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 expands Omniverse with generative physical AI

Nvidia has announced generative AI (GenAI) models and blueprints that expand Nvidia Omniverse integration further into physical AI applications such as robotics, autonomous vehicles and vision AI. Global leaders in software development and professional services are...

Cybersecurity threat hits $15trn as attacks surge

As cyber criminals unleash increasingly sophisticated attacks, CIOs from the world's leading companies are battling an unprecedented wave of digital threats that includes ransomware to phishing and future quantum computing risks. Nearly half of IT directors at global...

PMI sees July decline

After what looks to have been a decent second quarter, at least in terms of quarterly growth momentum, the manufacturing sector had a setback at the start of the third quarter. This is the message from the latest seasonally adjusted Absa Purchasing Managers' Index...

Conversational AI capabilities drive contact centre market

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, says Gartner. "Near-term investment growth rates for CC and CC conversational AI and virtual...

Global fintech funding falls … but it’s not all bad news

The first six months of 2023 have proven difficult for the global fintech market with both total funding and the number of deals dropping - from $63,2-billion across 2 885 deals in H2 2022 to $52,4-billion across 2 153 deals in the first half of 2023, according to...

The dangers of collaboration tools exposed

South African businesses are failing to provide dedicated training on collaboration tools even though almost all of them (93%) have experienced a threat via their chosen tools, according to new research from Mimecast exploring the state of the collaboration tools...

These are the drivers for CDP adoption

A new Juniper Research study has identified the two leading markets driving customer data platform (CDP) adoption this year: retail and digital media enterprises. Together, they will account for $1,5-billion of global spend in 2023; exceeding 70% of the global market...

FNB customers continue to embrace PayShap

FNB customers continue to embrace PayShap, a realtime payment solution that facilitates payments of up to R3 000, for low-value payments with 62% of all PayShap payments made by them under R500 - and of these, 27% are below R100, making them completely free. "Even...

Most businesses with AI lead new use cases with it

A massive 55% of organisations that have previously deployed AI always consider AI for every new use case that they are evaluating, according to a new Gartner survey. More than half of organisations (52%) report that risk factors are a critical consideration when...

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"Connect. Grow. Scale" - was the headline to an article published in an entrepreneurial magazine which detailed how the ambitions of independent business owners are now no different from those of a large corporation. Technology has now made it possible for anyone to...

Hollard Life Namibia embraces analytics

Hollard Namibia, the largest privately-owned insurance group in the country, has contracted SilverBridge Holdings to implement a Microsoft-based business intelligence (BI) solution and enable it to extract meaningful insights from its data to help drive business...

Predictive maintenance unlocks lower costs

African power utilities are evolving as they are unbundled into separate generation, transmission and distribution companies and as they come under growing pressure to service unserved communities as well as to support industrial growth. By Colin Beaney, global...

The SMME opportunity with Axiz and Micro Focus

Just because software solutions from Micro Focus and SUSE are targeted at government and enterprise-level users doesn't mean that small, medium and micro enterprise (SMME) resellers can't benefit by being an integral part of the supply chain. Government is committed...

A future with more efficient and successful cities

While smart cities have held a great deal of promise for many years, they are only beginning to come to fruition now. This is due to the fact that we now have the network connectivity and the backend storage and compute infrastructure to unleash their full potential....

Common misconceptions about tax and directors’ fees

Many non-residents that derive directors' fees from a South African tax resident company believe that because they are non-resident and pay tax in their country of residence on such directors' fees they are not liable to tax in South Africa. This is a common...

SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 accelerates software-defined infrastructure

SUSE has unveiled SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8, its latest enterprise-ready OpenStack Cloud platform. Based on OpenStack Pike, SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 is the first release to integrate the best of SUSE OpenStack Cloud and HPE OpenStack technology, which was acquired by SUSE...

African cities at the forefront of smart city growth

Wael Youssef, director of digital solutions, smart cities and IOT; and head of the Orange Business Services Smart Cities Centre of Excellence in Dubai, writes about the state of smart cities on the continent. "Smart Cities" is a phrase we hear often - usually in the...

Debtsource debuts for credit risk

Credit management specialist Debtsource has launched a solution to assess, insure, finance and manage trade credit risk. Through a collaboration with Alternative Finance Solutions (AFS), Debtsource clients can now assess their initial credit risk through detailed...

AI helps with improving healthcare outcomes

Predictive analytics can save lives. Healthcare has always come with the fine balance of prioritising care and allocating scarce resources. Providers are faced with tough decisions about how long doctors or nurses see patients, who occupies their limited number of...

Project Manager (Software) (Contract) at Parvana Recruitment

About our client:Our client is a dynamic IT company delivering innovative, value-driven solutions. Their culture is built on pride in their work, respect for colleagues, partners, and communities, and a commitment to collaborative decision-making. They also believe in...

Intermediate Backend Developer

Our client is seeking a developer with AWS or related Cloud experience that enjoys working with IaC (Infrastructure as Code), CI/CD Pipelines, Serverless (Lambdas, EventBridge etc), NodeJS, REST APIs, PostgreSQL etc. Key Requirements Relevant bachelor's degree (B.SC...

Intermediate Backend Developer – Gauteng Johannesburg Region

Our client is seeking a developer with AWS or related Cloud experience that enjoys working with IaC (Infrastructure as Code), CI/CD Pipelines, Serverless (Lambdas, EventBridge etc), NodeJS, REST APIs, PostgreSQL etc. Key Requirements Relevant bachelor's degree (B.SC...

Pre-sales Networking Specialist (PE)

ENVIRONMENT:PROVIDE technical Pre-sales support to various entities for the purpose of promoting and selling products/services for potential customers and existing customers as the next Pre-sales Networking Specialist sought by a dynamic Internet Service & Network...

IT Business Analyst: Digital Transformation

Our client in Pretoria is urgently seeking a skilled IT Business Analyst with a strong background in digital transformation (preferably within the telecommunications industry or background). The ideal candidate brings expertise in business and systems analysis and...

Business Analyst

The Business Analyst (BA) will be responsible for understanding the business needs and transforming those needs into detailed project requirements. The BA will act as a bridge between stakeholders and the development team, ensuring that software solutions meet...

Pre-sales Networking Specialist (PE) – Eastern Cape Gqebera

ENVIRONMENT:PROVIDE technical Pre-sales support to various entities for the purpose of promoting and selling products/services for potential customers and existing customers as the next Pre-sales Networking Specialist sought by a dynamic Internet Service & Network...

IT Business Analyst: Digital Transformation – Gauteng Centurion

Our client in Pretoria is urgently seeking a skilled IT Business Analyst with a strong background in digital transformation (preferably within the telecommunications industry or background). The ideal candidate brings expertise in business and systems analysis and...

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