How to raise funds, then scale your African start-up

Kathy Gibson reports from Everything AI and Gitex Kenya in Nairobi – For many African start-ups, their biggest challenge is not coming up with solutions or creating systems that work – it is in scaling them effectively. Once the excitement of the initial idea and...

African startups look to new investors

Kathy Gibson reports from AI Everything and Gitex Kenya in Nairobi – Africa’s exciting and innovative start-ups are attracting interest from investors in the Middle East, Europe and Asia. Investors from these regions are arguably more aligned to the continent’s...

Pilot to production: the challenge of African developers

Kathy Gibson reports from the AI Everything Summit in Nairobi – Africa has no shortage of ideas, use cases and innovation when it comes to developing AI applications. But having a great idea, or an elegant algorithm, doesn’t necessarily translate into a bankable...

As economies shift, Africa urged to follow the money

Kathy Gibson reports from the AI Everything Summit in Nairobi – Africa is enjoying a renaissance as it embraces technology and artificial intelligence (AI) to drive its future growth. But there is a danger that the continent will remain a mere consumer of the...

Nvidia launches Cosmos World Foundation Model Platform

At CES 2025, Nvidia announced Nvidia Cosmos, a platform comprising state-of-the-art generative world foundation models, advanced tokenisers, guardrails and an accelerated video processing pipeline built to advance the development of physical AI systems such...

2024 vehicle sales decline, despite late-year recovery

December vehicle sales in South Africa rose for the third consecutive month, increasing by 2,5% compared to December 2023. This growth was primarily driven by an 8,2% rise in passenger car sales, with the rental industry continuing to play a significant role in the...

Largest geospatial AI foundation model open to all

IBM's watsonx.ai geospatial foundation model - built from NASA's satellite data - will now be openly available on Hugging Face. It will be the largest geospatial foundation model on Hugging Face and the first-ever open-source AI foundation model built in collaboration...

Conversational AI to drive 16% contact centre growth

Worldwide contact centre (CC) and CC conversational AI and virtual assistant end-user spending is projected to total $18,6-billion in 2023, an increase of 16,2% from 2022, according to Gartner. "Near-term investment growth rates for CC and CC conversational AI and...

Internet set to hit 6bn users by 2028

The Internet has become an indispensable part of our lives, transforming how we communicate and access information - and it is set to surge even further in the years to come. According to estimates by the Atlas VPN team, the number of Internet users is projected to...

Global enterprise cloud to reach $1,4trn in 2027

The total global revenue opportunity for cloud computing in the enterprise segment is poised to reach $1,4-trillion in 2027, driven by positive IT investment sentiment seen among enterprises globally, and the large-scale automation and IT modernisation initiatives...

4th Gen Intel Xeon takes off in the cloud

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced the general availability of new Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances powered by custom 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors. The launch is the latest on a growing list of 4th Gen Xeon-powered instances that...

Ombudsman sounds the alarm over digital wallet fraud

As payment methods become more convenient, the threats targeting users are growing too. Indeed, wherever money or the transfer of money is concerned, fraud will be a factor. Although banks have developed fraud detection and prevention systems, such as SIM Swap...

SA users hit with courier service scams

Kaspersky experts have detected a wave in scams related to the RAM courier service in South Africa: fraudsters are employing deceptive tactics to trick unsuspecting users into divulging their financial information by claiming packages were undelivered due to unpaid...

Single-vendor SASE set for huge growth

The increased enterprise preference for single-vendor SASE solutions is expected to propel its growth at twice the rate of multi-vendor SASE solutions. According to a recently published forecast report from Dell'Oro Group, enterprises are anticipated to spend nearly...

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black says Netflix not a threat to SA

South Africa's entertainment offering black says The hype around Netflix is exaggerated, according to South African entertainment platform black. While black acknowledges Netflix as a competitor, it does not see it preventing media companies from thriving locally,...

Alaris, CSX unlock the power of information capture

Value-added IT distributor CSX has signed a major distribution contract with Alaris, a Kodak Alaris business specialising in digital imaging and information management. The agreement covers Southern Africa and includes the full range of the Alaris portfolio, from...

Strubel to lead Commvault worldwide channels

Commvault, a global leader in enterprise backup, recovery, archive and the cloud, recently announced the appointment of Scott Strubel as vice-president of worldwide channels, responsible for Commvault's global ecosystem of resellers and distributors. In this role,...

