Roman telescope aims to travel 1m miles into space

This month could see the launch a new space telescope that aims to travel 1-million miles and record billions of galaxies. The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope could launch from the Kennedy Space Station as early as 30 August aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy. The Roman...

Climate change is redrawing the malaria map in Africa

Malaria is the deadliest climate-sensitive infectious disease. Yet, researchers and public health officials have debated how climate change has shaped its spread. A new Nature study by an international team, including the University of Cape Town (UCT), resolved this...

AI is driving more breaches, at an average cost of $6m

One in four malicious breaches were AI-enabled – a 56% increase over last year – and these breaches cost an average of $6-million, roughly $1-million more than the global breach average of $4,99-million. This is among the findings from IBM's 2026 Cost of a Data Breach...

AI automation is having an impact on entry-level hiring

Nearly a quarter (22%) of CHROs report that at least one business leader in their organisation has stopped hiring for entry-level roles due to AI automation, according to Gartner. The 4Q25 Gartner survey of 110 heads of HR also found that 95% of organisations have...

Dubai chocolate lovers fall victim to scams

Consumers across the world are eager to indulge in Dubai’s luxurious chocolate – but cybercriminals are exploiting this trend to deceive unsuspecting buyers. Kaspersky experts have uncovered a series of scams related to the growing demand, ranging from impersonating...

Galaxy S25 puts AI centre stage

Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S25 series of phones at Unpacked 2025 event this week. Anisha Bhatia, senior technology analyst at GlobalData, offers her view: Samsung's Galaxy Unpacked 2025 event emphasized the significance of software and AI capabilities over hardware...

AMD expands commercial portfolio

AMD has announced its new Ryzen PRO 7040 Series Mobile processors, bringing advanced and power efficient x86 processors to more premium Windows 11 business laptops and mobile workstations. With "Zen 4" architecture, AMD RDNA 3 integrated graphics, AMD PRO...

25 African startups for Google startup fund

Google for Startups (GfS) has announced the 25 African-based startups selected for this year's $4-million Black Founders Fund. The Black Founders Fund, now in its third year, aims to help tackle systemic racial inequality in venture capital (VC) funding by providing...

Juno snaps lightning on Jupiter

NASA's Juno mission observed the glow from a bolt of lightning, in this view of a vortex near Jupiter's north pole. On Earth, lightning bolts originate from water clouds, and happen most frequently near the equator, while on Jupiter lightning likely also occurs in...

Very few customers have used a chatbot recently

Only 8% of customers used a chatbot during their most recent customer service experience, according to a survey by Gartner. Of those, just 25% said they would use that chatbot again in the future. Despite customer service and support leaders' growing focus on...

Mobile computing sales set for double-digit fall

Sales of mobile computing products through European distributors are expected to continue on a downward trajectory in Q2 2023, although the second half of the year should see much improved performance, according to Context. The latest figures for mobile computing...

AMD adds EPYC CPUs, AI features

AMD has announced the products, strategy and ecosystem partners that will shape the future of computing, highlighting the next phase of data centre innovation. At its Data Centre and AI Technology Premiere, AMD was joined on stage with executives from Amazon Web...

Retail workers want technology to ease workloads

Most South African retail workers are feeling overworked but the vast majority believe technology is the answer to their situation, a Microsoft-sponsored IDC study has revealed. "We often refer to them as 'the deskless workforce' - our economic lifeline during the...

JSE expands colocation services offering

Through an international tech collaboration, the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) will soon launch Colo 2.0, a managed infrastructure as a service (IaaS) solution that will provide JSE clients with cloud-based colocation services. "The launch of Colo 2.0 will further...

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Datacentrix helps SNG save R2m on tech

Datacentrix has completed the rollout of more than 1 000 AMD PRO-based Hewlett-Packard notebooks, to South Africa's fifth largest accounting, audit, advisory and forensics firm: SizweNtsalubaGobodo (SNG), helping the company to realise R- million in savings through...

