Budget does little for under-pressure SMEs
Kathy Gibson reports – The budget tabled by Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana on Wednesday offers very little benefit for small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Despite the fact that SMEs provide about 60% of the private sector jobs in South Africa, tax increases in the...
Phishing campaign targets Booking.com users
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Google, CTSC partner to train girls on AI and robotics
In line with the International Day of the Girl Child, the Cape Town Science Centre (CTSC) partnered with Google to offer training on Artificial intelligence (AI) and Robotics to South African girls between the ages of 10 and 13. The training, which is aimed at...
Get paid for space, power use when upgrading your storage
Pure Storage has come up with a novel way to help customers make the decision to keep their storage on-premise: they’ll pay them for the space and power that the systems will use. This means customers are effectively paying for just the consumption of storage capacity...
Hybrid work flexibility underpins employee experience
While 90% of businesses see the enablement of hybrid and remote work as having a positive impact on their bottom line, fewer than half (48%) of organisations strongly agree that employees have access to the technology they need to work well both at home, and in the...
Global shocks not holding African markets back
The Absa Africa Financial Markets Index 2023 reveals there has been continued progress in developing financial markets across Africa in the past year, with many AFMI countries taking steps to bolster their resilience against global market shocks. Now in its seventh...
Business health declines despite better GDP
The Experian Business Debt Index (BDI), which reflects the overall health of businesses in the economy, declined in Q2 to 0.445 from a slightly upwardly revised 0.740 in Q1. This decline was less than anticipated considering the better than forecasted outcome for Q2...
Resilience drives cybersecurity investments
Business resilience as a key driver for cybersecurity investments, according to the second Nixu Cybersecurity Index. Based on a survey of over 370 northern European organisations, the Index reveals both encouraging progress and increasing concerns. Alarmingly, 50% of...
Enterprise use of GenAI set to surge
By 2026, more than 80% of enterprises will have used generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) application programming interfaces (APIs) or models - and/or deployed GenAI-enabled applications in production environments - up from less than 5% in 2023, according to...
SA economy continues to ‘muddle along’
September reflected another month of weakened economic activity indicating bleak prospects for the economy's growth in the third quarter, according to the latest BankservAfrica Economic Transactions Index (BETI) data. "The BETI slipped marginally to an index level of...
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ESET launches updated MSP Administrator
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Mobile can unlock retail innovation
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Turnaround time at SARS
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PoPI complicates choosing a cloud provider
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Global businesses turn to Oracle Blockchain
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Solutions Architect at The Foschini Group – Western Cape Parow East
JOB DESCRIPTION Key Responsibilities: Provide architectural and design leadership across solutions produced/consumed in/by the division. Collaborate with business architect and Business Analysts with business stakeholder engagement. Provide hands on guidance of the...
Senior Full Stack Developer (C# / .net / Javascript) Fully Remote
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Senior Software Engineer (SAP BW4HANA ) at The Foschini Group
JOB DESCRIPTION Key Responsibilities: Provide on-going support of the existing BPC Embedded Reporting, Data Services and BW systems SAP BEX Query Design and Analysis for Office reporting Working closely with other development teams Develop reports, dashboards and...
Senior Full Stack Developer (C# / .net / Javascript) Fully Remote – Western Cape Cape Town
ENVIRONMENT:Our client is a fast-growing international consultancy, founded in the UK, but with a strong presence in South Africa. They build software to create digital transformation solutions for a wide variety of international clients in financial institutions and...
Senior Software Engineer (SAP BW4HANA ) at The Foschini Group – Western Cape Parow East
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Enterprise Data Architect
This is an exceptional opportunity to shape the future of Zambia's banking industry. Key Responsibilities As the Enterprise Data Architect, you will: Lead Data Architecture Strategy: Oversee the organisation's data architecture, define sustainable strategies, and...
Senior Software Engineer (C# and .NET Core/.NET) at The Foschini Group
JOB DESCRIPTION Key Responsibilities: Design, develop, and maintain integration solutions using C# and .NET Core/.NET Framework. Build and manage APIs for data exchange, supporting both synchronous and asynchronous integrations. Implement real-time data processing and...
Enterprise Data Architect – Remote Remote
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