DCC debuts Dell EMC Data Domain DD3300

Dell EMC distributor, Drive Control Corporation (DCC) has introduced the Dell EMC Data Domain DD3300, a new platform specifically designed to deliver enterprise-level data protection to SMEs and large organisations' remote/branch offices. Comments Jaco Erasmus,...

Turrito is Vodacom Fixed Partner of the Year

Turrito Networks scooped the SME and Indirect Channel Vodacom Fixed Partner of the Year Award (Large Region Category) at the recent Vodacom Business Partner Conference. Despite a tough economic environment, converged communications company - Turrito Networks, has...

Trackmatic, Coricraft examine last mile challenges

Last mile logistics is a hot topic in the Supply Chain because it is regarded as the cornerstone to driving growth, profitability and customer loyalty. Yet the complex challenges facing last mile logistics makes it difficult to perfect. This is further compounded by...

Paratus Botswana offers cabling and skills

Paratus Botswana has launched a new initiative that is aimed at equipping employees with the skills needed to meet the challenges of the fast-evolving technological world. It has launched an intensive training course for staff to futureproof customers' networking...

Veeam unveils vision for hyper-availability

Veeam Software has unveiled its vision for the Hyper-Available Enterprise and its strategy to guide enterprise customers on their journey to Intelligent Data Management at massive scale. At VeeamON 2018, Veeam demonstrated how customers around the world are leveraging...

HP launches new PC lineup

HP Inc has unveiled a new lineup of premium notebooks, desktops and displays, the HP Elite 1000 and HP ENVY portfolios. With 81% of people working during their personal time and more than half multi-tasking personal activities at work, using a device that can straddle...

Photo editor apps hiding malware on Google Play

SophosLabs has discovered apps in Google Play harbouring Guerilla ad clicker malware. By Mark Stockely, author of Naked Security The malware, identified by Sophos as Andr/Guerilla-D, found its way on to Google Play during March and April 2018, in innocent-looking...

PHP Developer – Gauteng Woodmead

The successful candidate will join an existing team of developers and will focus on the design, development and maintenance of several systems which primarily use PHP and MySQL. Projects currently include the development of a network security monitoring and reporting...

ICT Project Manager – Gauteng Johannesburg

The ICT Project Manager (PM) will implement Information Technology (IT) initiatives that improve cost effectiveness,service quality, and business efficiency in a constantly changing environment. The Project Manager will take lead in the project management of...

Senior Network Engineer – Gauteng Centurion

Role: Senior Network EngineerLocation: Centurion - role will be hybrid after the first 4-6 months (depending on how quickly your training on the systems go)Our client is a leading ICT company who are dedicated to providing innovative ICT solutions to their clients....

Software Developer

Exceptional grasp of the fundamentals of programming paradigms and solution designReact or React-Native development experience is essential, with a preference for React-Native Desired Skills: react Design ux redux restful Jira About The Employer: Minimum Requirements...

DBA Programme Coordinator at Mancosa

CORE FUNCTIONS • Liaise with prospective DBA students, advising on inter-alia, programme structure, programme costs and admission requirements• Coordinate admissions and selections processes and liaise with the admissions and selections committee. • Arrange and...

Software Developer (Flutter)

ENVIRONMENT:A solutions based company, always striving to develop systems that make an impact, is looking forward to welcoming the next team member to their White River offices. They have an exciting opportunity for a young, passionate and self-driven Software...

Software Developer – Western Cape Cape Town CBD

Exceptional grasp of the fundamentals of programming paradigms and solution designReact or React-Native development experience is essential, with a preference for React-Native Desired Skills: react Design ux redux restful Jira About The Employer: Minimum Requirements...

DBA Programme Coordinator at Mancosa – KwaZulu-Natal Durban

CORE FUNCTIONS • Liaise with prospective DBA students, advising on inter-alia, programme structure, programme costs and admission requirements• Coordinate admissions and selections processes and liaise with the admissions and selections committee. • Arrange and...

Software Developer (Flutter) – Mpumalanga White River

ENVIRONMENT:A solutions based company, always striving to develop systems that make an impact, is looking forward to welcoming the next team member to their White River offices. They have an exciting opportunity for a young, passionate and self-driven Software...

On-Premises and Azure AD Project Manager- 2024-28

On-Premises and Azure AD Project Manager- HybridOur client in the mining industry requires an On-Premises and Azure AD Project Manager who will oversee and manage projects related to their Active Directory infrastructure, both on-premises and in the cloud. The ideal...

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