Large scale work permit changes on the cards

The White Paper for South African Migration was released on 28 July 2017 by the Department of Home Affairs. Whether you have foreign workers in South Africa, South African workers abroad or deal in any capacity with these changes, there is now a unique window to get...

Credit card fraud exposes need for alternative

A study released in December 2016 estimated it takes around six seconds to hack a credit or debit card. That means working out the card number, expiry date and security code of any debit or credit in the same time it takes to click 'complete purchase'. The research...

Africa Code Week returns to Botswana

Botswana is a country with a clear innovation agenda. Hot on the heels of the launch of the Botswana Innovation Hub and Research, Science, and Technology and Innovation (RSTI) advisory committee in August, the country shifts focus to digital skills development amongst...

Adoption of BPS needs to grow across industries

Wilhelm Greeff, business manager for business productivity solutions at Decision Inc, explains why he believes this is so. In the digital economy, business productivity solutions (BPS) have become essential to running an effective organisation. While various...

Maxoptra, TomTom streamline telco’s mobile operations

WIRUlink, one of South Africa's fastest growing telecom providers, has turned to Maxoptra to improve its field service operations. Integrated with WIRUlink's in-cab telematics solution from TomTom, Maxoptra's cloud-based dynamic route planning and scheduling software...

Nokia to drive agility in cloud services

Nokia is applying the agility, scalability, programmability and reliability of the cloud to a new online portal that will enable the development of digital applications using Nokia AirGile cloud-native core products. The Nokia Developer Portal will provide secure...

RSAWEB speeds cloud performance

To address performance concerns and support customers in moving critical enterprise workloads to the cloud, South African cloud and connectivity provider RSAWEB turned to infrastructure-as a-service (IaaS) integrator ShapeBlue to deploy a NetApp SolidFire all-flash...

Draftworx, SignFlow integration an SA first

In a South African first, SignFlow has partnered with Draftworx to address a critical need identified among auditors and corporate companies that draft financial statements. Draftworx provides automated drafting and working paper financial software to more than 2 500...

New Investment app reaches 12k user mark

Investment App - Stash by Liberty has proven to be a major hit among young South Africans, raking up 12 000 users since its Android launch in April. On 15 October, the only app to invest your spare change will be available on Apple;' iOS. Stash is an app that simply...

Full Stack Developer

Our client specializes in developing industry-leading "end-to-end" parking enforcement systems for Local Authorities and landowners. They leverage the latest technology and a fully transparent back-office system to provide clients with effective, lawful options for...

Solutions Architect (Network + Security) – Remote Remote

Job OverviewThe Solutions Architect (Network + Security) is responsible for designing, implementing, and managing the network and security architecture of the organization. This role involves ensuring the robustness, scalability, and security of the IT infrastructure...

Full Stack Developer – Remote Remote

Our client specializes in developing industry-leading "end-to-end" parking enforcement systems for Local Authorities and landowners. They leverage the latest technology and a fully transparent back-office system to provide clients with effective, lawful options for...

Solutions Architect (Infrastructure, Devices, OS, and Applications)

Job OverviewThe Solutions Architect (Infrastructure, Devices, OS, and Applications) is responsible for designing, implementing, and managing the infrastructure, devices, operating systems, and applications that support the organization's operations. This role involves...

Analyst Programmer II, IT online systems

Gijima Staffing Solutions, recruiting on behalf of our client, a giant in the FMCG/Retail industry, is seeking a Support Engineer to join the Online and Mobile App IT support teams. The successful candidate will provide technical expertise in monitoring, diagnosing,...

Software Developer (Oracle PL/SQL) (CH1013)

Our client, in the Payments and Lending industry is seeking a skilled Oracle PL/SQL Developer with 3 to 5 years of experience, including expertise in Oracle Forms. The ideal candidate will be responsible for developing, implementing, and maintaining Oracle database...

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