Dramatic growth predicted for family offices in Africa
Family offices in Africa are expecting strong growth in the value of their assets over the next five years - building on the expansion that’s occurred during the past the past five years – according to new research from specialist service provider to high-net-worth...
Ecentric wins Fintech Innovation of the Year
Omnichannel payments provider Ecentric and its partners were awarded Fintech Innovation of the Year at the 2024 Africa Tech Festival for their Wealth on Wheels (WOW) initiative for South Africa's minibus taxi industry. Launched at this year’s Southern African National...
Consumers still optimistic amid global uncertainty
Even in the midst of national and global instability, the major insight from Ford's 11th annual Trends Report is that much of the world's population has a positive "every cloud has a silver lining" sentiment. The findings from the survey are generated from 16 120...
New birthday phishing tactic could target 900m people
Security experts at NordVPN say they have identified a new trend whereby fraud victims are being contacted on their birthdays - thanks to the birth dates, as well as contact information such as email addresses and phone numbers, of more than 900-million people being...
Many Africans still believe cybercrime won’t affect them
Smartphones, applications, social media, artificial intelligence (AI) platforms and multiple other tools have all become part and parcel of daily life on the African continent, transforming how people connect, collaborate and engage. Unfortunately, they have also...
SIEM platforms market to reach $8,6bn by 2025
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solutions have dominated the enterprise security market for nearly two decades, and the market volume is expected to reach $8,6-billion by 2025, according to KuppingerCole analysts. Its compound annual growth rate...
UCT research gives insight into socio-economic ills – and how to fix them
The conclusion of the research project on Employment, Income Distribution and Inclusive Growth (REDI3X3) - a large-scale, multi-year research undertaking led by the University of Cape Town's (UCT) Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU) -...
Cybercriminals exploit new fantasy game
"Hogwarts Legacy", the highly anticipated Harry Potter game set in the legendary wizarding world and already a bestseller on Steam and PlayStation 5, is set for its official release today (10 February). But, sadly, Harry and his legion of Potterheads around the world...
December sees surge in US cybersecurity hires
As everyone now recognises, 2022 was a tough year, with companies across several industries revisiting their hiring strategies - and the technology sector was no exception. Hiring activity in the cybersecurity space in the US also took a hit in 2022, but remained...
Customer enablement the future for supply chain players
Supply chain organisations that enable customers to get their own jobs done are twice as likely to receive repurchase orders compared with peers that focus merely on customer satisfaction or ease, according to a new survey from Gartner. The survey also found that...
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The unhealthy state of healthcare
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Reliability of standby power system boosted
In a bid to significantly improve the reliability and efficiency of standby power systems in corporate environments, Powermode, a leading Johannesburg-based power provisioning company, has launched a locally designed and manufactured GSM cellular-based monitoring...
Fortinet named network security market leader
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About our client:Our client, established in the 90's and headquartered in Cape Town, has a global presence with over 500 employees. They are a diverse team of brilliant knowledge workers. The best and brightest engineers, developers and specialists within finance, HR,...
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Parvana Role: Our client develops exciting software using modern tools, techniques and methodologies. Responsibilities: Build and support applications in a technically exciting and challenging industry. Design, develop, test, document and support applications written...
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