Turn vision into reality with the right AI strategy

Kathy Gibson reports from Dell Technologies Forum in Johannesburg - Today's leaders aren't asking whether to adopt AI, they're asking how to turn it into outcomes the business can see. And South African companies can no longer afford to take a wait-and-see attitude to...

Gloomy outlook for global economies as geopolitical tensions worsen

Coface’s latest risk review, Rates Against the Machine, has confirmed what the world dreaded just a few months ago has come to pass – rather than improve, the geopolitical situation has deteriorated once again. This, Coface says, puts upward pressure on commodity...

Banks are still missing the links between fraud and money laundering

Financial institutions are increasingly integrating their fraud and anti-money laundering (AML) systems, but intelligence and governance gaps remain. New fraud and AML convergence research from Datos Insights, commissioned by data and AI leader SAS, finds 86% report...

How can SA plug the ICT skills gap?

Kathy Gibson reports from the IITPSA Workforce Conference – While South Africa records the highest unemployment rate in the world, there is still a dire shortage of critical IT skills. Presenting the IITPSA IT Skills Survey, Lehlohonolo  Mokenela, MD of Africa...

Cybersecurity professionals continue to seek improvements

Despite the majority of South African cybersecurity experts in large organisations being happy with their current protection, they are constantly on the lookout for stronger and more flexible security solutions. A new study - Improving resilience: cybersecurity...

AI-powered coding competition empowers 90 kids

When RocketHour decided to host an AI-assisted coding competition during the July school holidays, it aimed to explore how AI changes the way we teach and how accessible it makes complex tasks for younger students. And it demonstrated that 90 11-to-13 year-olds, a...

Paradigm shift in customer experience

New research from global cloud communications platform, Infobip reveals how conversational customer experiences and generative AI (GenAI) developments have created a long-lasting impact for how people and brands interact. Infobip analysed more than 473-billion digital...

NFT market continues losing momentum

Since reaching a peak in September 2021, global NFT sales have been consistently falling as collectors spend less and less money on digital artwork. Although revenues of NFT marketplaces are still expected to see double-digit growth, rising by 41% year-over-year to...

SA stands out as a global air pollution hotspot

Egypt, Nigeria, and South Africa have emerged as Africa's most polluted countries in terms of air pollution disease burden, with profound health consequences for Africa's people and exacerbated impacts on climate change, a report prepared by Greenpeace Africa and...

SIU concludes Treasury’s Oracle contract was irregular

Parliament's Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa) has given National Treasury three weeks to come up with a way forward after the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) concluded that an almost R1-billion contract with Oracle was irregular. The integrated financial...

Increase in demand for APIs will come from AI

More than 30% of the increase in demand for application programming interfaces (APIs) will come from AI and tools using large language models (LLMs) by 2026, says Gartner. "With technology service providers (TSPs) leading the charge in GenAI adoption, the fallout will...

AI companies dominate the unicorn club

Last year, fewer than 100 companies joined the global unicorn club - the lowest number since 2017 and a steep drop compared to 2022 and 2023, which saw hundreds of private startups valued at $1-billion or more. Still, in a year that showed becoming a unicorn is much...

Tech industry most geopoliticised in the world

The global supply chains organised to optimise profit and speed - which shaped international trade and delivered benefits to both producers and consumers for two decades under globalisation - have now been twisted out of shape, with the global economy facing...

Asset tokenisation to drive blockchain revenue boom

The blockchain industry, although volatile and nascent, has made significant progress in a short span of time, driven by remarkable innovation. Global blockchain platform and services revenue is set to grow from $12-billion in 2023 to $291-billion in 2030. This growth...

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Retailers look to WiFi for digital transformation

CIOs in the retail sector are increasingly looking to location analytics provided by sophisticated WiFi marketing solutions to address digital transformation. This is the view of Wade Gomes, sales director of Corr-Serve, a local value-added distributor that represents...

Employee screening is a must for reputable colleges

The beginning of the academic year has become synonymous with an abundance of recently matriculated students jostling for admittance into tertiary institutes across the country. As is often the case, a number of these students are unable to find placement at big-name...

Improve your employees’ experience in 2019

The mismatch between employees' experience in the workplace and outside of it can contribute to a higher level of disengagement and unhappiness. By Deon Smit, Western Cape chairperson of the South African Reward Association A recent Gartner survey indicated that only...

