WeThinkCode_ secures $2m grant to scale AI training
South African tech academy WeThinkCode_ has been awarded $2-million in funding from Google.org. The grant will enable WeThinkCode_ to dramatically expand its artificial intelligence (AI) training programs, empowering 12 000 learners in South Africa and Kenya with...
Enterprises reopening their wallets for SASE spend
Global Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) revenue rose 17% percent year-on-year to $2,6-billion in the first quarter of 2025 propelled by a 21% jump in single-vendor deployments as enterprises prioritised more straightforward purchasing, tighter policy management, and...
Crypto ATM market to hit $2bn by 2028
The global crypto ATM market is forecast to surpass $2-billion by 2028, according to a new report from Stocklytics. "The surge in global crypto adoption is driving the expansion of crypto ATMs," says Edith Reads, financial analyst at Stocklystics. "These ATMs offer...
Watch the solar eclipse
Yesterday, 8 April 2024, parts of Northern Mexico and the US experienced a total solar eclipse. You can see the phenomenon here.
Nvidia boosts robotics with Project GR00T
Nvidia has announced Project GR00T, a general-purpose foundation model for humanoid robots which is designed to further its work driving breakthroughs in robotics and embodied AI. As part of the initiative, the company also unveiled a new computer, Jetson Thor, for...
Nvidia ushers in a new era of computing with Blackwell
Aimed at powering a new era of computing, Nvidia has launched its Blackwell platform which it says will enable organisations everywhere to build and run realtime generative AI (GenAI) on trillion-parameter large language models (LLMs) at up to 25-times less cost and...
Canal+ makes a firm offer for Multichoice
Multichoice and French media company Canal+ have reached an agreement by which Canal+ would acquire the Multichoice group, offering shareholders R125.00 per share - a 66,6% premium over the R75.00 closing price on 1 February 2024. The announcement constitutes a firm...
EdTech transforming into $350bn industry
The global education technology (edtech) market is expected to reach $348,41-billion by 2030 - growing at a CAGR of 13,4% from 2024 to 2030 - according to a new report by Grand View Research. The process of learning is evolving gradually in line with advances in...
Beware of deepfakes in the age of AI
The widespread adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning technologies in recent years is providing threat actors with sophisticated new tools to perpetrate their attacks, says Kaspersky. One of these are deepfakes which include generated human-like...
Africa Data Centres, DPA SA break ground on Free State solar farm
Africa Data Centres (ADC) has broken ground on the construction of a solar farm in the Free State in collaboration with DPA Southern Africa. The project is a component of the 20-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) inked in March 2023 with DPA Southern Africa, a joint...
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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...
MTN launches newly-revamped premium
MTN has announced the launch of new-and-improved premium MTN Sky plans - MTN Sky, MTN Sky VIP and MTN Sky Black - offering unlimited calls, unlimited SMSs and a significantly higher inclusive-data value from R999 PMx24. As part of the plan, customers will receive...
Access control is paramount for data security in the cloud
Companies are increasingly shifting IT services and applications to the cloud to be readily available to employees, empowering their productivity from wherever they are and from any device. Moving critical business information to the cloud does come with security...
Fujitsu leverages blockchain to tackle fraud, piracy
Fujitsu thasoday introduces its new fraud-busting DocumentFlow, an easy-to-use web-based application that uses blockchain technology to track the validity of any digital file or asset, including documents, audio and video files, images and files from almost any...
Don’t let device deployment hamper your business transformation
Finally, that open vacancy has been filled. After a process of attracting interest, vetting candidates and picking the best among the rest, a new employee has arrived at your company. They are ready and hungry to go from day one. By Jonathan Ryall, client solutions...
Marketing leaders spend smarter on customer experience
Marketing is undergoing a profound shift as legacy approaches are no longer able to drive the growth that companies require today. By Dee Chetty, Accenture Interactive lead in Africa To thrive in the modern environment, brands must re-imagine what marketing means,...
Are cloud platforms accelerating growth?
Gartner predicts that integrated infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) and platform-as-a-service (PaaS) offerings are driving the next wave of cloud infrastructure adoption, stating that by 2022, 90% of companies will purchase cloud technology from an integrated...
Senior JavaScript Software Engineer (CPT) – Western Cape Cape Town
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IT Support Assistant – Western Cape Cape Town
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Android Developer – Gauteng Johannesburg Region
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