Modest rebound for the BETI in October
The BankservAfrica Economic Transactions Index (BETI), which measures the value of all electronic transactions cleared through BankservAfrica at seasonally adjusted real prices, showed a steady recovery in October 2024 following September’s weaker performance. The...
Fibre key to ubiquitous broadband rollout in Africa
Kathy Gibson reports from AfricaCom - Globally, fibre has begun to dominate fixed broadband connectivity, and continues to expand. This is the word from Dobek Pater, ICT analyst at Africa Analysis, speaking at the Africa Broadband Forum on the sidelines of AfricaCom...
ChatGPT prompts AI investments
In a recent Gartner poll of more than 2 500 executive leaders, 45% reported that the publicity of ChatGPT has prompted them to increase artificial intelligence (AI) investments. Seventy percent of executives said that their organisation is in investigation and...
Cloud AI market to hit $647,6bn by 2030
The global cloud AI market size is projected to reach $647,6-billion by 2030, registering a CAGR of 39,6% from 2023 to 2030, according to a new report by Grand View Research. The key factors propelling the growth of the market are the demand for intelligent virtual...
What’s new on the cyberthreat agenda in META?
Artificial intelligence, compromised corporate data on the Darknet, risks carried by deepfakes and critical industry-specific threats are all driving increased cyberthreats in the Middle East and Africa region. "Considering how quickly the threat landscape is...
Smartphone market woes continue with 14,6% decline
Worldwide smartphone shipments declined 14,6% year over year to 268,6-million units in the first quarter of 2023 (1Q23), according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. This marks the seventh...
Chinese banks extend lending dominance
Chinese banks extended their dominance as the world's largest lenders in 2022 despite rate hikes and slowing economic growth while their global peers saw declines in balance sheets. This is according to the largest Global Bank Ranking published by S&P Global...
Medusa, Nevada lead the ransomware charge
Data reveals that a total of 167 new ransomware groups were discovered in Q1 2023. BitcoinCasino's financial expert Edith Reads comments: "This is a clear sign of the growth in ransomware activity. Many of these groups are trying to exploit security flaws, especially...
Big drop in Bitcoin trading volume
Historically, April has been one of the strongest months for Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, bringing the biggest average monthly returns. However, this year, that wasn't the case. Although Bitcoin topped over $30 400 on 18 April, reaching the highest level since...
Demand for innovation, resilience, security drove European software growth
International Data Corporation (IDC) confirms continued resiliency of the European software market despite economic uncertainty and an unstable socio-political situation. IDC's recently published Worldwide Semiannual Software Tracker showed an overall 15% year-on-year...
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BlueBorne may affect billions of devices
Fortinet urges caution regarding a new Bluetooth exploit, known as BlueBorne, that has been discovered to exploit a number of Bluetooth vulnerabilities, making billions of devices potentially vulnerable to attack.While there is no evidence that such attack vectors...
Attackers abuse document software
Kaspersky Lab experts have discovered a feature in popular document-creation software that has been abused by attackers to launch successful targeted attacks. Using a malicious application that activates when the simple office document is opened, information about the...
1 000th customer for Sage Enterprise Intelligence
Sage has announced that 1 000 customers are now using the Sage Enterprise Intelligence (SEI) solution. Designed to help Enterprise customers manage business intelligence, SEI is available globally and integrates with Sage Enterprise level business management...
Econz Wireless Timecard GPS adds overtime
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Arbor releases new version of DDoS defence
As Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks continue to rise dramatically in size, frequency and complexity, it has become clear that automation is now increasingly critical in protecting the network against these attacks. This is according to Arbor Network's...
Learnerships aid SA’s disabled workforce
An integrated, robust effort from the public and private sector is required to boost employment levels among the country's disabled workforce. According to data by Statistics SA, around 2,9-million South Africans are living with disabilities, yet only one percent have...
Strengthening the human weakness
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Modern trading floors must transform
In 2002 the Johannesburg Stock Exchange adopted SETS, the London Stock Exchange's flagship electronic order book. When a 2013 research paper studied the impact of this, it found the JSE was more liquid, had doubled its trade and lowered trading costs. There is no...
Dutch eLearning specialist launches in SA
aNewSpring, a Dutch learning technology company has opened a Johannesburg-based office with exclusive distributor New Leaf Technologies. "We have been working with New Leaf Technologies for over a year. The company has been instrumental in the success of aNewSpring in...
Managing hybrid, multi-cloud environments
The vast majority of companies have moved at least parts of their business to the cloud. The benefits in terms of cost savings, improved operations and similar are too great to ignore. Some have gone either a public or private cloud route, but most have a hybrid...
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Developer – Internship Role (JHB) at Parvana Recruitment
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