20 years on and gender gap parity is fracturing

Twenty years after the World Economic Forum first measured the global gender gap, the world is closer to parity than ever, but progress is fragile, with gains reversing in some areas, according to the Global Gender Gap Report 2026. Women now reach senior leadership in...

Unemployed are least likely to prioritise betting spending-limit tools

The online betting group most likely to prioritise debt repayment with a windfall is also the group least likely to ask regulators or operators for spending controls, according to new research from Softswiss. Fewer than four in 10 unemployed South Africans think...

AI-first enterprises will win big if they do it right

Kathy Gibson reports - Enterprises that are reshaping and reinventing business domains around artificial intelligence (AI) are on track to experience great return on investment (ROI) and become more competitive. But there is a currently a big disconnect between AI...

AI leaders join call for a slowdown in new developments

The call for a global slowdown on artificial intelligence (AI) development is gaining traction, with the leaders of the some of the world’s largest AI companies adding their voices. On Saturday, Anthropic CEO Dr Dario Amodei penned an essay calling for AI companies to...

Beware romance scammers in the month of love

February is the month of love, but this does not mean that romance scammers stop scamming for Valentine’s Day. No matter how you plan to spend Valentine’s Day, it’s important to recognise the warning signs of romance scams — and find out quickly if you should be...

FakeUpdates retains security threat lead

Check Point Software Technologies has released its Global Threat Index for January 2025, which highlights FakeUpdates’ continued threat in the cyber landscape and playing a crucial role in facilitating ransomware attacks. In the January Index eight African countries...

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...

Generative AI to enhance the Wimbledon digital experience

IBM and The All England Lawn Tennis Club have announced new features for the Wimbledon digital fan experience that will launch at this year's Championships. A new artificial intelligence (AI) feature, leveraging generative AI technology from IBM watsonx, will produce...

Strategic workforce planning key for business resilience

The pressure to optimise costs and maximise productivity is at the forefront of all business leaders' minds. Today, this pressure is exacerbated by disruptive technology, the increasing complexity of geopolitics and global trade, evolving risk and regulation, and the...

Low confidence levels hurt SA salaries

Continuing economic woes, higher inflation and low confidence levels have led to another monthly decline for salaries in May 2023, unlike average private pensions that remained robust, according to the latest BankservAfrica Take-home Pay (BTPI) and Private Pensions...

Huge campus switch growth as supply chain eases

Campus switch sales were up 40% in the first quarter of 2023, the highest growth level recorded in this market in over two decades, according to a recent report by Dell'Oro Group. This remarkable level of growth was fueled by enormous backlog releases and higher...

Pick n Pay taps into the metaverse with Roblox

Pick n Pay is giving away 100-million Robux, the digital currency for the gaming platform Roblox, to registered Smart Shopper customers. It will also soon sell Roblox vouchers in rands, arguably the first South African retailer to do so. With a reported 50-million or...

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Will artificial intelligence replace our jobs?

Young South Africans are concerned about the impact emerging technology will have on job stability. F5 Networks senior systems engineer Martin Walshaw explores the challenges and opportunities ahead. Rapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning...

Bytes People Solutions wins Huawei award

Bytes People Solutions, a leading provider of skills development, talent management and business process outsourcing services, announced it had recently received Huawei's "Best Service Partner 2016" award. The award was in recognition of Bytes People Solutions...

Brazil makes government procurement transparent

The Brazilian Ministry of Planning, Development and Management (MP) has selected the Qlik Analytics Platform to power its recently-launched Price Dashboard. The public portal allows officials to research, analyse, and compare the prices practiced by the federal...

IoT brings convenience to the home

Today's smart homes contain many connected products that have the potential to make our lives easier, more convenient, and infinitely more comfortable. Ross Hickey, CEO of Trinity Telecomms, says applications that offer fast, secure, and reliable GPRS communications...

Education is interactive with AR, VR

At some point during a child’s schooling, they will need additional assistance that static workbooks and textbooks alone cannot provide. While computers and tablets have opened more opportunities for students to engage with their subject matter in the last decade,...

Rubrik’s remote cloud backup launched in SA

Networks Unlimited has announced the availability of Rubrik Edge. Edge is an evolution of Rubrik's award-winning cloud-based data management platform - so remote offices can easily backup data locally, replicating it to central servers and archiving it securely to the...

Xpress, TerraPay partner on African transfers

Xpress Money has partnered with mobile payments switch TerraPay to enable real-time international money transfers to mobile wallets in Africa. Powered by TerraPay's global clearing and settlement service for mobile wallets, the partnership will make it faster and...

Microsoft’s data centres to boost SA cloud adoption

Microsoft's announcement that it plans to build hyperscale data centres in Cape Town and Johannesburg to deliver a range of cloud services, is set to give a massive boost to enterprise adoption of infrastructure-as-a-service, software-as-a-service and other cloud...

Availability to accelerate for rest of 2017

Nes that Microsoft will bring two Azure servers online in South Africa next year has caused a buzz of excitement in the local market. Veeam Software believes that this will significantly impact availability strategies across the continent. "Amidst organisations...

Fulcrum to upgrade broker system

Local specialists in bespoke lending, investment and management services for the insurance industry, the Fulcrum Group, have partnered with international digital technology house Markit Systems, for strategic upgrades and enhancements to the Fulcrum Flexi...

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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