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...

CEOs want to ramp up their AI spending as FOMO kicks on

AI is exceeding most CEOs’ expectations and their optimism is growing. Cisco’s latest study shows that 67% now worry they’re underinvesting in the technology — up from 57% last year — with nearly two thirds (64%) of those surveyed now seeing AI adoption as mandatory...

Women face higher levels of burnout as stress levels climb

South African employers are facing a growing workforce resilience challenge as new data reveals that women are increasingly bearing the burden of workplace stress, burnout and mental health crises. A comprehensive analysis by Lyra Southern Africa of 67 419 Employee...

SA companies are shunning public cloud for AI workloads

South African organisations are shifting AI workloads out of the public cloud faster than their counterparts anywhere else in the world, according to new global research commissioned by Cloudera. The Great AI Re-Architecture Survey, conducted by Wakefield Research...

Syspro extends global footprint with UK acquisition

Syspro has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire long-standing partner, NexSys, a specialist provider of digital manufacturing and distribution software in the UK, and part of Alternative Investment Market (AIM) listed K3 Business Technology Group. The...

Black Friday month 38% up from 2023

The Leisure & Entertainment industry grew its share of online sales over the four-day Black Friday weekend by 113% from last year, according to Peach Payments. This comes against the backdrop of a 38% overall growth in rand value processed via the payment service...

The challenges facing women in the tech industry

A new global survey to coincide with International Women's Day reveals that parity for women in technology-related positions and industries is still a way off, and suggests that Covid-19, along with a skills shortage, has had a major role to play in blocking women's...

Power, security bring new opportunities for Mustek

Alternative energy is a big opportunity for IT distributor Mustek, which today announced its interim results for the half-year ended 31 December 2022. Hein Engelbrecht, CEO of the Mustek group, says the green energy opportunity is already contributing about 10% to the...

SA credit card spend bounces back post-Covid

Aimed at identifying and understanding shifts in consumer spending behaviour during and after the Covid-19 pandemic, Visa and Discovery Bank have released their collaborative Spendtrend23 report, which reveals that South Africans' spending via credit card has bounced...

Raising awareness about stalkerware

In commemorating International Women's Day in 2023, societies around the world reflect on the local, national, and global gender issues relevant to their work and contexts. It is an opportunity to raise awareness about issues that disproportionately affect women, and...

Google empowers women in Africa

Google celebrated International Women's Day yesterday (8 March) by announcing three new initiatives aimed at empowering women entrepreneurs in Africa and providing them with the resources they need to succeed. The initiatives include the Google for Startups...

Mixed bag for business confidence as loadshedding partly countered

The RMB/BER Business Confidence Index (BCI) declined further from 38 in the fourth quarter to 36 in the first quarter of 2023. While the outcome could have been worse, given the severity of power outages and the associated drop-off in business activity, the result is...

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SA’s Hyperli launches new online deal marketplace

Hot on the heels of Groupon's exit from the South African market, newly-formed Hyperli has launched a newly-curated online marketplace focused on delivering relevant deals to South African consumers. Collective online buying has been part of the South African psyche...

Shamoon rebooted?

It seems that the Shamoom cyber-attacks have returned, according to this blog post co-written by Raj Samani, chief technology officer: EMEA at Intel Security, and Christiaan Beek. We have recently received notifications and samples from impacted organisations in the...

Vodacom debuts uncapped Fibre-To-The-Home plans

Vodacom has launched uncapped price plans on the third party infrastructure networks where it sells fibre broadband services as an Internet Service Provider. This will allow customers to use as much data as they want at all times without worrying about running out of...

Enhancing productivity, transparency in IT support

For local enterprises of all sizes, employee productivity and staff motivation are two of the biggest stumbling blocks on the path to growth and sustainability. Within the IT support environment, in particular, businesses often suffer from a lack of transparency, and...

Filmmaker Gareth Pon punts WD’s My Cloud EX4100

An independent South African filmmaker, photographer and creative consultant, Gareth Pon is best known as Africa's Top Instagrammer. Having spent the last few years investigating the potential of mobile photography while growing his worldwide network of friends and...

Xero predicts AI will transform accounting

Technological innovation is transforming the accounting profession, with artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning set to have a big impact over the next few years. Cloud-based accounting software Xero was one of the first platforms to see the potential that...

Decision Inc delivers value, ROI for food retailer

Decision Inc has implemented SAP BPC at one of Africa's biggest food retailers, assisting more than 500 users across HR planning, financial planning and financial consolidation. The solution has seen a reduction in budgeting and planning down from months to days. The...

F5 Networks a 10-time leader in Application Delivery Controllers

F5 Networks has again been positioned by Gartner in the Leaders quadrant of its Magic Quadrant for Application Delivery Controllers (ADCs), published August 29, 2016. "We would like to congratulate F5 on celebrating a decade in the Leaders quadrant, providing our...

All the winners of the African Entrepreneurship Award

BMCE Bank of Africa has announced the winners of the second edition of the African Entrepreneurship Award, which allocates $1-million each year. The award ceremony, chaired by President Othman Benjelloun, was held on 5 December to compensate the most significant and...

The City of Tshwane wins award for TshWi-Fi TV

The City of Tshwane's mission to be the most connected city on the African continent continues to garner international acclaim! This time the City's TshWi-Fi TV project is a winner in the FIRE Africa Awards 2016, presented last night - 6 December 2016 - in...

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About the jobEmbedded Support Engineers (Product Support Engineer's) are a critical interface to customers of the Digital Mine business - they are essential to customers achieving the safety and productivity outcomes needed.You will work closely with the Product...

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My client based in Cape Town (North) is currently looking for a Technical Business Analyst to join them on an independent contract basis Cape Town Nort / Hybrid / 12 month Contract A Senior Technical Business Analyst is responsible for bridging the gap between...

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About the jobEmbedded Support Engineers (Product Support Engineer's) are a critical interface to customers of the Digital Mine business - they are essential to customers achieving the safety and productivity outcomes needed.You will work closely with the Product...

Mid-Level Front End Developer (CPT Hybrid) – Western Cape Cape Town

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Senior Business Process Architect (Perm/Contract) (JHB Hybrid)

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