Huawei celebrates digital talent in Africa
Huawei recently hosted the prestigious Regional Finals of its 2024/2025 ICT Competition and Summit at Huawei Office Park in Johannesburg, bringing together technology talent, educators and policy makers from across sub-Saharan Africa in a celebration of digital...
Meet the dire wolves brought back from extinction
On October 1 2024, for the first time in human history, Colossal Biosciences successfully restored a once-eradicated species through the science of de-extinction. After a more than 10 000 year absence, the company returned the dire wolf to earth. From a longstanding...
Covid impacted digital transformation in healthcare
Globally, 71% of healthcare industry professionals expressed that the Covid-19 pandemic had the greatest impact on digital transformation in the healthcare sector during the last few years, among other macro events, according to a survey by GlobalData. GlobalData's...
New challenges as HR leaders strive to meet business outcomes
Leader and manager development, and organizational culture are the top priorities for HR leaders for 2024, according to a survey by Gartner. The Gartner survey of 520 HR leaders in July 2023 found the top five organisational priorities for HR leaders next year...
Digital payments to become a $10trn industry
Over the past five years, more than 1,6-billion people worldwide have embraced digital payments, pushing the total user count in this market to a whopping 4,44-billion, or more than half the world`s population. This massive user base has helped the total transaction...
Teraco commences CT2 expansion
interconnection hub and vendor-neutral data centre provider Teraco has announced a 30 megawatt (MW) expansion of its CT2 hyperscale data centre facility in Brackenfell, Cape Town. The expansion is scheduled for completion in early 2025 and will incorporate the latest...
Paratus SA inaugurates vendor neutral teleport
Representing the Group's largest investment in South Africa to date and built to serve Sub-Saharan Africa, the newly constructed Paratus South Africa Teleport - The Goedehoop Teleport in Doornkloof, Pretoria - has entered the final stages of completion. As the...
NAPAfrica achieves 4Tbps milestone
TikTok has joined Internet eXchange Point (IXP) NAPAfrica's growing community. At the same time, NAPAfrica announced a significant milestone in its growth journey by surpassing the 4Tbps (Terabits per second) traffic milestone. NAPAfrica reached the 3Tbps traffic...
ASSAf awards Science-for-Society Gold Medals
ASSAf annually awards ASSAf Science-for-Society Gold Medals for outstanding achievement in scientific thinking to the benefit of society. This year the awards were presented to two eminent scientists, Prof Richard Cowling and Prof Glenda Gray, at its Annual Awards...
Vodacom reports solid six-month growth
Vodacom has reported group revenue of R72,8-billion for the six months ended 30 September, up 35,5% compared to the same period last year and positively impacted by the acquisition of Vodacom Egypt. Group service revenue saw growth of 42,2%, or 7,9% if Vodafone Egypt...
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Internships could help with unemployment
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Payments in Africa drives innovation
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EcoCash launches Scan & Pay in Zimbabwe
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Old Mutual collaborates with AWS on digital solutions
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How SA’s top female economists foster gender parity
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Increase online sales with personalisation
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10-year old Nigerian Wins Ericsson’s Girls Who Innovate competition
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Acer launches Nitro gadget range
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Ruckus WiFi supports Facebook’s Express WiFi initiative
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Virtual reality a game-changer for business
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Software Support Technician – Western Cape Cape Town
ENVIRONMENT:A customer-centric & solutions-driven Software Support Technician is sought by an innovative Software Specialist catering a suite of products to the Courier sector. You will be expected to support the customer base with any application based technical...
SOFTWARE DEVELOPER – PYTHON-DJANGO NOT NEGOTIABLE – Western Cape Cape Town CBD
THE POSITION IS OPEN TO THE JOHANNESBURG REGION - PRETORIA- DURBAN OR CAPE TOWN!!!!! A cutting-edge web-based application that gives companies all the tools to manage their share incentive plans. Our client has an exciting position for a go-getter and highly-motivated...
Mid-Senior C# Full Stack Developer (Stellenbosch Hybrid) – Western Cape Stellenbosch
ENVIRONMENT:A Mid-Senior C# Full Stack Developer is sought by a Cloud Solutions & IT Consultancy to join its team. They help companies in the financial, banking, and Crypto industries scale new and existing systems by assisting with key architecture, development,...
Intern – Developer
We are looking for an ambitious and driven Intern Developer with a passion for coding and problem-solving. Eager to learn and contribute to real-world projects while enhancing technical skills. What you'll do:Application and database development for RBCT.Assisting...
Project Manager
My client based in Cape Town (Northern Suburbs) is currently looking for a Project Manager to join them on a fixed term contract IT / Finance Responsibilities Manage agreed entry criteria for the IT projectResponsible for compiling Business CaseVerify and keep...
Python Developer (Hardware Integration) – Onsite
Our client, a leader in mining technology, delivering advanced analytics and solutions to improve operational efficiency and safety is seeking an experienced Python Developer with expertise in hardware integration to join their team in Lonehill, Sandton. This role...
Business Systems Analyst
Job description:You will be working as part of an IT delivery team responsible for the development, configuration and support of various IT business systems. If you have a passion for the more technical side of business analysis with a strong focus on systems, you...
Intern – Developer – KwaZulu-Natal Durban
We are looking for an ambitious and driven Intern Developer with a passion for coding and problem-solving. Eager to learn and contribute to real-world projects while enhancing technical skills. What you'll do:Application and database development for RBCT.Assisting...
Project Manager – Western Cape Cape Town Region
My client based in Cape Town (Northern Suburbs) is currently looking for a Project Manager to join them on a fixed term contract IT / Finance Responsibilities Manage agreed entry criteria for the IT projectResponsible for compiling Business CaseVerify and keep...
Python Developer (Hardware Integration) – Onsite – Gauteng Lone Hill
Our client, a leader in mining technology, delivering advanced analytics and solutions to improve operational efficiency and safety is seeking an experienced Python Developer with expertise in hardware integration to join their team in Lonehill, Sandton. This role...
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