SA consumers still under the whip
Global consumers are expected to spend $3,2-trillion more in 2025, representing nearly 6% growth compared to 2024, according to World Data Lab. In South Africa, there are signs of growing consumer confidence and resilience, even with rising food and utility prices...
Datatec expects higher earnings
Datatec has published a trading statement for the six months ended 31 August 2024 (H1 FY25), alerting shareholders to improved financial performance from all divisions. Westcon continued its profit growth trajectory and Logicalis International strongly increased...
New addition to the burgeoning malware-as-a-service industry
The already booming malware-as-a-service market got a new addition in January when a new info stealer malware called Stealc emerged on the dark web. Developed in Russia, its creators hope to earn some cash by selling it to other criminals who are looking for easier...
Time spent online falls to pre-pandemic levels
Globally, Internet users have reduced their average daily internet use by 20 minutes over the past 12 months to six hours 37 minutes, equating to a year-on-year reduction of almost 5%. However, time spent on social platforms has increased to more than 2,5 hours per...
How can Tesla move away from rare earth materials?
At Tesla's Investor Day this month, it announced that its next generation of electric motors would contain no rare earth materials and, given the company's huge presence in the EV (electric vehicle) market, this could prove a significant transition for the design and...
SAP’s Cathy Smith set to move on
Cathy Smith MD of SAP Africa, has announced that she will be moving on from her current role. She explains that she has been at SAP for five years, having joined the organisation specifically to manage the fallout from state capture issues. The move away from SAP...
February’s most traded cryptos …
February has traditionally seen significant fluctuations in crypto trading volume and, according to BitcoinCasinos.com, last month was no exception. After a fantastic January which brought a double-digit price growth of major cryptocurrencies, the market volatility...
Gender pay gap among SA developers deepens
Based on a survey of over 4 500 developers, the latest OfferZen 2023 State of the South Africa Software Developer Nation report has found that the gender pay gap in local tech continues to widen. Among entry-level developers, the gender pay gap has increased to 13,2%,...
Massive demand for tech skills in Africa
Kathy Gibson reports - Just about every organisation in Africa is in desperate need of more tech skills. This is the headline finding from new SAP research, "Africa's tech skills scarcity revealed", conducted by VansonBourne. The survey shows that just about every...
Study finds how much carbon is stored in Africa’s trees
Using commercial, high-resolution satellite images and artificial intelligence, an international team including NASA scientists mapped almost 10-billion individual trees in Africa’s drylands in order to assess the amount of carbon stored outside of the continent’s...
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AI set to revolutionise banking
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Vox lights up fibre in Richard´s Bay
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Finding the right fit for hospitality
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Please stop calling! Or should they?
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The importance of workplace ethics training
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Wipro, IDC partner on Whole School Development Project
Wipro has provided two ICT laboratories to two schools in Bushbuckridge, Mpumalanga in partnership with South Africa's Industrial Development Corporation (IDC). As part of the IDC's Whole School Development Programme which was launched in 2012 with the Department of...
CA Technologies debuts microservices solution
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