May 2025 sees continued salary moderation
The average take-home pay slowed for the third consecutive month in May 2025, according to the latest BankservAfrica Take-home Pay Index (BTPI), which tracks approximately 3,8-million salary earners in South Africa. This trend reflects the impact of a subdued economic...
Microsoft aims to create enablers for SA’s future in AI
Microsoft South Africa hosted its AI Skilling Day, bringing together more than 2 000 learners, industry leaders, customers, partners, government officials, and community stakeholders dedicated to advancing the future of South Africans. AI is already reshaping...
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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Fujitsu kicks off Search for 2019’s most innovative partner projects
Fujitsu has opened up the nomination process for its latest Select Innovation Awards. All Select partners are eligible to submit their customer projects that best highlight how they are delivering outstanding value through digital co-creation, enabling organizations...
Tech Wise Business Solutions is Acronis African distributor
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Tri-Continental to distribute Printronix in Africa
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DVT named Microsoft Gold Partner for data analytics
Software development and related services company DVT has been named a Microsoft Gold Partner for data analytics, supporting its expanded service offerings for business intelligence (BI), artificial intelligence (AI), RPA, analytics and cloud-based services. Karl...
Students access high-speed WiFi in Cape Town libraries
During June the City of Cape Town and the Tertiary Education and Research Network of South Africa (TENET) turned on the eduroam WiFi service in 57 of Cape Town's public libraries. Eduroam is a wireless roaming service that provides free Internet access to the research...
Young Ghanaian innovator shows Africa’s future lies in its youth
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Digitalisation for insurers
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Tips and Tricks: taking notes the OneNote way
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Fujitsu makes tablets tougher with the Stylistic Q509
Fujitsu has introduced the toughest tablet in the Stylistic family, the Q509. With military-standard durability and spill- and dust-proof housing, this tablet is made for tough working conditions. Packing a full HD anti-glare display, integrated pen garage, enterprise...
Application Architect
JOB PURPOSE Include primary accomplishments, products, and services, who benefits from them and how To design and maintain the enterprise-wide application architecture as guided by the EA standards, procedures and policies. KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS Include management and...
Business Analyst (Senior) (Maternity Cover) at Parvana Recruitment
About our client:Our client is a highly successful NPO. The work you will be involved with is highly impactful and am sure will bring joy as well as provide a highly stimulating and fabulous work experience. What you will be doing:Collaborate with stakeholders to...
Application Architect – Gauteng Centurion
JOB PURPOSE Include primary accomplishments, products, and services, who benefits from them and how To design and maintain the enterprise-wide application architecture as guided by the EA standards, procedures and policies. KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS Include management and...
Business Analyst (Senior) (Maternity Cover) at Parvana Recruitment – Western Cape Cape Town
About our client:Our client is a highly successful NPO. The work you will be involved with is highly impactful and am sure will bring joy as well as provide a highly stimulating and fabulous work experience. What you will be doing:Collaborate with stakeholders to...
Business Analyst (12 months Contract)
The purpose of this position is to provide end-to-end business analysis services to the Domestic and Regional Settlement Services Division in order to identify business problems and needs, determine solutions and enable improvements in organisational processes.JOB...
.Net Software Engineer at Sabenza IT & Recruitment
We are looking for a highly skilled and experienced .NET Developer to join our dynamic team. In this role, you will play a key part in designing, developing, and optimizing scalable systems that align with business needs and industry best practices. You will work...
Business Analyst (12 months Contract) – Gauteng Pretoria
The purpose of this position is to provide end-to-end business analysis services to the Domestic and Regional Settlement Services Division in order to identify business problems and needs, determine solutions and enable improvements in organisational processes.JOB...
.Net Software Engineer at Sabenza IT & Recruitment – Western Cape Pinelands
We are looking for a highly skilled and experienced .NET Developer to join our dynamic team. In this role, you will play a key part in designing, developing, and optimizing scalable systems that align with business needs and industry best practices. You will work...
Senior Network Engineer
Are you a master of networking technologies like Aruba, Juniper, and Cisco?We're looking for a Senior Network Engineer to lead the charge in designing, deploying, and maintaining high-performance network solutions. In this role, you'll harness your expertise across...
Senior Java Backend Developer (Stellenbosch Hybrid)
ENVIRONMENT:BUILD state-of-the-art, performant, scalable & maintainable Backend Services and APIs as the next Senior Java Backend Developer sought by a rapidly growing FinTech company. You will join a highly driven, entrepreneurial and collaborative team where you...
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