BNPL drives financial inclusion in Africa
Buy now, pay later (BNPL) is emerging as a key player in modern consumer financing, offering an alternative to traditional credit models and reshaping how people access and manage credit. Once dismissed as a niche payment option, BNPL has now become a significant...
Economic pressures drive SA consumers to value
South African retail sales have seen moderate increases despite a strong festive season finish. According to NIQ South Africa’s latest State of the Retail Nation analysis for the last quarter and full year calendar year of 2024, South African consumers spent nearly...
AI could solve critical challenges, improve our economy
Kathy Gibson reports – The launch of ChatGPT less than one year ago marked a significant milestone in the world – sparking enthusiasm and opening our eyes to the opportunities that artificial intelligence (AI) can offer. This is the word from Maurice Radebe, head and...
Another record broken as Arctic and Antarctic ice shrink
Arctic sea ice likely reached its annual minimum extent on 19 September 2023, making it the sixth-lowest year in the satellite record, according to researchers at NASA and the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC). Meanwhile, Antarctic sea ice reached its lowest...
SA insurance industry shows its resilience
The South African non-life insurance industry was heavily impacted by the Kwa-Zulu Natal floods in April 2022, the July 2021 civil unrest, and a hardened global and local reinsurance market - while life insurers have benefited from the normalisation of mortality...
Salaries, private pensions outperform August 2022
Further boosting July's growth, the average take-home pay tracked in the BankservAfrica Take-home Pay Index (BTPI) rose again in August 2023, surpassing the levels reflected last year. The latest data also reflects some good news for the local job market in Q3. "The...
Merc gears up for next-gen platform with Nvidia
Mercedes-Benz is using digital twins for production with help from Nvidia Omniverse - a platform for developing Universal Scene Description (Open USD) applications to design, collaborate, plan, and operate manufacturing and assembly facilities. Mercedes-Benz's new...
Technology falls short for supply chain leaders
The vast majority of the supply chain environment is uncaptured by supply chain decision-makers' current digital models, says Gartner. This incomplete view of the supply chain results in digital trade-off analysis failing to improve decision-makers' outcomes despite...
SMEs lead the move to hybrid working
The traditional office paradigm is undergoing a transformation as a shift to hybrid work fuels a demand for coworking spaces across South Africa's major cities. Venture Workspace surveyed 94 South African businesses, the majority of them small businesses, and found...
Regional mobile threats on the rise
While users increasingly rely on their mobile devices to share personal data and connect to corporate networks, the number of mobile threat detections particularly in the Middle East, Turkiye, and Africa region increased by 5% in Q2 2023 compared to Q2 2022. This is...
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Managing predictive behaviour in insurance
Predictive and behavioural analytics enable better risk mitigation, fraud detection, and customer insight for insurers. Kelly Preston, data analytics manager at SilverBridge, believes this provides organisations with a better understanding of not only how to approach...
Angola Cables expands global IP coverage
Angola Cables has added additional peering points at IX.BR São Paulo and Fortaleza, Equinix Ashburn and Miami (formerly NOTA), and NIIX and De-CIX in New York. Darwin Costa, IP product manager of Angola Cables, says: "The new peering points will further enhance the...
Briisk aims to digitise financial services
One of the first companies to enable insurtech and fintech solutions on one digital platform, Briisk has provided the technology to launch South Africa's first fully digital drone insurance, Drone Covered. The insurance, underwritten by Transact and Protect Insure...
InfiNet launches educational platform
Fixed broadband wireless connectivity provider InfiNet Wireless has launched its own educational platform, the InfiNet Wireless Academy. InfiNet Wireless Academy is an information and training platform for customers and partners who use InfiNet solutions and is a...
Smart partnership ecosystems key to success
Business today demands not only smart partnerships - it demands ways of unlocking trapped value, writes Kabelo Makwane, MD for Accenture Operations in Africa. Think about a typical South African business and you'll likely be thinking about a company where everything,...
