Cobots ensure Ford Ranger doors are weatherproof
Working shoulder-to-shoulder with workers on the door assembly line at Ford's Silverton Manufacturing Plant are two cobots (collaborative robots) responsible for the installation of weatherproof shields into Ranger doors, a process requiring pin-point accuracy,...
Hloolo aims to close the funding gap for green SMEs
One of the biggest challenges facing green SME businesses is their ability to tap into available pools of sustainable finance. Although South Africa boasts a mature financial sector with a strong institutional construct, it is geared to support developed businesses...
Green hydrogen has great potential for SA, but requires collaboration
The national drive to a lower carbon future and greener economy will require large-scale collaboration, and success will necessitate enduring and resilient partnerships between sector leaders. This is the view of Fleetwood Grobler, president and CEO of Sasol, in PSG's...
African farmers keen on digital tools, but need their governments’ support
African farmers urgently need government support to increase their use of digital tools, according to a new survey conducted by Savanta ComRes on behalf of Vodacom. Over 200 farmers across South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania and Egypt were asked how they feel about...
Emerging markets to boost contactless mobile payment users past 1bn mark
A new study from Juniper Research has found that the total number of unique contactless mobile payment users will reach 1-billion globally by 2024 - rising from 782-million in 2022 and representing growth of 60%. The report identified increased investment in...
Inflation, rising costs to hamper digital transformation in healthcare
A total of 58% healthcare industry professionals globally believe that digital transformation initiatives - involving the implementation of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), big data, cloud computing, application programming interfaces (API)...
WAN spend to increase 44% by 2026
The WAN market will grow by around 44% - from $59-billion in 2021 to $85-billion in 2026 - for the largest 5 000 companies globally, says market research and consulting firm, TeleGeography. According to a new five-year market forecast from its WAN Market Size Report,...
VMware aims to have a fully subscription-based model
Kathy Gibson is at VMware Explore in Barcelona - As companies move to a hybrid cloud and multi-cloud operations model, the way they licence their software has to change too. Ian Jansen van Rensburg, director: solutions engineering and lead technologist at VMware South...
Surge in companies turning to digital twin technology
The number of companies that mentioned "digital twin" technology in their company filings increased by 43% in 2022 compared to 2020, according to GlobalData's Company Filing Analytics Database, with the technology, construction, oil and gas, and mining sectors the...
Finalists for BCX Digital Innovation Awards revealed
Digital transformation in business has proven to be a driver of socio-economic growth globally, and the annual BCX Digital Innovation Award (DIA) encompasses the company's ethos that businesses can invent, evolve, and unite through digital innovation while creating...
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Partnerships needed to realise digitisation’s true potential
The evolving demands of the ever-discerning consumer continue to give impetus to the private and public sector to offer customised digitisation solutions that meet their needs. This is according to David Mphelo, GM: public sector at MTN Business, addressing delegates...
Essential DigiHub opens shop with Xerox
Essential DigiHub, a brand new one-stop digital print, design and photographic business in Cape Town's southern suburbs, has opened its doors for business with state-of-the-art digital printers from Xerox. Supplied by Bytes Document Solutions' Xerox Business Partner...
How to organise content intuitively
The way today's organisations are managing their content isn't effective or efficient. Businesses are spending millions of rands on legacy ECM software, servers, support and implementation, but still have staff making use of unauthorised tools and solutions. Simon...
Platforms can turn telcos into kings again
In conversations about telecommunications, moods can easily turn sour, writes Simon Carpenter, chief customer officer at SAP Africa. The golden age of the first mobile networks have faded somewhat. Data, once seen as a sideline and a potential revenue channel, has...
Why CX and ratings should be a two-way street
Customer experience management has traditionally been about customers being able to rate a business based on their interaction, or a business gathering information to better understand what a customer is thinking to provide a better service. But according to Bruce von...
Safely getting around online
The World Wide Web is a great resource, but that doesn't mean you don't have to take precautions, writes Sarel Lamprecht, MD of cyber insurance company Phishield. Although the Web is 27 years old, newspaper reports abound of people being taken for a ride. There are,...
Me-commerce: adapt or risk failure
South African retailers have little time left in which to change from traditional models to next generation 'me-commerce' models. Lee Gill, JDA Group vice-president: retail for retail strategy globally, says South Africa's traditional retailers had to face the fact...
MTN Business to unveil partner programme
MTN Business has earmarked 15 September 2016 as the official launch for its new partner programme, which will enable a broad range of partners to become part of the fast-growing MTN Business ICT and Mobile products and solutions ecosystem. "MTN, having expanded beyond...
Workflow on the go enables mobile workforce
IT solutions and services provider Dac Systems, in conjunction with its industry partner Nintex, has introduced the mobile Nintex Workflow platform - enabling workers to develop, complete and submit forms using their mobile phones, and create and manage custom-branded...
The mobile device management conundrum
Given the significant productivity benefits delivered by mobility, it is unsurprising to note that it is fast becoming a way of life in many organisations. In fact, Gartner predicts that as many as half of all employers will have instituted mandatory...
Junior Technical Test Analyst at Sintrex Integration Services – Western Cape Bellville
Core Outputs Contribute to the Technical Testing function (manual and automated) to meet testing requirements Perform software testing (Front end, Back end Testing and Data Validations) to complement existing UI Testing Ability to operate independently while...
Mid / Senior Software Engineer & Architect
Join a tech start-up improving lives in Africa by providing affordable solar-powered electricity and smartphones through a network of agents and merchants.The young, hardworking team values flexibility and output over office hours, emphasizing cost-efficiency and...
Technical Support Technician
Our client in Solar / Renewable Energy industry is currently looking to employ a Technical Support Technician based in Rosebank, Johannesburg.A wonderful career opportunity awaits you.Requirements:Proven experience as a Technical Support Technician, or in a similar...
Mid / Senior Software Engineer & Architect – Western Cape Cape Town
Join a tech start-up improving lives in Africa by providing affordable solar-powered electricity and smartphones through a network of agents and merchants.The young, hardworking team values flexibility and output over office hours, emphasizing cost-efficiency and...
Technical Support Technician – Remote Remote
Our client in Solar / Renewable Energy industry is currently looking to employ a Technical Support Technician based in Rosebank, Johannesburg.A wonderful career opportunity awaits you.Requirements:Proven experience as a Technical Support Technician, or in a similar...
BI Developer (C#)
8 month contract, will be renewed Job Purpose:The key role of the BI Developer: Creating and maintaining data-driven applications that help businesses make better decisions. Provide dashboard and reporting solutions that meet the demands of the organization. Tasks...
Senior Data Engineer
Our client is looking for a Snr Data Engineer to design data across the full range from fast/clean ETL streams through to automation. Key Responsibilities: Design, build and operationalize large-scale enterprise data solutions and applications using one or more of AWS...
BI Developer (C#) – Gauteng Paulshof
8 month contract, will be renewed Job Purpose:The key role of the BI Developer: Creating and maintaining data-driven applications that help businesses make better decisions. Provide dashboard and reporting solutions that meet the demands of the organization. Tasks...
Senior Data Engineer – Gauteng Johannesburg
Our client is looking for a Snr Data Engineer to design data across the full range from fast/clean ETL streams through to automation. Key Responsibilities: Design, build and operationalize large-scale enterprise data solutions and applications using one or more of AWS...
Human Capital Data Analyst
This listed Retail Group requires candidate to be responsible for collecting, analysing, and interpreting data to inform and enable strategic decision-making. The HC Group Data Analyst plays a vital role in leveraging data to support evidence-based decision-making and...
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