Venture capital set for measured rebound
Venture capital across South Africa and the broader African continent is entering a period of cautious recovery and renewed opportunity, after two years of contraction and recalibration. This is according to Alison Collier, MD of Endeavor South Africa, who shares...
SA must act on AI skills now
Generative AI is no longer a future concept or a speculative technology. It is here now, rapidly reshaping industries and rewriting the rules of competitiveness. By Ntsako Baloyi, senior manager in the technology business at Accenture, Africa In South Africa, the...
AI and the move to real copilots
Kathy Gibson reports - Technology innovations are constant, and have brought us a long way in what is, in reality, just a few years. Trainer Warren Shaw speaks at a Pinnacle event for SME partners about complementary opposites: these are not simply two separate forces...
Windows 11 is key for broad GenAI adoption
Kathy Gibson reports - Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is arguably going to have a more profound impact on the IT and business world than any innovation since the Internet. But, while users across the globe are itching to benefit from GenAI value, a lot of...
Enterprises battle to recover as identities come under attack
There's an emerging global identity crisis as cybercriminals double down on exploiting user identities to compromise enterprises worldwide. According to the 2024 X-Force Threat Intelligence Index from IBM X-Force, in 2023 cybercriminals saw more opportunities to "log...
AI sets top supply chain organisations apart
Top performing supply chain organisations are investing in artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) to optimize their processes at more than twice the rate of low performing peers, according to a survey by Gartner. The survey also revealed that the best...
GenAI will drive consolidated customer-facing roles
By 2027, 30% of the Fortune 500 will consolidate postpurchase tasks such as expansion, service, success and renewal into a unified customer-facing employee role, according to Gartner. Generative AI (GenAI) promises to automate greater portions of customer service...
Pawsey Supercomputing Centre accelerates quantum computing exploration
Australia's Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre will add the NvidiaCUDA Quantum platform accelerated by Nvidia Grace Hopper Superchips to its National Supercomputing and Quantum Computing Innovation Hub. Researchers at the Perth-based center will leverage CUDA...
MSSA to hold online inter-school provincial championships
Mind Sports South Africa (MSSA) will hold the 13th Online Inter-school Provincial Championships on 3 March 2024. An important feature of this championship is that it is open to any learner, whether or not the school is affiliated or not. However, approval from the...
Alternative data market set for 50% CAGR
The global alternative data market size is anticipated to reach $135,72-billion by 2030, according to a new report by Grand View Research. The market is expected to expand at a CAGR of 50,6% from 2024 to 2030. The increasing emphasis on gaining alpha from hedge funds...
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F5 enables 5G services for service providers
F5 Networks has announced several new solutions and enhancements designed to allow service providers to launch 5G services. The announcements include a new network functions virtualization (NFV) package that will enable the optimization and scale of existing 4G and...
Data highway expands through Africa
Paratus Africa has announced that it recently activated additional capacity between West Africa Undersea Cable System (WACS) and Lusaka, Zambia. his follows the recent Paratus Trans Kalahari Fiber project that was built between the WACS landing station in Swakopmund...
Lenovo launches smarter technology at MWC
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Etisalat Misr and Ericsson prepare for 5G
Ericsson has announced the signing of two new contracts with Etisalat Misr to expand the latter's 4G network capabilities and extend the Managed Services deal. The first agreement entails expansion of current 4G capabilities, advanced features deployment all over...
Rakuten selects Nokia IMPACT for IoT
Nokia has announced that Rakuten has selected its Intelligent Management Platform for All Connected Things (IMPACT) to help the company tap new revenue opportunities through the rollout of Internet of Things (IoT) services across Japan. As an integrated,...
Cyber Risk 101: What every business needs to know
In our internet-connected society, cybercrime is a very real threat to any business or institution, regardless of size or nature of business that has a network, an internet connection and holds sensitive or personally identifiable data. This is according to Kerry...
TFG personalises e-commerce with Oracle
TFG (The Foschini Group) has chosen Oracle to support its digital transformation strategy with the consolidation of 22 brands into one online marketplace. With close to 3 000 stores, TFG migrated its brick-and-mortar offering to a hassle free digital platform and now...
Ericsson, VMware simplify network virtualisation
Ericsson and VMware have signed a global partnership that will simplify deploying and running a combination of Ericsson applications and VMware's vCloud NFV platform for CSPs. The alliance includes technical collaboration and interoperability testing across Ericsson's...
Orange debuts $20 smartphone for Africa
At Mobile World Congress, Orange partnered with KaiOS Technologies and UNISOC to launch a phone with voice recognition for $20 in 16 countries in Africa and the Middle-East. The countries where it will be available are Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central Africa...
ZTE unveils Blade V10 smartphone
ZTE has announced the new ZTE Blade V10 smartphone, featuring a 32MP AI 'smart selfie' camera, waterdrop screen and octa-core processor. At the same time, ZTE also announced the Blade V10 Vita, that will be launched into the China and Europe markets in March and the...
Full Stack Developer – Western Cape Cape Town Region
Our client is looking for a skilled Full Stack Developer with expertise in PHP/Laravel to join dynamic team! You will be responsible for developing and maintaining web applications, ensuring seamless front-end and back-end functionality. Key Requirements Either...
Energy Project Manager
An excellent opportunity to join a top consulting engineering company's Energy Division as a Project Manager for their Renewable Energy projects.Key Responsibilities will include:Develop detailed project execution plans to ensure successful delivery of projects.Work...
Technical Support (German Speaking) (CPT – Onsite)
ENVIRONMENT:A Germany-based company focused on innovation-driven growth is seeking a skilled and enthusiastic Technical Support Specialist fluent in German to join their Cape Town based team. A qualification in IT or a related technical discipline is preferred, along...
Energy Project Manager – Gauteng Houghton Estate
An excellent opportunity to join a top consulting engineering company's Energy Division as a Project Manager for their Renewable Energy projects.Key Responsibilities will include:Develop detailed project execution plans to ensure successful delivery of projects.Work...
Technical Support (German Speaking) (CPT – Onsite) – Western Cape Cape Town
ENVIRONMENT:A Germany-based company focused on innovation-driven growth is seeking a skilled and enthusiastic Technical Support Specialist fluent in German to join their Cape Town based team. A qualification in IT or a related technical discipline is preferred, along...
Senior Power BI Developer at Sabenza IT & Recruitment
We are seeking an experienced Senior Power BI Developer to join our team on a contract basis. RequirementsResponsibilities: Support and Maintenance: Provide ongoing support and maintenance for existing PowerBI models to ensure they remain accurate and up-to-date....
IT Architect
Join a top financial institution as an IT Architect - Business and Data in Centurion. Lead business transformation by overseeing capability models, value streams, and re-architecting operations. Define data architecture principles, create enterprise data models, and...
Senior Power BI Developer at Sabenza IT & Recruitment – Western Cape Cape Town
We are seeking an experienced Senior Power BI Developer to join our team on a contract basis. RequirementsResponsibilities: Support and Maintenance: Provide ongoing support and maintenance for existing PowerBI models to ensure they remain accurate and up-to-date....
IT Architect – Gauteng Centurion
Join a top financial institution as an IT Architect - Business and Data in Centurion. Lead business transformation by overseeing capability models, value streams, and re-architecting operations. Define data architecture principles, create enterprise data models, and...
D365 Principal Technical Solution Architect
Key Duties and Responsibilities:Lead end-to-end D365 solution design and implementation, ensuring scalability, security, and performance.Collaborate with business leaders and technical teams to align D365 capabilities with strategic objectives.Define technology...
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