Africa’s parliaments lag on gender parity
Despite political shifts across Africa, the representation of women and youth in national parliaments remains low. At the current pace, gender parity in African legislatures will not be achieved until 2100, according to Futurelect. In 2024, women held just 23% of...
Scams ramp up ahead of the Oscars
As excitement builds for the upcoming Academy Awards ceremony, Kaspersky experts warn that cybercriminals are seizing the opportunity to exploit eager movie fans with fraudulent streaming scams. Disguised as free streaming offers for Oscar-nominated movies, these...
Intel helps power a more resilient grid
Intel has announced that its technology is helping power the Edge for Smart Secondary Substations (E4S) Alliance's new solution to modernise the energy grid. The E4S solution disrupts the existing system, helping it move from a proprietary, closed-hardware...
Saffers listened to more local songs this year
Spotify Wrapped 2023 demonstrates that South Africans are consuming more local songs compared to 2022. Spotify Wrapped is the streaming company's thorough look into the music and podcasts that defined the year for South African users. Spotify Wrapped 2023 shows that...
Africa has a key role in the global green transition
Each year, the call for climate action appears to be intensifying from scientists, activists, and civil society. As global leaders gather at this year's 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28), a key aspect that is expected to garner attention is tangible measures that...
Energy transition needs to be expedited
With political and business leaders gathering in Dubai this week for this year's UN Climate Change Conference, S&P Global has released new research highlighting the need for an expedited energy transition, in a special edition of its quarterly sustainability...
IBM advances geospatial AI to address climate challenges
IBM has announced new efforts that apply its geospatial AI technologies, including IBM's geospatial foundation model developed in collaboration with NASA, to climate efforts including analysis of urban heat islands in the United Arab Emirates (UAE); reforestation...
Cyber Week sales up from last year
Sales during Global online Cyber Week (21 November to 27 November) totaled $298-billion, up 6% year on year (YoY) from $281-billion in 2022. Growth was driven primarily by order volume, rather than inflation, signalling increased consumer demand for the first time in...
FNB customers spend R3bn on Black Friday
FNB customers once again hit R3-billion in purchases on Black Friday, in line with last year's highest spend peak. FNB also saw a positive shift in usage of the FNB Virtual Card, with a 94% year on year increase in customer spend over Black Friday weekend....
Mindful consumers drive changes in Black Friday trends
Nedbank has identified a small number of significant trends in consumer spending behaviour during the recent Black Friday period, which it says not only point to the continuing evolution of South Africa's retail landscape, but also to a greater awareness by South...
More News Today
Senseable wins top digital award
When digital technology and creative thinking intersect, brands can collaborate to create memorable and relevant experiences in consumers' lives. Through the collaborative efforts between Nedbank Insurance and Accenture Interactive, the award-winning geyser telematics...
Kaspersky Endpoint Security Cloud now in two tiers
Kaspersky Lab has launched a new edition of Kaspersky Endpoint Security Cloud -- a cloud-based cybersecurity product for small and medium-sized businesses that seek easy security management and benefit from cloud services. Now available in two tiers, the product...
Itec Tiyende scoops empowerment award
Itec Tiyende was recognised as the Top Empowerment Company in the ICT category at the recent 18th annual Top Empowerment Awards, beating formidable competitors in the sector. Through Top Empowered Company's benchmarking process, Itec Tiyende was identified as the...
SA businesses urged to prioritise facial recognition policies
Camera-based facial recognition is finding growing favour within corporate South Africa as a way to fairly and accurately manage employee attendance in the workplace. "For many of us, facial recognition is becoming our first exposure to the growing phenomenon of...
Which is better for developers: iOS or Android?
When you're building an app, the first decision you need to make is whether to develop for iOS, Android or both. "Although Android is usually easier to start out with, it does require more of a time investment further down the line. Conversely for iOS, it's harder to...
