African Development Bank calls for bold solutions to African poverty
Climate change, global financial shocks and growing food insecurity are threatening Africa, the world’s fastest-growing continent and hampering achievement of global development goals. To tackle these challenges and speed up the continent’s efforts to achieve these...
Kaspersky IDs security flaws in Unisoc
Kaspersky Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team (ICS CERT) experts have discovered critical vulnerabilities in Unisoc SoCs that could allow bypassing security measures and gaining unauthorised remote access by exploiting modem communication with the...
Small businesses are resilient, despite economic adversity
South African small businesses are determined to face a challenging economic environment with optimism and resilience. New research from global small business platform Xero reveals the three main concerns for small businesses are political and economic instability...
The trends shaping cloud, data centre, edge
Gartner has highlighted four trends impacting cloud, data centre and edge infrastructure in 2023, as infrastructure and operations (I&O) teams pivot to support new technologies and ways of working during a year of economic uncertainty. Paul Delory, vice-president...
Intel, BCG partner on secure generative AI
Intel Corporation and Boston Consulting Group (BCG) have announced a strategic collaboration to enable generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) using end-to-end Intel AI hardware and software. The GenAI solution delivers fully custom and proprietary solutions to...
Terrestrial fibre connects Mombasa, Joburg
Liquid Dataport has launched the first terrestrial fibre connecting Mombasa to Johannesburg. The new route, including a fibre link across DRC between Goma and Kananga, provides multiple landlocked countries with extra redundancy, resilience, connectivity to numerous...
African startup uses AI to slash doctors’ paperwork
As a medical doctor in Nigeria, Tobi Olatunji knows the stress of practicing in Africa's busy hospitals. As a machine-learning scientist, he has a prescription for it. "I worked at one of West Africa's largest hospitals, where I would routinely see more than 30...
Rapid growth forecast for embedded finance
The global embedded finance market size is expected to reach $588,49-billion by 2030, expanding at a CAGR of 32,2% from 2023 to 2030, according to a new study conducted by Grand View Research. The benefits of embedded finance, such as an alternate source of revenue...
Logistics automation to top $90bn by 2030
The global logistics automation market size is expected to reach $90-billion by 2030, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 14,7%, according to a new report by Grand View Research. Logistics operations are critical factors in the smooth functioning of the...
Vehicle age reaches record high in the US
With more than 284 million vehicles in operation (VIO) on US roads, the average age of cars and light trucks in the US has risen again this year to a new record of 12,5 years, up by more than three months over 2022, according to the latest analysis from S&P Global...
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Where the whole is less than the sum of its (code) parts
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Of banks and cybersecurity
If there's one industry we should be most concerned about when it comes to cyber criminals and security, it's the one that looks after our money. "The financial services industry is under continual threat from cyber crooks, and the methods they use to try and...
ContinuityMauritius opens new facility
ContinuityMauritius, which has been delivering business continuity services to the island of Mauritius for the past decadehas inaugurated a new improved and larger recovery facility. The new ContinuityMauritius recovery facility is housed in the Birger Technology...
The outlook for ICT in 2018
Jarryd Chatz, CEO at BitCo, offers his predictions on where ICT is heading in 2018. The ICT sector evolves at a rapid pace which a few other industries can mimic - it is, without a doubt, difficult to quantify all the ways in which technology has impacted our lives....
5G could ignite smart city development
Looking for real estate investment opportunities around the world? The secret is to think "smart". The term "smart city" is coming up more and more frequently in real estate and investment circles. Cities either claim to be or are aspiring to be smart. Although there...
Tech enthusiast makes maths fun
A mobile phone app developed by a University of KwaZulu-Natal Computer Science student is set to make high-quality maths education free and accessible to students from various socio-economic backgrounds. Open Omnia is a web-based programme which aims to assist...
Lenovo makes Corporate Knights list
Lenovo has been recognised as a top company on the Corporate Knights' Global 100 list. The list recognises the top 100 companies across the world from a pool of nearly 6,000 publicly listed companies and evaluates them on up to 17 environmental, social and governance...
WASPA commits to more of the same
The self-regulating watchdog for South Africa's mobile content and applications industry, the Wireless Application Service Providers' Association (WASPA), has recommitted itself to another year of looking out for cellular consumers. This is good news for beleaguered...
IDC recognizes SAP for enterprise marketing clouds
SAP has been named a major player in the IDC MarketScape report "Worldwide Artificial Intelligence in Enterprise Marketing Clouds 2017 Vendor Assessment." According to IDC MarketScape, the SAP Hybris Marketing Cloud solution provides customers with an opportunity to...
Kaspersky revenues grow 8%
Kaspersky Lab grew sustainably in 2017 and increased its global unaudited IFRS revenue by 8%, to a total $698-million. While the second half of 2017 was challenging for the company due to geopolitical turmoil and unfounded allegations, its customers and partners keep...
Senior Laravel Developer – KwaZulu-Natal Kloof
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Senior Java Developer
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We are seeking an Intermediate Java Developer for our innovative Fintech client in the Western Cape. The company crafts user-friendly online solutions to address real-world challenges, with its flagship product being a revenue management system for financial...
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Senior Java Developer – Western Cape Cape Town
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Java Developer (Remote) (CH1057) – Western Cape Lemoenkloof
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Python Software Engineer – Gauteng Johannesburg Region
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Senior Project Manager (CPT Hybrid)
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