Orange Social Venture Prize supports innovation in Africa, Middle East
The 15th Orange Social Venture Prize in Africa and the Middle East is open for submissions. Candidates from the 17 countries within the Orange footprint have until 18 May to submit their project on the website. Since 2011, the OSVP prize has been rewarding innovative...
Black Friday is the king of retail bonanzas
South African retailers are already planning for a bumper 2025 Black Friday and holiday season. Black Friday, by its very nature, generates hype in the media and among retailers. However, a new index proves it is not hollow hype. South Africa’s first formal Black...
Executives take a brighter view on US economy
With concerns about inflation and a potential recession ticking down, business executives have grown guardedly less pessimistic about the US economy's prospects, according to the third-quarterAICPA & CIMA Economic Outlook Survey. The survey polls chief executive...
Technology industry among the worst for client data leaks
Businesses operating in the technology field have leaked consumers' data more than most other industries. This is the shock finding from NordPass research, which shows that almost 780 technology companies have suffered data breaches during which various consumer data...
1,5 degrees of warming will melt half the glaciers
In the Himalayas, not far from the base of Mount Everest, lies the Imja-Lhotse Shar Glacier, where David Rounce conducted his doctoral research. From 2013 to 2017, Rounce and his team visited Nepal to measure the glacier as it rapidly receded — and as the lake at its...
Critical gaps in identity threat protection exposed
The identity attack surface is the most significant gap in cybersecurity resilience today with existing solutions like multi-factor authentication (MFA) and privileged access management (PAM) leaving critical exposures and allowing for the malicious use of compromised...
Huawei phone surprises with 7nm SoC
Huawei's newest smartphone includes a sophisticated system-on-chip (SoC) that analysts didn't expect to see. When TechInsights, the authoritative information platform of the semiconductor industry, analysed the new Huawei Mate 60 Pro smartphone, they expected it would...
MediaTek to debut 3nm SoC in 2024
MediaTek has successfully developed its first chip using TSMC’s leading-edge 3nm technology, taping out MediaTek’s flagship Dimensity system-on-chip (SoC) with volume production expected next year. “We are committed to our vision of using the world’s most advanced...
Healthy growth for global security appliance sales
According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Security Appliance Tracker, total market revenue in the overall security appliance market grew 7,6% year over year in the second quarter of 2023 (2Q23) to more than $4,2-billion. This represents...
SA on the cusp of a BPO boom
Kathy Gibson reports - The business process outsourcing (BPO) industry in South Africa is booming, with significantly more growth ahead. Thanks to years of investment by government and the private sector, the BPO sector already accounts for around 100 000 jobs and has...
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Spotify lands in SA
Spotify, the largest global music streaming subscription service, has launched in South Africa. With a worldwide community of more than 159-million, Spotify offers users the choice of a free ad-supported service, or an ad-free Premium subscription service that comes...
Ericsson wins Safaricom NOC deal
Safaricom has awarded Ericsson and its partner Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) deployment of the next-generation network operation centre (NOC). Safaricom's transformation project is based on five pillars: views, process, people, infrastructure and tools. It is...
HTEK IP phones certified by PortaOne
Q-KON SA's HTEK UC900 series IP phones have been certified by PortaOne. This follows the successful interoperability testing and auto-provisioning integration with PortaSwitch, the PortaOne platform that delivers UC as a service. Providers using PortaSwitch can now...
Avaya completes Spoken acquisition
Avaya Holdings has closed its acquisition of Spoken Communications, an innovator in contact centre as a service (CCaaS) solutions and customer experience management applications built on conversational artificial intelligence. The Spoken platform accelerates Avaya's...
Cloud’s biggest security risk: the user
Cloud is coming into its own. Forrester says that public cloud platforms, business services, and applications will reach $236-billion by 2020. With cloud spending predicted to be six times that of IT spending over the same period, a cloud strategy is how companies...
Entersekt tops in mobile security
For the third year in a row, South African fintech company, Entersekt has won the Best Mobile Security Technology award in the annual Banker Africa Southern Africa Banking Awards. The aim of the awards is to recognise outstanding performance and excellence in the...
Canon launches iQuarius MX inks
Third generation inks for the Océ VarioPrint i-series have been specifically developed to meet the needs of customers working with offset coated papers for high quality graphic arts applications.The new Océ iQuarius MX inks enable application of higher ink coverages...
RS Components brings in Raspberry Pi 3 board
RS Components has announced the availability of the latest Raspberry Pi computer board: Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+. Building upon the phenomenal success of the Raspberry Pi 3 Model B, which will remain in production, the new board is the latest product in the Raspberry...
Is your African business’ payroll ready for GDPR?
The European Union (EU) is about to enforce the most important legislative update to the protection of personal information in our time. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into effect in May 2018. It's designed to protect the Personally Identifiable...
Ozone adds Exinda for network solutions
Ozone Information Technology Solutions has included Exinda Application Assurance and Visibility as one of its network optimisation solutions. Designed to help network managers and administrators overcome complex network challenges, Exinda reduces network costs and...
Intermediate .Net Developer
Our client is looking for a skilled Intermediate .NET Developer to join their R&D team. You will contribute to the design, development, and maintenance of web applications and services, utilizing AWS cloud services. Working in a collaborative, agile environment,...
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ENVIRONMENT:Our client seeks a Software Developer to join their team in Cape Town. They are a dynamic Software Development company specializing in bespoke software solutions, architecture consulting, and systems integration. The ideal candidate should have a strong...
Developer – PYTHON (MASTER) at Parvana Recruitment
Parvana Role: Our client develops exciting software using modern tools, techniques and methodologies. Responsibilities: Product design, programming, bug verification, and testing of computer programs for software products and/or customer applications. Researching...
Intermediate .Net Developer – KwaZulu-Natal Durban Region
Our client is looking for a skilled Intermediate .NET Developer to join their R&D team. You will contribute to the design, development, and maintenance of web applications and services, utilizing AWS cloud services. Working in a collaborative, agile environment,...
Software Engineer (Hybrid) – Western Cape Cape Town
ENVIRONMENT:Our client seeks a Software Developer to join their team in Cape Town. They are a dynamic Software Development company specializing in bespoke software solutions, architecture consulting, and systems integration. The ideal candidate should have a strong...
Developer – PYTHON (MASTER) at Parvana Recruitment – Western Cape Cape Town
Parvana Role: Our client develops exciting software using modern tools, techniques and methodologies. Responsibilities: Product design, programming, bug verification, and testing of computer programs for software products and/or customer applications. Researching...
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ENVIRONMENT: Established in 2020, our client specializes in providing comprehensive IT, analytics, and software support services tailored to the fresh produce industry. They are seeking a Project Manager to oversee and manage implementation and workflow projects from...
Flutter Developer
Our client is looking for a Flutter Developer with .Net Core experience. Key Requirements* Education & Experience: A degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field-or equivalent hands-on experience. You have at least 3 - 5 years of experience with C#...
Intermedate Java Developer
Job Purpose: Our client is seeking an experienced and visionary Developer to lead the development and implementation of robust software solutions. If you are a seasoned professional with a deep understanding of ECM or EDRMS systems, a strong technical foundation, and...
Developer – Java (MASTER) at Parvana Recruitment
Parvana Role: Our client develops exciting software using modern tools, techniques and methodologies. Responsibilities: Build and support applications in a technically exciting and challenging industry. Design, develop, test, document and support applications written...
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