellenbosch or Johannesburg. The Business Intelligence (BI) Engineer will play a critical role in...
C# Developer
C# Developer C# Developer Key Responsibilities:Design and develop high-quality applications using C#, Blazor (both Server and WebAssembly), and .NET MAUIWork with both web-based and cross-platform mobile/desktop applicationsArchitect scalable, maintainable solutions...
Senior Ruby on Rails Engineer – Western Cape Cape Town Region
Senior Ruby on Rails Engineer About the Role We are looking for an experienced Ruby on Rails Engineer to design, build, and scale a high-impact platform. This is an opportunity to work on a meaningful product, contribute to key technical decisions, and help shape the...
1st Line Support Engineer (JHB Onsite) – Gauteng Sandton
ENVIRONMENT:AN innovative provider of advanced Financial Security Services in Johannesburg seeks a strong technical 1st Line Support Engineer for IT related incidents, changes, and service requests, LAN services and desktop/laptop support to all users. You will...
Business Intelligence (BI) Engineer (JHB/Stellenbosch) – Western Cape Stellenbosch
ENVIRONMENT:A leading AgriTech company with offices in Johannesburg and Stellenbosch is seeking a Business Intelligence (BI) Engineer to join their team in either Stellenbosch or Johannesburg. The Business Intelligence (BI) Engineer will play a critical role in...
C# Developer – Gauteng Houghton Estate
C# Developer C# Developer Key Responsibilities:Design and develop high-quality applications using C#, Blazor (both Server and WebAssembly), and .NET MAUIWork with both web-based and cross-platform mobile/desktop applicationsArchitect scalable, maintainable solutions...
Tax Data Analyst
We are looking for a Tax Data Analyst who will be responsible for validating and reconciling data from multiple sources and applying relevant tax knowledge to ensure extensive accuracy thereof. A basic understanding of investments and tax is therefore necessary....
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