Africa Investment Forum 2024 garners $29,2bn in deals
The Africa Investment Forum 2024 Markets Days recorded a total of $29,2-billion in new investor interests after three days of boardroom discussions in Rabat, Morocco. The Chair of the Africa Investment Forum, President of the African Development Bank, Dr Akinwumi...
Qualcomm sets new growth targets
Qualcomm has outlined significant opportunities for growth and diversification at its 2024 Investor Day. The company’s position at the edge is driving access to an expanded total addressable market (TAM) of approximately $900-billion by 2030, with more than 50-billion...
Machines are now inbound service contact centre customers
By 2026, 20% of inbound customer service contact volume will come from machine customers, according to Gartner. Machine customers are nonhuman economic actors that obtain goods or services in exchange for payment. In customer service and support, they will resemble...
Europe dominates global Internet penetration rates
Europe has been leading the way in terms of internet penetration rates with Northern Europe coming out on top with 97% of its population using the internet. Western Europe followed closely behind with 93,5%. According to TradingPlatforms.com, the rest of the world is...
Floki, Bone ShibaSwap the biggest meme coin gainers
Despite criticism, meme coins continue gaining traction fuelled by their growing online communities. According to data presented by BitcoinCasinos.com, Floki and Bone ShibaSwap are the biggest gainers among the top five meme coins, as their market caps surged 351% and...
300m to use cryptocurrencies in 2024
The 2022 crypto winter has had a brutal impact on the entire market, wiping hundreds of billions of dollars off the global crypto market cap and wounding thousands of crypto companies across the world. But, despite the headwinds and setbacks, investors' interest in...
Security and risk management spend set for growth
End-user spending on security and risk management in the middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is forecast to total $2,8-billion in 2023, an increase of 10,4% from 2022, according to Gartner. “Security and risk management leaders in MENA are expected to increase...
Majority of Africans tricked into believing deepfakes are real
The Top Risks Report 2023 by the Eurasia Group defined advances in deepfakes and the rapid rise of misinformation as ‘weapons of mass disruption’ and it is not far from wrong Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and powerful facial recognition and voice synthesis...
Researchers drive hyper-local climate modeling
The do-it-yourself climate modeling movement is here. Researchers from Northwestern University and Argonne National Laboratory have been launching Nvidia Jetson-driven edge computing Waggle devices across the globe to collect hyper-local climate information. Waggle is...
More than 1m people have asked to be forgotten
Between 2015 and 2021, more than 1-million"right to be forgotten" requests were submitted to Google and Microsoft Bing, with half of the requests being from Western European countries. When the Covid-19 pandemic started, “right to be forgotten” cases rose by nearly...
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Unpacking globalisation myths: are we in a ‘borderless world’?
Professor Bart Smit, associate professor at Unisa's Graduate School of Business Leadership (SBL), questions whether markets and production are really as global as we like to think. The widely accepted definition of globalisation has to do with the process of becoming...
ALE Enterprise Cloud boosts adoption
ALE, operating under the Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise brand, is making it easier for its business partners to help customers adopt enterprise communications services in the cloud. The latest release of its Alcatel-Lucent OpenTouch Enterprise Cloud (OTEC) 2.2 solution...
Digital transformation – keeping pace with progress
A technological revolution of unsurpassed dimensions, digital transformation is taking place at breakneck speed and is radically changing the face of client interactions. Client expectations are escalating rapidly and moving in new and different directions. This is...
How to solve your storage nightmare
As organisations start to virtualise more of their data centre, they are faced with increasing complexity and latency issues, writes Mark Young, director of systems engineering: EMEA at Tintri. Virtualisation offers huge benefits, with promises of greater IOPS and...
Smart locker could boost chronic healthcare
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HP’s Spectre 13 debuts in SA
HP Inc has announced the local availability of the new HP Spectre 13. "The HP Spectre 13 will be available in South Africa just in time for the holiday season, retailing from a starting price of R29 999,00 and available mid-November from the HP Store in Sandton, HP...
Africa Innovation Challenge launched
As part of its longstanding commitment to Africa, Johnson & Johnson today announced the launch of the Africa Innovation Challenge, an initiative to support Africa's vibrant and growing innovation ecosystem and to help develop important and locally sustainable...
Imago SA launches new identity
Video conferencing supplier Imago South Africa is launching a new corporate identity and name-change to underline its independent status and commitment to its market. Its new name - SkyGroup Communications and positioning statement "Completely Connected" - is a signal...
Save your company from business rescue
Many small business owners are paying about 18 percentage points more income tax than they need to, according to Renier Nell, the director of accounting and tax firm Innovative Accounting Solutions (IAS). This stems from ignorance of tax law. "Tax is our...
Cell C wins at Ask Afrika Orange Index Awards
Cell C has won two prestigious awards at the Ask Afrika Orange Index annual awards ceremony. The Ask Afrika Orange Index, South Africa's largest and most widely-referenced service excellence benchmark with 15 000 interviews across 33 industries, ranked Cell C ahead of...
Integrated Security System Solution Architect
We are seeking an experienced Integrated Security System Solution Architect to join our dynamic IT Infrastructure team based in Bryanston, Gauteng. The successful candidate will be responsible for designing, developing, and implementing end-to-end security solutions...
Websphere Server Application Engineer – Gauteng Johannesburg
Do you want to work with one of the largest Tech Giants in the world? Our clients are on the hunt for a seasoned Websphere Server Application Engineer for a fantastic hybrid role based in Sandton. Requirements: IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS)Installing,...
Senior Microsoft Engineer (M365 & Azure) – Gauteng Johannesburg
We are seeking an experienced Senior Microsoft Engineer (M365 Azure) professional that has a deep understanding of Azure architecture, M365 products such as Intune, SCCM, MIM (preference), PowerShell, and the SharePoint suite. You'll be responsible for designing,...
Integration developer – Gauteng Bedford
This position involves leading projects focused on the transfer and integration of large volumes of data across various enterprise systems, ensuring efficient andreliable data flow. Key Responsibilities:Design and implement integration mappings to facilitateseamless...
Integrated Security System Solution Architect – Gauteng Bryanston
We are seeking an experienced Integrated Security System Solution Architect to join our dynamic IT Infrastructure team based in Bryanston, Gauteng. The successful candidate will be responsible for designing, developing, and implementing end-to-end security solutions...
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Senior Automation Tester
Actively participate in planning, estimating, and sizing products, features, and stories for delivery.Ensure the delivery of well-structured, standard-designed quality assurance solutions within the agreed timelines with the delivery team.Report and manage issue...
Integration developer
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Join Our Team as a Data Engineer! Ready to shape the future of data? We're on the hunt for a trailblazing Data Engineer to join our dynamic team! If you're passionate about building fault-tolerant, cutting-edge data pipelines that transform raw information into...
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