Technology equips legal industry for the future
Technology is transforming the information landscape and rapidly changing the workplace. The generally conservative legal industry has in no way been spared, with new technologies and innovations disrupting - and enabling - the practice of law, demanding that law...
Contending with Africa’s informal markets
Anyone who aims to maximize their business opportunities in Africa will have to capture the informal trade. Even in nations like South Africa, the informal sector makes up a large portion of the economy - involving 2.9 million people (well over 17% of total employment...
New gaming notebooks from Acer
Acer has launched two new Predator Helios gaming notebooks: the Predator Helios 500, featuring up to 8th Gen Intel Core i9+ processors; and the Predator Helios 300 Special Edition. Both feature VR-Ready performance, advanced thermal technologies, and fast...
An intro to document management in the cloud
Cloud computing has been around for quite a while now, but if your understanding of exactly what that term means is a bit, um, "cloudy," you're not alone. By Rieva Lesonsky, CEO of GrowBiz Media and SmallBizDaily Consider this post a crash course in "Cloud 101"--what...
Security orchestration across major cloud platforms
they struggle to deal with the speed of business process automation and the exponential growth of corporate data, 66% of enterprises and 49% of SMBs are planning to expand their hybrid cloud infrastructures. At the same time, every second company feels it cannot fully...
Solutions Architect (Senior) at Parvana Recruitment – Gauteng Johannesburg
About our client:Our client, headquartered in the USA, offers a great work opportunity. Embrace work-from-home flexibility and long-term prospects, including overseas opportunities. Benefit from learning from the best in the field at a company with amazing perks and...
Data Scientist (Intermediate) at Parvana Recruitment – Western Cape Cape Town
About our client:Our client is a leading provider of telco, payments, retail software - they have a global client base with a strong R&D focus. They are great believers in continuous improvement and fast adapters to new tech and constantly changing business needs....
Developer – C# (MASTER) at Parvana Recruitment – Western Cape Cape Town
Parvana Responsibilities: Deliver code that is functional, understandable, maintainable and testable. Work closely with analysts, documenters and testers. Automated testing of features developed. Deliver technical documentation as and when required. Act as a mentor to...
Firmware Engineer – KwaZulu-Natal Durban
Our global client who produce cutting edge security products is seeking a Firmware Engineer to join their team. You would be joining as a firmware engineer where you will get to work with the teams in a Scaled Agile environment. The primary focus of this role is...
Senior DevOps Engineer – Gauteng Johannesburg Region
Our client is seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer to design and implement strategies that streamline software development and delivery processes. Key Requirements Minimum 5 years or more of work experience as a DevOps Engineer or similar software engineering...
Business Analyst (Product)
Leading Asset Management company based in Cape Town seeks a smart, dynamic Business Analyst to work with their product team with their bespoke software products.Completed BCom / BSc Honours with approx 1-2 years relevant experience working closely with the Product...
Project Manager IT
IT Software Development Project Manager with relevant IT qualification, and minimum 3 years' IT project management experience, specific to software development projects in the Financial Services Industry, required to assist in embedding agile practices and...
Software Developer – Java / Spring Boot at Parvana Recruitment
About our client:Our client is a leading provider of telco, payments, retail software - they have a global client base with a strong R&D focus. They are great believers in continuous improvement and fast adapters to new tech and constantly changing business needs....
DevOps Engineer at Parvana Recruitment
Client Details:Our client is a leading provider of telco, payments, retail software - they have a global client base with a strong R&D focus. They are great believers in continuous improvement and fast adapters to new tech and constantly changing business needs....
Data Implementation Specialist at Parvana Recruitment
About our client:Our client, established in the 90's and headquartered in Cape Town, has a global presence with over 500+ highly skilled employees. They are a diverse team of engineers, developers and specialists in finance, HR, digital infrastructure and marketing...
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