Fintech transforms African financial services
Fintech companies in Africa have nearly tripled in number since 2020, improving access to finance for people and businesses across the continent, according to a new EIB report. The report, Finance in Africa 2024, highlights improvements in the African financial sector...
African business leaders upbeat on technology’s impact
More than 300 African business and technology leaders gathered yesterday at the local edition of the SAP Now series of global events to discuss opportunities for the greater adoption of technology to power growth and innovation on the continent. Speaking at the event,...
Curiosity finds surprise clues to a watery past on Mars
When NASA’s Curiosity rover arrived at the “sulfate-bearing unit” last fall, scientists thought they’d seen the last evidence that lakes once covered this region of Mars. That’s because the rock layers here formed in drier settings than regions explored earlier in the...
Google fires generative AI salvo
Kathy Gibson reports - The artificial intelligence (AI) arms race is on: hot on the heels of Microsoft’s addition of OpenAI to its search products, Google has showcased how it is already using generative AI, along with new offerings and its vision for the future....
Gen Z will trade short-term economic ills for future sustainability
Nearly half (47%) of Generation Z is willing to accept short-term economic limitations, such as lower GDP growth, for policymakers to invest in a longer-term strategy that promotes more sustainable growth, according to new research from Dell Technologies. The research...
Microsoft adds generative AI to Bing, Edge
Microsoft yesterday launched an AI-powered Bing search engine and Edge browser, which it believes will deliver better search, more complete answers, a new chat experience and the ability to generate content. "AI will fundamentally change every software category,...
Slight but uninspiring increase for the BETI in January
After breaking six months of declines in December, the BankservAfrica Economic Transactions Index (BETI) improved again in January 2023. Yet, despite this positive movement, 'more-of-the-same' can be expected this year as economic woes prevail. "The BETI improved to...
SA’s need for manufacturing excellence stronger than ever
South Africa's manufacturing industry has had to keep evolving to remain competitive in the face of global competition. But, while there has been a long-standing battle between effectively producing products against demand and maintaining a sustainable cost base, a...
Report reveals that SA children can’t read for meaning
A new report reveals that a massive 82% of South Africa's Grade 4 learners cannot read for meaning - indicating that the disruptions of the Covid years have set children back by at least a year. Indeed, if the country continues on the current trajectory, it will take...
Subsea cable system lands in KZN
The 2Africa undersea cable, said to be the largest in the world, has been landed into the carrier-neutral Durban facility of Open Access Data Centre (OADC), which is owned and operated by West Indian Ocean Cable Company (WIOCC). Chris Wood, group CEO of WIOCC,...
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Social media liability insurance a must
A study by World Wide Worx and Fuseware has revealed that Facebook is being used by about 13-million South Africans, which is a quarter of the country's population. All these people have the means to write, publish and circulate articles and video recordings faster...
Why are banks struggling with big data?
Financial institutions are ideally positioned to reap a host of benefits from big data, given their access to multiple streams of information, writes Gary Allemann, MD of Master Data Management. However, most banks are still standing at the edge of the big data wave,...
Veeam aims to dominate Office 365 backup and availability
Last year, more than 205-billion emails were sent each day and this will rise by 5% in 2016, which proves that email remains a cornerstone of modern communications and its importance cannot be underestimated. With this, Veeam Software has announced that initial...
Governments struggle with outdated systems
The legacy of enterprise management systems used by parastatals and State Owned Enterprises (SOE) is renowned for its exorbitant software development and implementation costs as a result of inadequate IT requirement scoping and current legacy solutions pricing...
Digitising customer documents key to transformation
Organisations need to embrace digital processes or risk being left behind by more agile competitors. In a time of tight IT budgets, it would be a mistake to prioritise other projects over digital transformation initiatives because of the advantages to be gained....
SA pays tribute to black business pioneers
On 28 October, black business people of previous decades will reunite to be celebrated by their peers as well as South Africa's current generation of business leaders. The "Tribute to Black Business Pioneers" brings together black business people of the 50s, 60s and...
Lexmark positioned in Leaders category
Lexmark International has been recognised as a Leader in document workflow services by leading IT market research and advisory firm IDC in its IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Document Workflow Services Hardcopy 2016 Vendor Assessment Report. Lexmark has been named a leader...
Cape Town based social enterprise takes on the world
Lumkani, the 2015 South African winner of The Venture, a global competition for social entrepreneurs initiated by luxury whisky producer Chivas Regal, may soon be rolling out its technology in the slums of Bangladesh. Bangladesh is one of the countries with a large...
Helping girls realise the scope of STEM careers
It is said that over 50% of the fastest-growing jobs are related to science, technology, engineering or maths (STEM). Not only that, but 1-million more STEM professionals will be required over the next decade than are currently being produced. If that isn't a reality...
Fortinet establishes European cloud data centre
Fortinet has opened its new FortiCloud European data centre based in Germany, enabling European customers to leverage the broadest and most mature portfolio of hosted cybersecurity services in the market, with the confidence that their private data remains within...
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Jointly responsible for the design and implementation of our cloud strategy and SAP transformation.Optimization of existing developments.Completion of required IT Documentation.Expertise in dealing with complex build environments and continuous integration.Minimum...
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