Credit trends diverge as consumers navigate affordability

South African consumers are reshaping how they access and use credit as affordability pressures persist, according to TransUnion’s Q1 2026 South Africa Industry Insights Report. The report’s findings show that credit demand remained resilient, but diverging risk...

Small fibre operators outshine giants in ISPA survey

ISPA's Perception Survey gauges ISPs’ perceptions of fibre network operator (FNO) performance across a range of metrics - and the most recent results reveal smaller FNOs are outshining the established competition. South Africa’s official internet Industry...

The human impact of AI forces a redesign in how we work

We are living through one of the most significant transformations in the history of work, writes Aparna Nair, chief talent, leadership and culture officer at IBM. AI is reshaping roles, rewiring workflows, and redefining the nature of performance itself. Yet, a new...

IBM debuts sub-1nm chip in miniaturisation first

IBM has found a way to further miniaturise chips, with the introduction of the world’s first sub-1 nanometer (nm) chip technology, featuring a transistor architecture at the 0,7nm, or 7 angstrom node. The achievement marks a landmark moment for an industry facing the...

Campus NaaS startups poised for bigger share of the pie

Projects that Campus Network as a Service (CNaaS) startups with LAN-as-a-Utility offer will grow faster than other types of CNaaS offerings and represent a third of all CNaaS revenues by 2028, says a new report from Dell’Oro Group. “Startups such as Nile, Meter, Join...

Fast, inexpensive cross-border payments with FNB’s TCIB

Kathy Gibson reports – First National Bank (FNB) and Rand Merchant Bank (RMB) have launched the BankservAfrica Transactions Cleared on an Immediate Basis (TCIB) payment network for cross-border payments in collaboration with the Reserve Bank. The TCIB is a...

Gender pay gap among SA developers deepens

Based on a survey of over 4 500 developers, the latest OfferZen 2023 State of the South Africa Software Developer Nation report has found that the gender pay gap in local tech continues to widen. Among entry-level developers, the gender pay gap has increased to 13,2%,...

Massive demand for tech skills in Africa

Kathy Gibson reports - Just about every organisation in Africa is in desperate need of more tech skills. This is the headline finding from new SAP research, "Africa's tech skills scarcity revealed", conducted by VansonBourne. The survey shows that just about every...

Study finds how much carbon is stored in Africa’s trees

Using commercial, high-resolution satellite images and artificial intelligence, an international team including NASA scientists mapped almost 10-billion individual trees in Africa’s drylands in order to assess the amount of carbon stored outside of the continent’s...

Commercial buying set to buoy PC and tablet shipments

Declining demand and challenging macro-economic conditions have caused International Data Corporation (IDC) to further lower its forecast for the worldwide PC and tablet markets. Global shipments are now expected to total 403,1-million units in 2023, down from the...

Mobile phones start to dominate Web traffic

Mobile Internet traffic has almost doubled in the last eight years with close to two-thirds of Web traffic coming from mobile devices, according to data from CasinoEnLigne.com, which adds that mobile phones made up 59% of total Web traffic last year - nearly 10% more...

Strong Q4 growth fails to fuel overall peripherals market

The worldwide hardcopy peripherals market saw overall shipments grow 11,6% year-over-year (YoY) to nearly 25-million units in the fourth quarter of 2022 (4Q22), according to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Hardcopy Peripherals Tracker. Shipment value during the quarter...

Most major firms fail to disclose operational emission targets

New research from Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Microsoft indicates that a massive 84% of major global companies have yet to set public science-based targets to reduce direct operational emissions from their supply chains - and that only 11% have actually...

US race for digital dollar fuels case for Bitcoin

With the US government's work on a potential digital dollar accelerating - meaning a digital greenback could soon be a reality in the US - the case for Bitcoin becomes "significantly stronger", according to deVere Group CEO and founder, Nigel Green. Green says his...

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CA leads in Identity Governance and Administration

CA Technologies has been positioned by Gartner, Inc., in the Leaders quadrant of the 2017 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Identity Governance and Administration (IGA). The report evaluated CA Identity Suite, a comprehensive identity management and access governance...

The rewarding key to building trust online

Trust, all through the e-commerce ecosystem, was the number one topic taking up headspace for those in the industry who met at the eCommerce MoneyAfrica Confex in February 2017. And rightfully so, with e-commerce being at a critical point in online shopping in South...

Your PaaS(port) to app success in the cloud era

While the operating environment for modern businesses has been dramatically reshaped by a number of technology- and business trends in the last few years, few of these has had the impact of cloud computing on extending the boundaries of productivity from beyond the...

Fitbit debuts slimmer fitness wristband

Fitbit has introduced the Fitbit Alta HR and new advances in sleep tracking, giving users actionable insights and guidance in the Fitbit app to make more informed decisions about their health and stay motivated to reach their wellness goals in style. Fitbit Alta HR is...

Pienaar brings Silicon Valley experience to Blue Label Ventures

Maria Pienaar has joined Blue Label Ventures, the boutique business accelerator from JSE-listed Blue Label Telecoms and Blue Pencil Ventures, as a founding director. A former CIO at Cell C, Pienaar brings to the accelerator two decades of experience working in the San...

Asset financing for hassle-free IT acquisition

There is no denying that ICT is business-critical in the fast-paced and increasingly connected society we live in today - however, procurement of the needed solutions and equipment too often still becomes a negotiation over cost and demonstrating value. That is, until...

Sage unveils next generation of cloud solutions

Sage has announced new products and features that will take Africa and Middle East's business builders and entrepreneurs closer to a world where admin is invisible. From industry-leading cloud and desktop accounting and payroll software for start-up companies to fully...

Big data key to eradicating insurance fraud

Quality information is the bedrock of the insurance industry - from the initial risk modelling that determines one's premiums to the claims assessment process all the way to the policy renewal stage, writes Jonathan Lewarne, senior director: insurance business...

Big data analytics drives channel transformation

Digital transformation is reshaping the way the channel does business across all industries, writes Marco Pozzoni, EMEA and India sales director at NetApp. Already today, organisations are focusing on delivering new classes of applications, such as Internet of Things...

The rise of a new financial order

The introduction of new banking, investment, credit and insurance products using established mobile money solutions will be critical in including more Africans into the formal financial system, writes Ahmed Cassim, MD of Hello Paisa. Currently, most adults in the...

Systems and Network Administrator – Remote

Our client is looking to recruit an intelligent Systems and Network Administrator who is capable of independent thought. The ideal candidate will be an excellent multi-tasker, responsible for research, design, development, testing, and documentation, while also...

Systems and Network Administrator – Remote – Remote Remote

Our client is looking to recruit an intelligent Systems and Network Administrator who is capable of independent thought. The ideal candidate will be an excellent multi-tasker, responsible for research, design, development, testing, and documentation, while also...

Andriod Developer

Hire Resolve is seeking a talented Android Developer on behalf of our client, a leading IT services and consulting company. Our client is dedicated to delivering innovative technology solutions and is looking for a skilled Android Developer to help enhance their...

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The purpose of the Data Engineer is to design, develop, and maintain cutting-edge data architecture and infrastructure for our business intelligence and analytics needs and to create robust data models, develop seamless ETL processes, and ensure data quality using the...

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We are seeking a highly skilled Ab Initio Developer with over 3 years of hands-on experience in Ab Initio GDE, Conduct>it, and SQL to join our team. This role involves working on data integration projects, utilizing Ab Initio tools to design, develop, and optimize...

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