Africa Energy Bank gains momentum
Nigeria, Angola and Ghana have fulfilled their capital commitments toward establishing the Africa Energy Bank (AEB), representing 44% of the minimum required funding from African Petroleum Producers Organisation (APPO) members to initiate the bank's operations. This...
Intel Gaudi 3 AI Accelerators now available on IBM Cloud
At Intel Vision 2025, IBM announced the availability of Intel Gaudi 3 AI accelerators on IBM Cloud. The offering delivers Intel Gaudi 3 in a public cloud environment for production workloads. Through this collaboration, IBM Cloud aims to help clients more...
Take-home pay, private pensions slowed in October
After three consecutive months of increases, the BankservAfrica Take-home Pay Index (BTPI), which measures the average nominal take-home pay among about 4-million salary earners in South Africa, showed a slight downturn. “The nominal average take-home pay was R15 535...
Enterprise IT budgets are on the increase
Omdia's 10th annual IT Enterprise Insights study has revealed that IT has become one of the main drivers of value to an enterprise, with almost three-quarters (74%) of respondents confirming increases to their overall budget allocated to enterprise IT in 2023 compared...
SA corporate social investment grows to R11,8bn
South African companies spent an estimated R11,8-billion on corporate social investment (CSI) in the 2023 financial year, according to corporate responsibility consultancy Trialogue's latest research findings. The spend reflects an 8% nominal and 1% real increase from...
Intel Granulate in Databricks partnership
Intel Granulate, Intel's flagship software performance offering, has announced a new collaboration with Databricks to merge Intel Granulate's autonomous, continuous optimisation solutions with Databricks' robust Data Intelligence Platform under the Databricks Partner...
Smart streetlights market beaming
The installed base of smart streetlights amounted to 23-million globally at the end of 2022, according to a new research report from IoT analysts, Berg Insight. Growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 22,7%, the installed base will reach 63,8-million by the...
Manufacturing sentiment improved in a tough Q4
Confidence in the manufacturing sector has improved slightly to 26 points – the highest level seen in 2023, as shown by the Q4 Absa Manufacturing Survey. Although trading conditions remained tough, manufacturers noted an overall improvement in business conditions (up...
All the IITPSA President’s Awards winners …
Mamela Luthuli, founder and CEO of Take Note IT, has been named South Africa’s IT Personality of the year at the Institute of Information Technology Professionals South Africa (IITPSA) President’s Awards 2023. AI expert Professor Mark Nasila, chief data and analytics...
Global connectivity improves, but Africa still fares poorly
Steady but uneven progress in global Internet connectivity highlights the disparities of the digital divide and is leaving people in low-income countries behind, according to the International Telecommunication Union's (ITU) Facts and Figures 2023. Analysis on...
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NASCU, Mastercard drive financial inclusion in Zambia
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Steer clear of cyber fraud this Black Friday
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The importance of an information strategy
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Kaspersky Lab gets highest score for malware removal
Kaspersky Lab Internet Security was recently awarded the top prize for proving to be the most effective solution at deleting threats on an already infected machine. After another successful year for Kaspersky Lab products, the AV-Comparatives malware protection test...
UCT makes IT appealing to female students
IT is traditionally a male-dominated sector, but the University of Cape Town's (UCT) School of IT is working hard to make the sector more attractive to women. The stereotype that majoring in the field of IT involves little except coding all day has been one of the...
Enterprise Hadoop courses to be offered in SA
InfoFlow, a KID group company, has signed a partnership agreement with Hortonworks, making Infoflow a gold partner and the only Hortonworks training partner in South Africa. South Africa-based InfoFlow is a data management software reseller and consulting and resource...
LG expands XBoom lineup
LG Electronics (LG) has unveiled its expanded line-up of its XBoom audio product. The XBoom name has always stood for powerful sound in a festive environment, which has contributed to its 35% global market share among mini components and all-in-one audio categories....
Fintech partnerships will help big banks disrupt
Partnerships between established big banks and fintech innovators will help the established financial sector achieve digital transformation faster, stakeholders heard at a Fintech Thought Leadership forum hosted by Absa, Enterprise Ireland and Business Ireland in...
Top remuneration trends for 2019
King IVTM is set to have a major impact on how companies look at remuneration in 2019 and beyond. This is according to Dr Mark Bussin, exco member of the South African Reward Association (SARA) and chair of 21st Century, who says: "There has been a lot of discussion...
Pay it forward with uKheshe
South African startup Jini Guru has launched uKheshe, a smartphone app and QR card that will make it easy for South Africans to pay it forward in everyday situations. Whether you want to tip your car guard, pay your gardener or help someone in need, uKheshe makes it...
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Front-End Developer at NetOps Africa
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