SA risks losing top tech talent
With South Africa’s unemployment reaching 8,3-million people as of mid-2024, the loss of developer talent to international markets is more than a brain drain - it’s a serious threat to the country’s economic future, based on the insights provided by OfferZen’s 2024...
E-commerce spend surges ahead of Black Friday
Absa has noted a significant increase in the total value of e-commerce transactions over the past year, with total turnover increasing 25% year-on-year in the first quarter, 16% year-on-year in the second quarter and 19% year-on-year in the third quarter. The data...
Tech helps to ease trucking pressures
High inflation, high fuel prices, slow economic growth and mounting congestion on South Africa's roads is placing significant pressure on the transport and logistics sector. This is the reality in which Justin Manson of Webfleet advises businesses to apply...
Tax breaks for investing in renewable energy
What is believed to be South Africa's first private equity fund which allows green energy investors to qualify for SARS-approved tax deductions has been launched. Section 12B of the Income Tax Act No. 58 of 1962 allows for a tax deduction for certain qualifying assets...
Hardcopy shipments dipped in 2022
Western European shipments of hardcopy peripherals declined 4,1% year over year to 16,7-million units in 2022. Supply chain issues continue to hamper opportunities for most brands, especially in the consumer segment, but it wasn't all doom and gloom, as some saw their...
Study finds brewery wastewater could be turned into bioenergy
As water continues to be a scarce resource globally and the energy crisis strengthens its grip on South Africa, researchers are trying to find environmentally friendly ways of extracting the full benefits of the resources that we already have. A recent study...
Content Services overcome profitability challenges through streamlined workflows
The existence of paper within a business process is typically a road block that slows business processes down. This is the word from Greg Griffith, senior product manager at Kyocera Document Solutions South Africa, who adds that the existence of paper within a...
Big power cuts crash growth outlook
Near-term growth prospects have slumped due to intensified power cuts, according to Absa's first quarter perspective report. The bank has cut its GDP forecast for Q4 22 to -0,5% q/q and also projects a Q1 23 contraction. For 2023 as a whole, the impact of power cuts...
IBM acquires GraphQL server developer
IBM has acquired StepZen, which has developed a GraphQL server that helps developers build GraphQL APIs quickly and with less code. Founded in 2020, StepZen provides an easier way for developers to build GraphQL APIs. The technology takes a declarative programming...
Gas, private sector and free market investments crucial for SA to fix electricity crisis
The voice of the African energy sector, the African Energy Chamber (AEC), says it supports President Cyril Ramaphosa's commitment to address South Africa's electricity crisis, but adds that massive reforms from an investment and policy perspective need to be...
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HDS aims to accelerate digitalisation
Hitachi Data Systems has announced three new ways to improve and accelerate digital transformation initiatives. Current market offerings lack flexibility and choice for customers, forcing IT to face on their own a gauntlet of obstacles and dead ends. To address this,...
FLIR Ariel II camera range available from GIT
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FNB’s KYC Doc Uploader simplifies FICA
To encourage more businesses to comply with the Financial Intelligence Agency Act (FICA), FNB has launched KYC Doc Uploader, that allows non-compliant business owners to conveniently upload outstanding FICA documents online. Business owners that are not yet compliant...
PoPI will require ITAD accreditation
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Computop and PayU brings global e-commerce home
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Campus unrest affects Programming Olympiad
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Digitisation, custom SaaS prove their worth in Africa
According to Gartner, SaaS shows no signs of decline, with even the smallest SaaS segment seeing a compound annual growth rate of 19,7% through 2019. Angus Herringer, joint Head of financial services at e4, says the trend is definitely growing in Africa. "We developed...
Go paperless safely and legally
The average office worker uses close to 10,000 sheets of copy paper per year, according to the Go Green initiative, Paperless Project. This is why an increasing number of South African businesses have started converting physical documents into electronic records....
Integr8’s Sussman backs fintech startups
Co-founder of national ICT managed services provider and member of the Business Connexion (BCX) Group Integr8 Robert Sussman has added his support to the Barclays Accelerator Programme. Sussman heads up Integr8, a market leader and South African technology success...
Network operators: where are your MANRS?
The Internet Society has announced the number of participants in the organization's Mutually Agreed Norms for Routing Security (MANRS) initiative has more than quadrupled in its first two years, growing from nine to 42 network operators. Launched in November 2014 with...
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