Women embrace AI and narrow the workplace gender gap

South African women are narrowing the artificial intelligence (AI) skills gap with their male counterparts. This is according to the Pnet Job Market Trends Report for August 2026, based on an analysis of 1,5-million jobseeker profiles. Men account for around two...

Businesses win when women gain workplace flexibility

When businesses give women access to professional workspaces closer to home, they gain stronger collaboration, networking and performance in return. This ties into this year’s National Women’s Day theme, “Empower Woman, Empower the Nation”, to life, according to...

AI infrastructure boom shifts from chip race to supply-chain race

AI infrastructure spending has entered a new phase, says GlobalData, with demand outpacing semiconductors, memory, and power capacity despite record earnings across the technology ecosystem. This earnings season reveals that capital investment, geopolitics, and...

As AI adoption grows, more security alerts are ignored

Security operations centres are facing mounting pressure from growing alert volumes, increasingly sophisticated AI-powered attacks, and persistent staffing constraints. According to Prophet Security's Second Annual State of AI in Security Operations Report, presented...

Web3’s dark future … the perfect storm for cyberattacks

The financial and operational damage caused by data breaches is poised to worsen dramatically - fuelled by advancements in quantum computing, the Metaverse, and artificial intelligence (AI) – according to new research from security specialists Naoris Protocol. A new...

China’s smartphone market rebounds in 2024

According to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, China's smartphone market shipped 76,4-million units in 4Q24, a 3,9% year-on-year (YoY) increase. This growth was driven by new product launches and...

Buoyant real estate market spurs demand for smart home devices

The Middle East, Türkiye, and Africa (META) smart home device market saw shipments increase 1,4% quarter on quarter in Q1 2023 to total 8,56-million units. That's according to the latest insights from International Data Corporation (IDC), with the company's...

Hybrid work can facilitate sustainability goals

With environmental concerns high on everyone's agenda, the World Economic Forum has highlighted the role of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in creating a more sustainable and inclusive future. This influence is in part due to the vast and expanding array of...

Contact centre as a service market to reach $17,12bn by 2030

The global contact centre as a service market size is expected to reach $17,12-billion by 2030, registering a CAGR of 19,1% from 2023 to 2030, according to a new report by Grand View Research. The market growth can be attributed to the rising adoption of cloud-based...

Details behind the Operation Triangulation spyware

Following a report on the Operation Triangulation campaign targeting iOS devices, Kaspersky experts have uncovered some details about the spyware implant used during the attacks. Dubbed TriangleDB, the implant grants attackers covert surveillance capabilities. It...

European ICT spending set to expand

European ICT spending is expected to post a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5,4% over the 2022-2027 period, according to International Data Corporation (IDC). In a clear indication of the resiliency of the European ICT market, IDC's Worldwide Black Book: Live...

Youth are saving, but need financial guidance

In today's world, knowledge is the key to financial success. So, while a recent study by Nedbank revealed that South Africa's youth are showing a commendable improvement in their commitment to saving, there is a pressing need for improved financial information and...

Musk versus Zuckerberg: who would win a cage match?

Elon Musk posted a message on his social media platform Twitter that he was "up for a cage fight" with Mark Zuckerberg. Zuckerberg responded to Musk’s tweet with a caption stating, "send me location". Analyzing both Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg’s personal diets and...

Intel Labs AI model generates 360-degree images from text prompts

Intel Labs, in collaboration with Blockade Labs, has introduced Latent Diffusion Model for 3D (LDM3D), a novel diffusion model that uses generative AI to create realistic 3D visual content. LDM3D is the industry’s first model to generate a depth map using the...

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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...

Afrimat boosts IT security with J2

Afrimat, an open pit mining company providing industrial minerals and construction materials, has enhanced its security profile through a comprehensive new IT security partnership with ICT firm J2 Software. With a limited IT team in-house, Afrimat has partnered with...

Deloitte, WorleyParsons boost capital projects in Africa

Deloitte and WorleyParsons, leaders in the professional services and engineering fields respectively, have entered a partnership offering clients fully integrated solutions aimed at accelerating and improving the delivery of capital projects in Africa. Deloitte...

Motorola grows Moto Mods family

Lenovo, through its subsidiary Motorola Mobility, has introduced two new and innovative mobile devices in Berlin -- the moto x as a worldwide premiere and the moto z Force Edition along with the latest in Moto Mod innovation, the new 360 Camera Moto Mod, for Europe,...

Liquid Telecom delivers MS services in Africa

Liquid Telecom, a subsidiary of Econet Global, has partnered with Microsoft through the Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) programme and is now delivering scalable and secure cloud services across Africa. As an official CSP partner, Liquid Telecom will for the first time...

CA leads in continuous delivery and release automation

CA Technologies has been named a Leader in the "The Forrester Wave: Continuous Delivery and Release Automation, Q3 2017" report by Forrester Research. The report evaluates 15 of the most significant continuous delivery and release automation vendors. Vendors were...

First African CAT-M1 test for IoT

Ericsson and Qualcomm Technologies have successfully completed a lab trial for a Cat-M1 solution with MTN South Africa in support of MTN's Internet of Things (IoT) ambitions. This is the first Cat-M1 test implementation of its kind on the African continent and...

A blended approach to BPIA

blended approach to BPIIn this SoftExpert white paper, Gerry Bruno of Gerard Bruno Associates and Ian Huntly, CEO and MD of Rifle-Shot Performance Holdings, discuss the importance of a blended approach to business process improvement deployment. SoftExpert is...

Why hire people to breach your network?

As data breaches become more commonplace, littering the headlines on a daily basis, businesses of all types and across all industries need to work on the assumption that they are a target. Because of this, organisations, especially those who house sensitive, valuable...

Analyst Programmer II, IT online systems – Western Cape Cape Town

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,...

IT Senior Engineer

Job OverviewThe IT Senior Engineer is responsible for managing and maintaining the organization's IT infrastructure, network, and security devices, as well as providing advanced client support. This role requires a high level of autonomy and expertise to ensure the...

Senior/Lead Java Developer(CH1050) – Fully Remote

Our client is a leading software services and consulting company focusing on delivering innovative solutions with a strategic emphasis on generative AI. They are expanding their team to include an individual contributor that will act as a Senior Software Developer /...

Technical Administrator / Coordinator – Coffee Industry

About the Position Our client is looking for a Senior Technical Administrator to join their team based in Modderfontein. The role is a senior coordinator role with solid experience in the coffee admin and planning industry. The candidate must have a minimum of 5 years...

Firmware Engineer at Interdot Solutions

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES: Assessing a design brief and generating the required designrelateddocumentationDocumenting the design process and presenting progressreports to all relevant stakeholdersDevelop re-usable library modulesCreating multiple iterations of design...

IT Senior Engineer – Remote Remote

Job OverviewThe IT Senior Engineer is responsible for managing and maintaining the organization's IT infrastructure, network, and security devices, as well as providing advanced client support. This role requires a high level of autonomy and expertise to ensure the...

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