5G, AI are key drivers for telco growth
5G and artificial intelligence (AI) are driving growth in the telecommunications and mobile industry. This is according to GSMA Intelligence’s new “Global Mobile Trends 2025” report that examines key verticals within the telecom/mobile industry. In terms of enterprise...
How Cell C users can protect themselves after security breach
RansomHouse is claiming responsibility for a cybersecurity attack at Cell C, where some customer data may have been compromised. The latest attack follows a previously reported incident involving unauthorised access to unstructured data in some parts of our IT...
All change for the channel as AI, CX take centre stage
Kathy Gibson reports from Gitex - So far, 2023 has been a turbulent year for the IT industry. Artificial intelligence (AI), long a niche play, has burst on to the scene and into the public consciousness, while the science of customer experience is quickly going...
Access Bank ups customer engagement with video
Kathy Gibson reports - Access Bank Ghana has implemented a video channel in its contact centre, giving its approximately 1-million customers a new and convenient way of engaging with the bank. Chimbar Nurokinan, head of contact centre at Access Bank Ghana, explains...
South Africans fear spying from drones
According to the results of the recent Kaspersky Business Digitisation survey that was conducted in the Middle East, Turkiye, and Africa region, 44% of employees surveyed in South Africa are afraid of drone spying. Corporate spies and hackers use drones to get trade...
Calling all channel players: Vote for 2023’s top vendors and distributors
Voting is now open for the 2023 survey for this year's Channelwise Awards - the most sought-after and prestigious independent awards in the South African IT distribution channel. Channel players are asked to cast their votes for the vendors and distributors they feel...
Nations stand to benefit from enhanced cybersecurity
Kathy Gibson reports from Gitex - Cybersecurity is a pressing global challenge, but addressing it presents nations with a number of new opportunities as well. Badar Alsalehi, director-general of the Oman National Cert and head of ITU for regional cybersecurity, points...
GenAI, LLMs make in impact in the contact centre
Kathy Gibson reports from Gitex - The alignment of broadband availability, lower computing cost, increases in speed, processing power and storage have created a perfect storm for artificial intelligence (AI) to head into the mainstream business world. Omar Javaid,...
Energy drinks and sleepless nights – cybersecurity pros risk burnout
High level staff shortages and a growing cybercrime onslaught are putting South Africa's cybersecurity professionals at risk of burnout - with many suffering from exhaustion, insomnia, disengagement, and a range of physical symptoms. This emerged during a recent Cyber...
Data governance key to future-proof security
Kathy Gibson reports from Gitex - New technologies like artificial intelligence pose a cybersecurity threat - but will also be key to driving developments in data and security. Aloysius Cheang, chief security officer: Middle East and Central Asian Region at Huawei,...
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CA recognised for enterprise hybrid cloud management
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SUSE adds container certification for ISVs
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Sage gets partners up and running
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T-Systems makes opening new branches easy
Local businesses expanding operations in new locations, franchise sites, pop-up stores, short term leases and other in-branch opportunities can now instantly connect to their broader corporate infrastructure and to the external Internet while maintaining compliance to...
Intelligence key to Forcepoint protection
orcepoint has announced what it believes to be the industry's first Risk-Adaptive Protection solution, Dynamic Data Protection in response to challenges in balancing user and data security with business productivity. Legacy cybersecurity solutions today rely on...
Fujitsu Eternus LT supports LTO 8
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BlackBerry Motion debuts in SA
TCL Communication's newest BlackBerry smartphone, the all-touch BlackBerry Motion is now available in South Africa with Cellucity. It is the first BlackBerry smartphone to offer IP67 water and dust resistance, a new anti-scratch display technology, and the largest...
Google makes Android device-makers patch regularly
Google has announced, albeit without going into much detail, that it will require the manufacturers of Android devices to push out regular security-focused updates. The announcement came from the head of Android security at Google, David Kleidermacher, during his talk...
Ecobank wins digital strategy award
Ecobank won the Best Digital Strategy Award at the Retail Banker International's prestigious awards ceremony in London last week. Ecobank's digital strategy leverages digitalisation for scale and ubiquity and is the key plank in its ambition to be the top consumer...
Troye proactively addresses security threats
Local managed IT services provider, Troye, is proactively helping its clients defend against external and insider security threats and is helping mitigate phishing attacks and loss of data due to malicious behaviour. With the imminent enforcement of PoPI and GDPR,...
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Our client is a tech start-up making life better for everyday households in Africa and is looking for a Junior level Software Engineer at their offices in Cape Town, South Africa.The role is multifaceted in that it involves far more than pure software development. We...
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Intermediate Java Developer(CH1068) – Fully Remote – Western Cape Cape Town
Our client is a leading software services and consulting company focusing on delivering innovative solutions with a strategic emphasis on generative AI. They are expanding their team to include an individual contributor that will act as a Intermediate Java Developer...
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