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

BETI reaches its lowest level in 2025

The BankservAfrica Economic Transactions Index (BETI), measuring the value of all electronic transactions cleared through BankservAfrica on a monthly basis at seasonally adjusted real prices, slipped back in April 2025. Despite global setbacks, positive factors are...

Cell C recognised for network improvement

Cell C says it has made solid progress on its strategic roadmap, as it has been recognised by Kantar as a Top 30 Most Valuable South African Brand and by AskAfrika for best-in-class customer service. In addition, Cell C has been named as South Africa’s number one for...

Broadcom sells VMware’s end-user computing division

Broadcom has agreed to sell VMware's end-user computing (EUC) business to global investment firm KKR, in a transaction valued at approximately $4-billion. Upon closing of the transaction, the EUC division will become a standalone company, with greater access to growth...

Worldwide smartphone recovery finally gets underway

Over the past seven years, the worldwide smartphone market has contracted six times on an annual basis. However, 2024 is set to be the year where the smartphone market swings back to growth. According to a new forecast from the International Data Corporation (IDC)...

Mobile industry commits $9bn for universal meaningful connectivity

Mobile operator groups have pledged more than $9-billion to extend global connectivity. Alongside the new commitments, the UN Digital Agency also announced that it now has over 1 000 industry, academia and organisational members in addition to its 193 Member States....

AI, wireless leaders form AI-RAN alliance

The AI-RAN Alliance, a new collaborative initiative aimed at integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into cellular technology to further advance radio access network (RAN) technology and mobile networks, was launched at the GSMA Mobile World Congress happening now in...

Initiative aims to open access to digital finance

Visa and the GSMA Mobile for Development Foundation (GSMA Foundation) have announced the launch of the Digital Finance for All (DFA) Initiative. The five-year initiative aims to advance digital financial inclusion for 20 million individuals, including women, small...

New Nvidia GPUs drive AI-enhanced workflows

New Nvidia RTX 500 and 1000 Ada Generation Laptop GPUs will be available in new, highly portable mobile workstations, expanding the Nvidia Ada Lovelace architecture-based lineup, which includes the RTX 2000, 3000, 3500, 4000 and 5000 Ada Generation Laptop GPUs. The...

Change fatigue should be factored into project planning

Finance employees are facing unprecedented levels of change and are becoming increasingly fatigued by it, creating a business risk that can drive down employee performance, according to Gartner. "Change fatigued employees exhibit much lower intent to stay,...

ISPA urges users to secure personal information

With more than 80% of confirmed data breaches due to stolen, weak or reused passwords*; reclaiming digital footprints by safeguarding personal information is one of the most pressing internet safety issues of 2024. This is according to the Internet Service Providers'...

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Chicken Licken now available on Uber Eats

Customers in Johannesburg, Pretoria, Midrand, Durban, Cape Town and Bloemfontein can now get Chicken Licken delivered through the Uber Eats app. Founded in the South of Johannesburg, Chicken Licken is the largest non-American-owned fried chicken franchise in the...

Managing the march towards zero-touch service

Earlier this year, Gartner released its 2019 Magic Quadrant for Field Service Management, and while IFS understands service and flexibility required to deliver for our customers, the report is full of other pieces of enlightening information. By Tom Paquin, senior...

The future conversation

Lorna Hardie, regional director: sub-Saharan Africa at VMware, says cloud and virtualisation technologies play a pivotal role in the organisation's futureproof strategy and sustainability. The Fourth Industrial Revolution is arguably here. It is moving rapidly into...

Great CX in government could boost faith in the country

Government departments are not generally known for their sterling service and good communication. Most struggle with substandard experiences, where their poor customer experience (CX) hampers mission success. A Forrester report discusses why the need to improve...

Synthesis joins AWS Well-Architected Partner Programme

Financial technology company Synthesis Software Technologies (Synthesis) is pleased to announce another milestone achievement as an Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner Network (APN) member. Synthesis is now an AWS Well-Architected Partner, after becoming the first APN...

The importance of personalisation in insurance

If the digital age has delivered customers anything, then it is the ability to personalise virtually any product or service to meet their unique needs. Financial services providers, like insurers, must capitalise on this to satisfy individual customer requirements and...

Imperial College protects research data with software-defined storage

Solutions from ArcaStream and Excelero are part of a new software-defined storage deployment at Imperial College London, one of the world's leading university research centres for science, engineering, medicine and business. By moving to a single high-performance...

Saicom adds intelligent virtual agent

Saicom Voice Services has launched an intelligent virtual agent offering to automate common interactions between its clients and their customers. Developed by Inference Solutions and integrated across its Broadsoft platform, the virtual agent platform allows Saicom to...

GBI pioneers multi-national SD-WAN with Nuage Networks

Inter-connect carrier Gulf Bridge International (GBI) will use the Nuage Networks SD-WAN 2.0 solution to offer their enterprise customers optimised connectivity between branches and private and public clouds. Customers within GBI's 26+ country presence can reduce...

Why the must-have skill in tech is to be human

Why does technology exist? Not just mobiles and tablets and bleeding-edge digital applications, but any sort of technology – the internal combustion engine, a pair of scissors, a sharpened rock. It’s all tech. By Joe Baguley, vice-president and chief technology...

Software Developer

Looking for a talented and experienced Software Engineer to join our clients team and contribute to the development and maintenance of omni-channel communication systems. The ideal candidate will have a strong foundation in software development, with a focus on...

Cloud Specialist (Azure) – KwaZulu-Natal Pinetown

The purpose of the Cloud Specialist role is to advance the Group's cloud strategy, in a manner that conforms to best practices. This will include designing, deploying, managing, and optimizing cloud infrastructure and services, and encompasses the responsibility of...

Software Developer – Gauteng Johannesburg Region

Looking for a talented and experienced Software Engineer to join our clients team and contribute to the development and maintenance of omni-channel communication systems. The ideal candidate will have a strong foundation in software development, with a focus on...

Software Developer (Node.js / MySQL / AWS)

Responsibilities: Coding and Development Leading and participating in the design, coding, testing, and debugging of software applications.Ensuring that the code meets established coding standards, is maintainable, and free of critical defects.Following and enforcing...

Senior Data Engineer at Sabenza IT & Recruitment

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Data Engineer to join our dynamic team. This role is ideal for a passionate engineer who can hit the ground running, leveraging their expertise in cloud technologies, data pipelines, automation, and APIs to drive impactful data...

Intermediate Java Developer at Sabenza IT & Recruitment

We're looking for a passionate Software Engineer to design, develop and install software solutions. Ideally, the candidate should be able to build high-quality, innovative and fully performing software in compliance with coding standards and technical design. Software...

Junior Software Developer (C#.Net)

ENVIRONMENT:THE coding talents of an ambitious Junior Software Developer with strong C#.Net skills is sought by dynamic provider of world-class Outsourced and Incident Management Services based in Tokai. You will help design, develop and maintain various business...

Automation Tester (Senior/ Lead)

We are looking for Test Automation Engineers to join our team at both Senior and Lead levels.This will be an initial contract position.The ideal person will be based in Cape Town (the position is hybrid), but we're also considering people from elsewhere in South...

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