20 years on and gender gap parity is fracturing

Twenty years after the World Economic Forum first measured the global gender gap, the world is closer to parity than ever, but progress is fragile, with gains reversing in some areas, according to the Global Gender Gap Report 2026. Women now reach senior leadership in...

Unemployed are least likely to prioritise betting spending-limit tools

The online betting group most likely to prioritise debt repayment with a windfall is also the group least likely to ask regulators or operators for spending controls, according to new research from Softswiss. Fewer than four in 10 unemployed South Africans think...

AI-first enterprises will win big if they do it right

Kathy Gibson reports - Enterprises that are reshaping and reinventing business domains around artificial intelligence (AI) are on track to experience great return on investment (ROI) and become more competitive. But there is a currently a big disconnect between AI...

AI leaders join call for a slowdown in new developments

The call for a global slowdown on artificial intelligence (AI) development is gaining traction, with the leaders of the some of the world’s largest AI companies adding their voices. On Saturday, Anthropic CEO Dr Dario Amodei penned an essay calling for AI companies to...

Evolving Trojan targets trusted platforms

Check Point Software Technologies has released its Global Threat Index for February 2025, highlighting the rise of AsyncRAT, a remote access Trojan (RAT) that continues to evolve as a serious threat within the cyber landscape. Once again, Ethiopia retained its top...

EMEA to increase enterprise IoT spend

The Worldwide Internet of Things Spending Guide  by International Data Corporation anticipate that internet of things (IoT) spending in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) is in for an 11% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) between 2023-2028. Western Europe...

4th Gen AMD EPYC powers Amazon EC2 instances

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has expanded its 4th Gen AMD EPYC processor-based offerings with the general availability of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) M7a and Amazon EC2 Hpc7a instances, which offer next-generation performance and efficiency for applications that...

Adobe co-founder Dr John Warnock dies

Adobe co-founder, Dr John Warnock, died on Saturday (19 August 2023), at the age of 82 Dr Warnock co-founded Adobe in 1982 with Dr Charles Geschke after meeting as colleagues at Xerox. Their first product was Adobe PostScript, new technology that sparked the desktop...

Massive surge for photo, video apps

As a key part of the social media experience, photo and video sharing has evolved over the past years. Today, photo and video apps have more users than ever, thanks to hundreds of millions of people willing to spend money on brushing up their digital presence and...

Kaspersky shares intelligence with Interpol in Africa

Kaspersky has supported Interpol with threat intelligence data in its Africa Cyber Surge II operation, which enabled investigators to identify compromised infrastructure and apprehend threat actors suspected of cybercrimes across the African region. The operation...

Bolt SA tops 400m rides

Bolt, the leading on-demand mobility platform in Africa, recently turned 10 globally and celebrated seven years of operating in South Africa. Since launching in Johannesburg in 2016, Bolt has hit over 400-million trips across 2-billion kilometres in South Africa. Bolt...

Nominations open for Africa Tech Festival Awards 2023

The achievements of some of the African technology, telecommunications, and media industry's best pioneers and tech entrepreneurs will be showcased at the Africa Tech Festival Awards, taking place in Cape Town on 15 November 2023. Award categories are: * Creative...

Quantum computing leap although projected growth declines

Customer spend for quantum computing is expected to grow from $1,1-billion in 2022 to $7,6-billion in 2027, representing a five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 48,1%. This is according to International Data Corporation (IDC), which published its second...

Emergent AI will have a profound impact on business and society

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is positioned on the Peak of Inflated Expectations on the Gartner Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies 2023 and is expected to reach transformational benefit within two to five years. Generative AI is encompassed within the...

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Vodacom to live stream Soweto Spring Festival 2017

Vodacom has secured exclusive streaming rights to the upcoming Soweto Spring Festival 2017 with artists such as Kwesta, Skwatta Camp, Okmalumoolkat, Amanda Black, Lady Zamar and many more set to grace the stage. "We will have a set up at both stages and switch between...

What will Black Friday look like in future?

South Africans have well and truly jumped on the Black Friday bandwagon over the past few years, embracing the Americans' Thanksgiving shopping holiday to take advantage of pre-festive season deals. Whether big or small, online or mall, retailers across product...