Collaboration key to achieving Africa’s economic potential
Extracting the true economic potential of Africa will depend on a true collaborative effort between business, government, communities and the people who inhabit this continent. "This is likely to be an unfamiliar role for many corporates, whether multinational or...
Dynamic Technologies acquires IndigoCube
South African software and services organisation Dynamic Technologies has acquired IndigoCube. IndigoCube is a specialist innovation and software business that develops skills, transforms processes, and provides the world's best technologies to enable innovation and...
Dimension Data, Cisco in co-innovation partnership
Dimension Data and Cisco have announced a new co-innovation agreement, to develop a deeper collaboration environment and framework to jointly solve clients' business needs. Drawing on their respective core strengths, competencies, and technologies, Dimension Data and...
Fun consumer tech for the whole family
With the Easter holidays fast approaching, families are looking for fun consumer tech that caters towards the whole family, both at home and away. Matthew Hall, product manager at Rectron, shares some tech must-haves for every member of the clan. Technology has...
Succession planning critical to sustainability
Recent events in both the public and private sectors are again highlighting the key role that proper succession planning plays in supporting any organisation's sustainability, particularly when it comes to CEOs and governing-body chairs. Poor succession planning...
Service Desk Engineer – Western Cape Cape Town
iOCO Infrastructure Services Invites You to Explore Possibilities.Join our dynamic team as a Service Desk Engineer. Be the first point of contact for IT support, delivering swift and effective solutions that keep our operations running smoothly. If you're tech-savvy,...
Senior React Native Developer (Remote / Hybrid JHB)
ENVIRONMENT:Are you ready to join a forward-thinking company that champions innovation, creativity, and passion? Our client, a revolutionary music player and community platform tailored for the electronic music scene, is on the hunt for a seasoned Senior React Native...
Back End Java Developer LW1722
Develop and maintain critical API services for vehicle pricing and calculations. Handle cloud, API, Java, microservices, and serverless development, deployment, support, and maintenance. Gather and analyze requirements, ensuring thorough investigation of processes....
Junior Programmer
Role: Junior ProgrammerLocation: Remote/Johannesburg basedOur client is a successful software company and are looking for a dynamic and motivated Junior Programmer to join their team. This is a great opportunity to kickstart your programming career by working...
Senior React Native Developer (Remote / Hybrid JHB) – Gauteng Johannesburg
ENVIRONMENT:Are you ready to join a forward-thinking company that champions innovation, creativity, and passion? Our client, a revolutionary music player and community platform tailored for the electronic music scene, is on the hunt for a seasoned Senior React Native...
Back End Java Developer LW1722 – Gauteng Johannesburg
Develop and maintain critical API services for vehicle pricing and calculations. Handle cloud, API, Java, microservices, and serverless development, deployment, support, and maintenance. Gather and analyze requirements, ensuring thorough investigation of processes....
Junior Programmer – Gauteng Johannesburg
Role: Junior ProgrammerLocation: Remote/Johannesburg basedOur client is a successful software company and are looking for a dynamic and motivated Junior Programmer to join their team. This is a great opportunity to kickstart your programming career by working...
Cyber Security Specialist
Cyber Security SpecialistDefend a digital fortress with cutting-edge cybersecurity solutions!R 1,000,000 - R 1,430,000 per annumJoin a leader in innovation and precision, offering advanced technology solutions in the aerospace industry. This is an ideal opportunity to...
BI Developer
Role: The BI Developer is responsible for end to end BI development, support, monitoring, analysis and maintenance within the BI and Data Warehouse environment/s, as well as general BI functions to assist the BI team in day-to-day operations and ad hoc tasks when...
Intermediate Software Engineer (React & NodeJS)
Want to work from home?! Our client develop software solutions that support best-in-class visualization, data-driven communication, and platform independence, and build upon an API-driven integration into any open BI software. With KPI-CHAT they take real-time data...
View more career listings on our Careers Section