BETI starts 2025 on a subdued note
The BankservAfrica Economic Transactions Index (BETI), which tracks the value of all electronic transactions cleared through BankservAfrica at seasonally adjusted real prices, saw a slight rebound in 2024 following negative growth in 2023. Showing sideways movement in...
Home Affairs goes live with digital visa platform
The Department of Home Affairs goes live today with a digital platform for the Trusted Tour Operator Scheme (TTOS). This platform will drive increased tourism from the major source markets of India and China by enabling vetted and approved tour operators to submit...
Finalists for Africa Tech Festival Awards 2023
The winners of the Africa Tech Festival Awards will be unveiled at a gala event in Cape Town next week following the announcement of this year's finalists looking to bridge the digital divide across Africa. "It is an exciting time to be in technology and...
Details from Webb cameras reveal crabby composition
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured new details of the Crab Nebula, 6 500 light-years away, in this image released on 30 October 2023. While these remains of an exploded star have been well-studied by multiple observatories, including the Hubble Space...
Tablets and Chromebooks continue to decline
Worldwide tablet shipments posted a decline of 14,2% year over year in the third quarter of 2023 (3Q23), totaling 33,2-million units, according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker....
Sales enablement leaders falling short of expectations
Despite sales organisations investing in sales enablement initiatives, 77% of sellers report that they struggle to complete their assigned tasks efficiently, according to a new survey by Gartner, aiming to understand sellers' sentiment and emotional reactions toward...
Vehicle telematics on the road to recovery
More than 47,2-million aftermarket telematics devices were sold worldwide during 2022 - corresponding to a market value of €2,4-billion - according to a new report on vehicle telematics hardware from Berg Insight. The performance of the market was still affected by...
Pretoria Zoo’s Cape vulture breeding programme flying high
Looking to safeguard the future of the species, The National Zoological Garden (NZG) in Pretoria continues to make significant strides with its Cape vulture breeding programme. "Right now there are two vulture chicks on the nest," says Tracy Rehse, conservation...
Data management workloads drive enterprise infrastructure spend
Structured Databases/Data Management workloads are driving the largest share of enterprise IT infrastructure spending in the first half of 2023 (1H23), according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Semiannual Enterprise Infrastructure Tracker:...
APT campaign targeting APAC governments uncovered
Kaspersky researchers have discovered a persistent campaign compromising a specific type of secure USB drive used to provide encryption for safe data storage. Dubbed "TetrisPhantom", this espionage effort targets government entities in the Asia-Pacific region (APAC)...
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A mobile enterprise environment
Enterprise mobility is here to stay, and the C-suite must put the necessary strategies in place so their organisations can benefit from it. Even so, there are still several stumbling blocks to overcome in the traditionally-minded South African workplace. By Paul...
Korea ready to partner in Africa
In partnership with the African Development Bank (AfDB.org), Korea is ready to step up technology transfers to Africa, officials said in Seoul. Speaking at a meeting on potential technology partnerships between Korea and Africa, representatives of Busan Metropolitan...
Love your job … and live happily ever after
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SD-WAN attractive to African organisations
Software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN) is gaining increasing traction as enterprises boost their investment into open, flexible cloud solutions. An overlay architecture which works across multiple platforms, SD-WAN provides a networking foundation with easier...
Practical disruption in insurance
While there is much talk about the disruption of insurance through cutting-edge technology that will fundamentally transform the way the industry works, the focus should instead be on how it will improve the customer experience. This is according to Lee Kuyper, COO at...
Sunhak laureate donates prize to fight hunger
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Lenovo tuck shop kicks off new campaign at Mustek
The Lenovo tuck-shop stopped at Mustek, with sales staff getting the chance to win both edible goodies and gadgets over the three-day adventure. The Lenovo #Built4EveryU activation campaign took place from 5 to 7 February at Mustek’s Midrand offices with the theme:...
Fujitsu among world’s most admired companies
Fujitsu has been named to Fortune Magazine's 2019 list of "World's Most Admired Companies". This year, 680 companies were nominated from 52 industries as the "World's Most Admired Companies," of which 330 were selected (16 of which were Japanese companies). Fujitsu...
Security predictions for 2019
NetScout Arbor, which specialises in advanced distributed denial of service (DDoS) protection solutions, has released its security predictions for this year, against a background which saw the largest ever DDoS attacks being unleashed in 2018. Bryan Hamman, territory...
Entries open for Zayed Sustainability Prize
The Zayed Sustainability Prize submissions for the 2020 edition are open to applicants from across the African continent. The UAE's global award for rewarding innovation, impact and inspiration in sustainable development solutions has announced that, from 30 January...
Developer – PYTHON (MASTER) at Parvana Recruitment
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BI Consultant at Parvana Recruitment
About our client:Over the past 20 years, our client has built a stellar reputation in the development and system integration space. Through their extremely ethical values, they have earned the trust and respect of their clients. They prioritise finding effective...
Project Manager (Tourism and Lodges) – Gauteng Johannesburg
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Database Administrator at Parvana Recruitment – Western Cape Cape Town
About our client:Our client is a global leader in digital marketing and client reporting solutions, empowering financial professionals to enhance investor engagement and retention. With operations spanning four continents, they are rapidly expanding their team...
DBA – PostgreSQL at Parvana Recruitment – Western Cape Cape Town
About our client:If you're seeking a rewarding opportunity to contribute to positive social change while earning a competitive salary and working for an innovative, dynamic and well-organised international organisation, this employer is definitely worth considering....
Developer – PYTHON (MASTER) at Parvana Recruitment – Western Cape Cape Town
Parvana Role: Our client develops exciting software using modern tools, techniques and methodologies. Responsibilities: Product design, programming, bug verification, and testing of computer programs for software products and/or customer applications. Researching...
BI Consultant at Parvana Recruitment – Western Cape Cape Town
About our client:Over the past 20 years, our client has built a stellar reputation in the development and system integration space. Through their extremely ethical values, they have earned the trust and respect of their clients. They prioritise finding effective...
PROJECT MANAGER (SMALL TO MEDIUM MULTIPLE PROJECTS)
Based East Rand. Join large manufacturing, wholesale & retail Group that supplies the local SA market as well as selected African and European markets. In addition to multiple sales & wholesale Branches around South Africa there are many retail outlets where...
PROJECT MANAGER (SMALL TO MEDIUM MULTIPLE PROJECTS) – Gauteng East Rand
Based East Rand. Join large manufacturing, wholesale & retail Group that supplies the local SA market as well as selected African and European markets. In addition to multiple sales & wholesale Branches around South Africa there are many retail outlets where...
Business Intelligence Analyst (Onsite 6-month contract to go perm)
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