Global smartphone market set for 2,3% growth
Worldwide smartphone shipments are forecast to grow 2,3% year-over-year in 2025 to 1,26-billion units, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. The 2,3% increase will represent the second successive year of...
Cisco offers integrated security through local PoP
Cisco is making its newly-expanded suite of cloud-based security services available to South African users through a local point of presence (PoP) hosted at AWS. “At a time when cybersecurity is one of the top concerns of every business and public sector leader, our...
Africa tipped to be fastest growing fintech region
Financial technology revenues are projected to grow six-fold from $245-billion to $1,5-trillion by 2030, according to a new report released by Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and QED Investors. Despite fintechs losing more than half their market value on average in...
Cybercriminals targeting crypto users
Kaspersky has unearthed a phishing campaign targeting cryptocurrency users across the globe. The scheme showcases the ever-evolving tactics used by cybercriminals and reflects cryptocurrency's increasing appeal. During the European spring (March to May) of 2023 alone,...
Afreximbank’s African Trade Report highlights the continent’s resilience
The African continent has shown growth resilience amid a synchronised global deceleration under the confluence of overlapping crises including the lingering effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, record-high inflation, heightening geopolitical tensions, and the...
Deloitte Africa launches generative AI practice
Deloitte Africa has launched its generative AI practice for the African market bringing together industry experience, skilled AI engineers, as well as ecosystem and alliance partners to build generative AI solutions aimed at accelerating the pace of business...
Business intelligence, data key for innovative enterprises
Kathy Gibson reports from Saphila 2023 - Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is the latest big move in the technology space. It is exploding and it’s going to make a massive difference in how companies do business. While ChatGPT might be the best-known example of...
AI and the human factor
Kathy Gibson reports from Saphila 2023 – Artificial intelligence (AI) still needs people to be able to function properly. This is the word from Peter Blignaut, manager: pre-sales at SAP South Africa, who points out that computers can do nothing without instruction....
BMW boosts modernisation, productivity with automation
Kathy Gibson reports from Saphila 2023 – BMW South Africa has saved a massive 60 000 days in application modernisation as a direct result of intelligent automation. Intelligent automation can help to address challenges in SAP custom codes, says Arndt Hoffman, chief...
Partnering key to industry innovation
Kathy Gibson reports from Saphila 2023 – Digital transformation is a critical requirement for companies and industries around the world. But the realities of doing so can be challenging. Sven Denecken, senior vice-president, chief marketing and solutions officer for...
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Fibre and benefit to rural communities
Digital transformation is becoming a reality, but it needs extend to all of South Africa. BitCo CEO Jarryd Chatz discusses how rolling out fibre in rural areas and how it will benefit the communities. Fibre itself isn't what benefits rural communities. What SMEs,...
Niche technologies for African broadband
Will wireless and satellite services close the digital divide? asks Dr Dawie de Wet, CEO of Q-KON. While fibre and fixed networks have the potential to close the digital divide, it is still very limited to selected metro and urban areas. Mobile service, on the other...
The promise of digital
We can change the world, writes Doug Woolley, Dell EMC GM: South Africa. "You are some of the world's greatest organisations and you are leading through a time of unprecedented change and opportunity. This is your show. It's about how you are changing the world:...
Nokia strives to make 5G a reality
Nokia has launched the 5G MoNArch (5G Mobile Network Architecture) research project. Supported and financed as part of Phase II of the 5G Infrastructure Public Private Partnership (5G-PPP), under the auspices of the European Union's Horizon 2020 Framework Programme,...
HP Inc debuts top-of-the-range gaming laptop
HP Inc has launched the OMEN X by HP Laptop, built for gaming enthusiasts and esports athletes seeking maximum performance. The OMEN X Laptop is engineered with the thermals to support unlocked CPUs to allow for overclocking, and factory-overclocked GPUs and memory...
A cryptocurrency regulatory parable
Seshree Govender, an aassociate at Webber Wentzel, unpacks the Bitcoin Scaling Agreement.The Bitcoin Scaling Agreement was as much a story about technology as Titanic was about a ship.A crash course in the basics of democracy, economic majority theory and...
The millennial factor in corporate governance
When it comes to good corporate governance, "the power is no longer in the boardroom. It is in the smartphone". This was the key takeaway from a recent compliance business breakfast, hosted by LexisNexis South Africa at its Durban head office, where guest speaker,...
Develop a natural interest in STEM
It can be done through open source software, writes Mark Beets, business development manager at Entelect Software. During another power cut in a poor area of Brazil, a mechanic sat in the dark and wondered how he could light up his house without electricity. He came...
Sage Live debuts in SA
Sage Live, an cloud-based, integrated accounting solution is now available in South Africa from Sage.Tailored to the needs of growing companies, Sage Live supports ambitious organisations that are scaling up for growth.Sage Live brings together finance, sales, CRM and...
How data-driven businesses are transforming our world
Niral Patel, MD Oracle SA, pens the second in a series of three blog posts discussing the role people, data and machines must play in forming the data-driven businesses of tomorrow. Many of the companies now racing to unlock the value of their data are undoubtedly...
Data Engineer – Western Cape Cape Town Region
Our client is excited to be on the lookout for a talented Data Engineer who will be at the forefront of architecting, building, and maintaining their data infrastructure, supporting data-driven decision-making processes. Join this dynamic and rapidly expanding team,...
Business Analysts (Junior Mid-Level and Senior) at Tipp Focus Group
Business Analysts (Junior, Mid-Level, and Senior) Location: Cape TownContract Type: Fixed-Term Contract Senior Business Analyst??A three (3) year degree with a minimum of 5 years' experience as a Business Analyst OR a Business Analysis Diploma with a minimum of 8...
Business Analysts (Junior Mid-Level and Senior) at Tipp Focus Group – Western Cape Cape Town CBD
Business Analysts (Junior, Mid-Level, and Senior) Location: Cape TownContract Type: Fixed-Term Contract Senior Business Analyst??A three (3) year degree with a minimum of 5 years' experience as a Business Analyst OR a Business Analysis Diploma with a minimum of 8...
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