AI misinformation is accelerating Africa’s risk landscape

As misinformation, cybercrime, health emergencies, civil unrest, extreme weather and infrastructure disruption become progressively interconnected across Africa, organisations are under growing pressure to distinguish fact from fiction before uncertainty escalates...

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...

AI leaders urged to address opportunities, risks

A new wave of autonomous AI - capable of reasoning, acting independently, and scaling at unprecedented speed - is rapidly reshaping the technological landscape. The rise of “agentic AI" and powerful, low-cost AI models is making artificial intelligence cheaper, more...

Nominations open for 2023 IITPSA President’s Awards

Nominations are now open for this year's Institute of Information Technology Professionals (IITPSA) President's Awards . This year's awards theme is: 'IT Visionaries: Celebrating the ICT Industry's Embrace of the Future', recognising those ICT professionals who are...

Women make a showing in supply chain C-suite

Women have made a strong comeback to the supply chain workforce in 2023, with gains at nearly every level of leadership, according to a survey by Gartner. The advances were particularly prominent at the C-suite and executive level, where 26% of those roles (chief...

Webb identifies the earliest strands of the cosmic web

Galaxies are not scattered randomly across the universe. They gather together not only into clusters, but into vast interconnected filamentary structures with gigantic barren voids in between. This “cosmic web” started out tenuous and became more distinct over time as...

Business leaders want human involvement in AI

A majority of business leaders believe humans should be involved in artificial intelligence (AI) decision-making, citing ethical and data concerns. This is among results from a Workday study examining the state of AI in the enterprise, including the current perception...

AMD debuts largest adaptive SoC

AMD has announced the AMD Versal Premium VP1902 adaptive system-on-chip (SoC), which it believes to be the world's largest adaptive SoC. The VP1902 adaptive SoC is an emulation-class, chiplet-based device designed to streamline the verification of increasingly complex...

Steady growth for private LTE, 5G

Worldwide revenues for private LTE/5G infrastructure will reach $5.2 billion in 2027, according to a new forecast from International Data Corporation (IDC). This represents a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 21% over the 2023-2027 forecast period. Worldwide...

Kholiwe Makhohliso to lead SAP in southern Africa

SAP has announced the appointment of Kholiwe Makhohliso, as its new MD for southern Africa. Sergio Maccotta, senior vice-president for Middle East South and Africa at SAP, says Makhohliso joins the company at a pivotal time. "Organisations throughout Southern Africa...

NCR completes acquisition of Altron business unit

NCR has completed the acquisition of the banking technology services business unit of Altron Managed Solutions in South Africa. The transaction enhances NCR services capabilities, and further expands the reach of NCR ATM as-a-service banking technology, in South...

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Discover Digital debuts billing interface

Digital technologies and video on demand solutions provider Discover Digital has brought a new level of simplicity to billing interfaces to market with the launch of its Common Operator Billing Interface (COBI) solution. COBI, initially designed to meet the needs of...

Machines shape the ‘golden ratio’ of data-driven business

This is the third in a series of three blog posts in which Niral Patel, MD of Oracle South Africa has been discussing the role people, data and machines must play in forming the data-driven businesses of tomorrow. You can read part one, on the role of people, here...

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...

Senior System Engineer – Gauteng Pretoria North

Is this you?You're a seasoned System Engineer with a passion for optimizing and securing IT infrastructures. You enjoy navigating complex technical challenges and have a knack for improving systems' availability and performance. With a strong understanding of...

System Designer II (Contract)

To translate business, other stakeholder requirements and user stories into system requirement and act as a link between business analyst, other requirements stakeholders and the software team. To translate overarching end to end design into detailed designs and...

Software Engineer (Snr) at Parvana Recruitment

This is a remote position. About our client: Headquartered in the USA, our client offers a great remote work opportunity. Embrace work-from-home flexibility and long-term prospects, including overseas opportunities. Benefit from learning from the best in the field at...

Developer – C# (MASTER) at Parvana Recruitment

Parvana Responsibilities: Deliver code that is functional, understandable, maintainable and testable. Work closely with analysts, documenters and testers. Automated testing of features developed. Deliver technical documentation as and when required. Act as a mentor to...

GIS Technician: Business Systems at City of Cape Town

SPATIAL PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT ? DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT GIS TECHNICIAN: BUSINESS SYSTEMS BASIC SALARY: R441 682 PER ANNUM ? SPE 49/24 ? VARIOUS Requirements: A relevant three-year tertiary qualificationAt least two (2) years' appropriate experience within a GIS...

Senior DevOps Support Engineer

Are you a Senior DevOps Support Engineer looking for an exciting new adventure? Our client has an amazing opportunity for a permanent role based in the Western Cape on a great hybrid model and fantastic benefits. Minimum Requirements: Matric6-8 years of experience as...

System Designer II (Contract) – Gauteng Randburg

To translate business, other stakeholder requirements and user stories into system requirement and act as a link between business analyst, other requirements stakeholders and the software team. To translate overarching end to end design into detailed designs and...

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