AECOM integrates Middle East and African operations

Global infrastructure firm AECOM is consolidating its strategic focus across the Middle East and Africa by integrating regional operations as well as consolidating its African presence. "We are incredibly proud to be involved in some of the biggest infrastructure...

Accenture Africa ready to accelerate Africa’s economy

The 'digitisation of everything' trend is evolving at pace and Africa cannot afford to play catch-up. By Vukani Mngxati, CEO of Accenture Africa Digital disruption now affects every business, which means pressure is mounting to digitally transform operations if...

Treasury opens door for discussions on expat tax

National Treasury has invited key stakeholders to a workshop early next month to address continued concerns around the amended foreign income tax exemption. The change is set to become effective on 1 March 2020. In terms of the amended section of the Income Tax Act,...

Fortinet secures the path to 5G

Fortinet has announced extensive capabilities for securing the path to 5G with its expansive breadth and depth of solutions for mobile core networks and cloud infrastructures, including its virtual SPU technology and advanced security and high-performance systems....

Kaspersky Lab posts 4% revenue growth

Kaspersky Lab continued to deliver stable growth in 2018 and increased its global unaudited IFRS revenue to a total of $726-million, representing a 4% YOY revenue increase. Among the strategic business areas that drove Kaspersky Lab's growth in 2018 were Digital and...

New Galaxy available for pre-order at MTN

MTN customers can pre-order the newly announced Samsung Galaxy S10e, S10 and S10+. Customers who pre-order a Samsung Galaxy S10 device from 21 February 2019 will receive Samsung Galaxy Buds and R500 OFF any qualifying Samsung original cover, with a total value of R3...

SA business advisory service flourishes

Business advisory specialist Ariston Global reported financial year growth of 91%, recording more than 50% growth since the previous year. The exponential growth, according to group MD: finance and operations Reginald Pillay, lies in the business advisory services...

DevOps Engineer (Expert) 1800 – Gauteng Pretoria

DevOps Engineer ESSENTIAL SKILLS REQUIREMENTS:Experience with ITIL operation processes (Incident, Problem, Change management)DevOps experience:Kubernetes and DockerPipeline setup and automation (e.g. Github Actions)Automated provisioning of infrastructure and...

.Net Developer

Ready to build the next generation of scalable applications with .NET? Are you an experienced .NET Developer with a passion for creating robust and efficient applications? Do you thrive in a collaborative environment, working with cross-functional teams to deliver...

Intermediate Java Software

Our client is looking for an Intermediate Java Software Engineer to build and implement functional software products. You will work with other Software Engineers throughout the software development life cycle. Key Requirements Proven experience as a Software...

.Net Developer – Gauteng Sandown

Ready to build the next generation of scalable applications with .NET? Are you an experienced .NET Developer with a passion for creating robust and efficient applications? Do you thrive in a collaborative environment, working with cross-functional teams to deliver...

Intermediate Java Software – Gauteng Johannesburg Region

Our client is looking for an Intermediate Java Software Engineer to build and implement functional software products. You will work with other Software Engineers throughout the software development life cycle. Key Requirements Proven experience as a Software...

Senior Back End Developer

Our esteemed client in Pretoria is urgently seeking a Senior Back-End Developer (Permananet Hybrid Position) to join their dynamic team of software engineers. In this role, you will play a crucial part in designing and developing new features while maintaining and...

Applications Engineer

DESCRIPTION/SYNOPSYS:Are you an experienced Draughtsman with a passion for CAD design, Autodesk software, and technical service delivery? Our Client is seeking a skilled CAD professional to join their team, bringing expertise in AutoCAD, Autodesk Inventor, and data...

Senior Back End Developer – Gauteng Centurion

Our esteemed client in Pretoria is urgently seeking a Senior Back-End Developer (Permananet Hybrid Position) to join their dynamic team of software engineers. In this role, you will play a crucial part in designing and developing new features while maintaining and...

Applications Engineer – Gauteng Centurion

DESCRIPTION/SYNOPSYS:Are you an experienced Draughtsman with a passion for CAD design, Autodesk software, and technical service delivery? Our Client is seeking a skilled CAD professional to join their team, bringing expertise in AutoCAD, Autodesk Inventor, and data...

.Net Full-stack Engineer (Senior and Int roles) (CH1102)

Our client, a leader in the media industry, is looking for .Net Full Stack Developers (Senior & Intermediate levels) to join their dynamic and fast-paced team, where technology, content, and innovation shape South Africa's top digital, print, and ecommerce...

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