Business leaders bet big on robots, but few are ready

Robotics is no longer a bet on the future - it's a plan for the next five years – but according to new research from Intel, most organisations are moving faster than their operating models can support. The new study – The Robotics Readiness Gap - finds a stark...

Hubble solves merger mystery from Milky Way’s early years

Our home galaxy, the Milky Way, grew to its current size in part by consuming smaller galaxies. Now, new data from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope shows definitive evidence of a dwarf galaxy merging with the young Milky Way galaxy in the earliest phases of its...

Crypto assets force tax systems to review their policies

The rapid rise of crypto assets is forcing tax systems to ponder if rules designed for a traditional economy can keep pace with technologies that are redefining how value is created, owned and exchanged, Professor Shaun Parsons has told attendees at a University of...

CEOs want to ramp up their AI spending as FOMO kicks on

AI is exceeding most CEOs’ expectations and their optimism is growing. Cisco’s latest study shows that 67% now worry they’re underinvesting in the technology — up from 57% last year — with nearly two thirds (64%) of those surveyed now seeing AI adoption as mandatory...

Call for Africa to reshape its economic narrative

The Global Africa Business Initiative (GABI) has issued its Unstoppable Africa 2024 Executive Summary, shedding light on transformative strategies and solutions to reshape Africa’s financial narrative and accelerate economic growth. The report highlights GABI’s call...

Buckle up: 2025 is going to be a rough ride

Kathy Gibson reports - We are in for a bumpy ride in 2025, with artificial intelligence (AI) just one of the many global trends influencing the world around us. Indeed, futurist Dion Chang, founder of Flux Trends, describes 2025 as “stepping into the void”. He...

Introducing the sustainable CTO

By Greg Lavender - Humanity is at a critical point in history. We face the convergence of two major forces: sustainability and digitalisation. As we approach 2030 - the target date set by both the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the US...

Ransomware the most widespread malware as a service

The Kaspersky Digital Footprint Intelligence team has presented a new study that reveals ransomware as the most widespread malware as a service (MaaS) over the past seven years. The study is based on research conducted on 97 malware families that have been distributed...

What the threat of US sanctions means for SA businesses

By Richard Firth - American economist Thomas Sowell once said: "The first lesson of economics is scarcity: There is never enough of anything to fully satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics." While...

TikTok leaps ahead to challenge social media giants

The "Big Five" social media platforms in South Africa have been shaken up, as TikTok leaps past Instagram into second place, and challenges the dominant social network, Facebook, in several segments. This is one of the key finding of the South African Social Media...

Cyberattacks surge in Kenya, SA, Zambia

The number of cyberattacks on businesses in Kenya, South Africa, and Zambia increased by 76%, according to Liquid C2's latest cyber security report "The Evolving Cyber Security Landscape in Africa 2022". Featuring research, analysis, and findings across the three...

Even pet feeders are used for cybertheft

Kaspersky researchers have examined several popular smart pet feeders available on online marketplaces and have discovered that some of them have vulnerabilities, allowing to secretly spy on victims, steal data including camera and microphone recordings, gain access...

Senior citizens targeted in crypto scams

With cryptocurrency adoption increasing over the years, the number of both attempted and successful crypto scams have simultaneously increased. Similar to many scams, elderly individuals find themselves to be targeted the most - however, with the average elderly...

Massive growth forecast for open banking

The global open banking market size is expected to reach $135,17-billion by 2030, expanding at a CAGR of 27,2% from 2023 to 2030, according to a new study conducted by Grand View Research. The market growth can be attributed to several factors, including enhanced...

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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...

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...

Learner: Business Intelligence (BI) Developer – KwaZulu-Natal Durban

Explore the role:Our client in the insurance sector is looking for a motivated individual for a Learnership as a Business Intelligence Developer. In this role, you will collaborate with the IT team and business partners to design and create high-quality data pipelines...

Senior Full Stack Developer – Eastern Cape Sidwell

Role Overview:Design and develop feature-rich SaaS web solutions for VSC's core products, encompassing the full stack from Angular-based front-end development to API integrations. We have an exciting opportunity within a industry leader in their field of expertise:...

Frontend Software Engineer (TypeScript, Angular, CSS) (CPT Hybrid)

ENVIRONMENT:PLAY a critical role in designing and implementing responsive, user-friendly interfaces for AI-driven applications as the next Frontend Engineer sought by an Enterprise Generative AI Insights Engine. Leveraging your expertise in TypeScript, Angular, and...

Senior Linux Engineer

REQUIRED TO HAVE: Grade 12 with Maths and ScienceTertiary qualification in IT technical fieldCandidate should have a minimum of 10+ years of experience in ICT, with at least 7 years in Unix/Linux System administrationExperience in administering enterprise-scale...

Senior Mobile Developer

We are seeking a seasoned Intermediate Back-End Developer for our client in PE, EC.This is an exciting opportunity to work with an industry leader in their field of expertise - Should you be interested and meet the below requirements, please send your updated CV and...

Senior Software Engineer

ENVIRONMENT:A full-service digital agency based in Reading, UK, The Hague, Netherlands and Stellenbosch, South Africa who strategizes, designs, and develops digital solutions for the private and public sectors is seeking to employ a Senior Software Engineer who will...

Senior Linux Engineer – Gauteng Sandown

REQUIRED TO HAVE: Grade 12 with Maths and ScienceTertiary qualification in IT technical fieldCandidate should have a minimum of 10+ years of experience in ICT, with at least 7 years in Unix/Linux System administrationExperience in administering enterprise-scale...

Senior Mobile Developer – Eastern Cape Sidwell

We are seeking a seasoned Intermediate Back-End Developer for our client in PE, EC.This is an exciting opportunity to work with an industry leader in their field of expertise - Should you be interested and meet the below requirements, please send your updated CV and...

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