Telkom offers Night Surfer bonus

Telkom is offering free Night Surfer data bundles to certain Once-off All Network Data Bundles, from 26 November. For every data bundle a customer buys of between 1GB and 10GB, Telkom will give the customer an equal Night Surfer data bundle at no extra cost. For...

Enterprise want resellers to share IT risks

ICT resellers that want to thrive in a changing technology market need to be prepared to share risks with their customers and move towards consumption-based billing models that allow companies to spread their technology procurement costs over a longer period of time....

Critical for employers to be procedurally fair

South Africa's labour law is decisive in that there are definite processes that have to be followed in order for disciplinary cases to be confirmed as being both substantially and procedurally fair. HR and HCM solution development and services company, CRS...

Incident response vital to business survival

One only has to look at the slew of breaches that have been reported in the last few years to understand that one mistake can cost millions of customers their privacy and bring global consumer trust to an all-time low. This is why having incident response measures in...

One Channel partners with 2Interact for HRMS

Cloud specialist One Channel has partnered with 2Interact, a global Human Resources Management System (HRMS) provider. This is part of One Channel's strategy to provide complete cloud-based solutions to mid-sized and larger customers on the African continent. Interact...

Tips for travelling overseas in peak season

Travelling overseas during the festive season can be stressful because it tends to be one of the busiest periods of the year when tourists travel to and from destinations all over the world. Anthony Grant, CEO of FNB Foreign Exchange, says: "Travelling during year-end...

Paratus aims to disrupt telecoms in Botswana

Paratus intends to disrupt the telecoms market and bring quality, reliable enterprise telecommunication services to Botswana. The operator sees a tremendous amount of potential in the market and is committed to providing its signature, innovative solutions as a fresh...

DocFusion365, DocuSign adds value to paperless office

In today's age, merging all the processes required for an automated system can be tricky and costly. This has paved the way for the development and introduction of solutions that streamline critical business processes and functions, of which document automation is...

Senior DevOps Support Engineer – Western Cape Cape Town CBD

Responsibilities/Tasks: Design, development, implementation, migration and support of a comprehensive build and release management process and technical solution to support the development processes, using existing tools as a starting point, but building on the same...

IT Test Analyst at Titanium Talent

Contract role, Hybrid Perform Quality Assurance.Engage with stakeholders (both business and technology).Become cognisant of platform capabilities.Apply bank client centric thinking.Translate business requirements and functional specifications into test plans and test...

Oracle Database Administrator

Oracle Database AdministratorThe Database Administrator's role is to design, support, monitor, maintain, and performance tune production databases while ensuring high levels of data availability. This individual is also responsible for developing, implementing, and...

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What will you do?You will be surrounded with hardworking people who are passionate about cloud and software engineering and believe that world-class support is critical to customer success. You will have the chance to help DevOps teams take their existing applications...

IT Test Analyst at Titanium Talent – Gauteng Sandton

Contract role, Hybrid Perform Quality Assurance.Engage with stakeholders (both business and technology).Become cognisant of platform capabilities.Apply bank client centric thinking.Translate business requirements and functional specifications into test plans and test...

Oracle Database Administrator – Remote Remote

Oracle Database AdministratorThe Database Administrator's role is to design, support, monitor, maintain, and performance tune production databases while ensuring high levels of data availability. This individual is also responsible for developing, implementing, and...

Cloud Engineer – Remote Remote

What will you do?You will be surrounded with hardworking people who are passionate about cloud and software engineering and believe that world-class support is critical to customer success. You will have the chance to help DevOps teams take their existing applications...

DevOps Engineer (Support) at Construct Executive Search

Applicants must have the following requirements: Must have a Matric Certificate.Must have 6-8 years of experience as a DevOps Engineer in a software development environment and cloud technologies, like Azure DevOps.Must have experience in Automation, DevOps,...

Mid-Snr Front-end Developer (React.js & ASP.Net) at ExclusivelyRemote

Front-End Developer (React.js/ASP.NET Core) Location: Remote from South Africa (SA Citizens/Residents)Job Type: Full-timeExperience Level: Senior (Minimum 5 years of experience) Our client is a is a leader in payroll solutions, dedicated to creating efficient and...

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Hire Resolve's client, an outsourcing and offshoring consulting company, is seeking a talented C# Developer to join their team in KwaZulu-Natal. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining software applications using C#...

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