How can SA plug the ICT skills gap?

Kathy Gibson reports from the IITPSA Workforce Conference – While South Africa records the highest unemployment rate in the world, there is still a dire shortage of critical IT skills. Presenting the IITPSA IT Skills Survey, Lehlohonolo  Mokenela, MD of Africa...

Is talent debt depleting your institutional knowledge?

Organisations cutting costs through workforce reduction to weather tough conditions may be trading a visible saving for an invisible liability that will cost them far more later, warns Advaita Naidoo, Africa MD at executive search firm Jack Hammer Global. “Globally,...

In 2027, AI could account for 20% of all business tech spend

In the coming year, CIOs and CISOs will face growing pressure to realise returns on their AI investments in infrastructure, security, digital sovereignty, and emerging technologies, according to Forrester’s 2027 technology and security predictions. Additionally, with...

Banks expect to hand decisions to AI – even if they can’t explain them

Banks are racing toward a future where AI no longer merely informs key credit, treasury, and risk decisions – it makes them autonomously. Yet AI governance is not keeping pace with adoption, according to new AI risk research by FT Longitude, SAS and Microsoft. Even as...

Partnering key in challenging times

Kathy Gibson reports from Pinnacle TechScape - Artificial intelligence (AI) is giving us new ways of creating and using data. But the data centres required to power AI are simultaneously wreaking havoc on the global memory supply chains. Bennie du Plessis, regional...

AI turns security cameras into an intelligent IoT network

Kathy Gibson reports from Pinnacle TechScape – With the level of hype around artificial intelligence, it can seem like it’s something that landed just in the last couple of years. But companies like HikVision have been integrating AI into their solutions since at...

Strong growth for fraud detection and prevention solutions

The global fraud detection and prevention market is expected to reach $129,4-billion by 2033 with a CAGR of 18,1%, according to a new report by Grand View Research. The proliferation of smartphones and the continued rollout of high-speed Internet networks has...

Cisco partners with Jozi My Jozi on inner city revitalisation

Kathy Gibson reports form Johannesburg - Cisco and Jozi My Jozi today launched a new partnership aimed at harnessing technology to help develop the Johannesburg inner city. The new initiative, Masibambisane, is part of Cisco’s global 40 Communities social impact...

These are the companies leading the AI semiconductor race

To meet the increasing AI demands for computing power, the competition is intensifying among the Companies to Beat in the AI semiconductor vendor race, according to Gartner. In the Company to Beat insights from Gartner, analysts have identified market-defining AI...

Europe requires Google to share data

The European Commission yesterday issued a binding decision under Article 6(11) of the Digital Markets Act (DMA), requiring Google to share anonymised search ranking, query, click and view data with third-party search engines. The ruling comes into effective in...

It now takes companies longer to turn cash spent into cash collected

It now takes a company 67 days to turn a unit of cash spent on operations into cash collected from sales, according to Allianz Trade’s annual Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) & Cash Collection Cycle (CCC) report. The report,  which focuses on how long it takes...

SA the most future-ready economy on the continent

South Africa is the most future-ready economy in Africa, according to a new study by digital entertainment platform JB.com, which mapped 50 African countries to discover which are the best positioned for a modern digital economy. The study looked at nine pillars that...

.zadna confirms annual registry fees

The .za Domain Name Authority (.zadna) confirms that a 6.2% registry fee adjustment for the commercial second-level domains co.za, org.za, net.za and web.za will take effect on 1 October 2026. The annual adjustment is based on the approved CPI-linked pricing...

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Fostering a risk-aware culture in the wake of enhanced scrutiny

South Africa’s grey listing exposed not just gaps in technical compliance, but a deeper challenge that sits at the heart of business practice: the need to build organisations that are not merely compliant, but consciously ethical. Servaas du Plessis,  CEO of XTND,...

Customers win as e-commerce drives supply chain digitisation

The stellar growth of e-commerce in recent years has revolutionised global trade flows, driving fundamental shifts in supply chains, consumer behaviour, and business models. By Gys Wilson, head of product: guarantees and trade at FNB South Africa This evolution offers...

Beyond the hype: Building a real business case for GenAI

Generative AI (GenAI) is no longer a futuristic concept - it's being rapidly integrated into enterprise strategy. By Dalia Nabil, MEA head of pre-sales at Nokia Cloud and Network Services (CNS) McKinsey reports that GenAI adoption has seen an increase in adoption,...

Weelee wins Salesforce Automation Ace Award

Used car platform Weelee has won the Automation Ace Award category at the Salesforce Innovation Awards. The company was nominated in two categories at the awards, including the AI Excellence Trailblazer Award. However, it was the innovative application of technology...

Qlik debuts agentic experience

Qlik has announced the private preview of its new agentic experience in Qlik Cloud, delivered through Qlik Answers as the unified conversational interface, bringing together structured data analytics, unstructured documents, and the reasoning power of large language...

Are you prepared for the next outage?

Over the past year and a half, a series of major global IT disruptions - from a routine software update gone wrong, to widespread DNS failures and configuration errors that brought down X, Zoom, Spotify, Canva and ChatGPT, amongst others - has demonstrated a simple...

Strengthening cyber resilience in Africa

Cybercrime and cybersecurity incidents are no longer simply an IT issue – they have become critical governance, legal and compliance risks that can impact an organisation’s reputation, regulatory standing and financial stability. By Nikita Shaw, partner at Bowmans...

East Africa advances mobile-first messaging

East Africa continues to make steady strides in digital communication, driven by a focus on accessibility and affordability. Infobip’s 2025 Global Retail and Banking, Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI) Messaging Trends report indicates that messaging volumes in...

Angola’s role in Africa’s AI-driven infrastructure growth

As Africa accelerates its critical digital infrastructure investments, Angola’s strategic geographic position, rapidly expanding mobile ecosystem and emerging technology ambitions allow it to capitalise on this regional momentum. By Wojtek Piorko, MD: Africa at Vertiv...

Synthesis Software Technologies wins at AWS Partner Awards

Synthesis has been named a winner of the 2025 Sub-Saharan Africa AWS Regional Partner Award. AWS Regional Partner Awards recognize AWS’s Top Partners of the Year and Rising Star Partners of the Year in SSA, whose business models have embraced specialisation,...

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IT Support Technician• Relevant IT qualification (Diploma, Certificate, or Degree in Information Technology or similar).• Proven experience in an IT support role • Strong knowledge of Windows operating systems, networks, and basic hardware troubleshooting.• Experience...

SOFTWARE ENGINEER (LOW CODE/NO CODE) HYBRID – JHB

Our client in the insurance sector is seeking a Software Engineer (Low code/no code) to join their team.As Software Engineer, you will have primary responsibility on application development to deliver ongoing operational and business initiative outcomes. You will also...

IT Support Technician – Eastern Cape Gqebera

IT Support Technician• Relevant IT qualification (Diploma, Certificate, or Degree in Information Technology or similar).• Proven experience in an IT support role • Strong knowledge of Windows operating systems, networks, and basic hardware troubleshooting.• Experience...

SAP Functional Consultant (SAP FICO) 3227

Fair knowledge across all SAP modules.Initial focus on master data.Ability to assist with problem identification and possible solution by means of skills such as code debugging.The following functional skills are essential:Documentation of as-is and to-be business...

Support Engineer

Are you a technically curious Support Engineer who enjoys solving complex ICT challenges and helping businesses stay connected and secure? Join a Centurion-based technology company delivering secure communication solutions where innovation, expertise and people come...

SAP Functional Consultant (SAP FICO) 3227 – Gauteng Johannesburg

Fair knowledge across all SAP modules.Initial focus on master data.Ability to assist with problem identification and possible solution by means of skills such as code debugging.The following functional skills are essential:Documentation of as-is and to-be business...

Support Engineer – Gauteng Centurion

Are you a technically curious Support Engineer who enjoys solving complex ICT challenges and helping businesses stay connected and secure? Join a Centurion-based technology company delivering secure communication solutions where innovation, expertise and people come...

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