Pre-paid electricity meters linked to energy poverty, food insecurity
A doctoral thesis by Isaac Kwamena Nunoo from the University of Cape Town's (UCT) School of Economics has highlighted the crucial role of electricity in enhancing household welfare in Ghana and South Africa. The thesis explores the impact of electricity and fuel usage...
ISPA echoes calls for regulatory support for MVNOs
ISPA, South Africa's official internet Industry Representative Body (IRB), welcomes recent calls for an appropriate, light-touch regulatory regime specifically tailored to support the growing number of Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs) introducing competition...
Calling all citizen scientists …
The South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) is inviting people across the country to join the Great Southern BioBlitz 2022 (GSB 2022). The event, which will be held from 28 October until end-of-day on 31 October 2022, is an international competition that...
SA science boffin competes in international science fair
A research project by a young scientist that aims to address South Africa's need for more energy-efficient buildings and construction materials will be showcased at this year's Buca International Music, Science, Engineering Energy Fair (IMSEF) in Turkey. Pieter Adrian...
NTT opens new data centre in SA
Dimension Data parent company NTT Ltd has announced the opening of its latest data centre in Johannesburg. Johannesburg 1 Data Centre is part of NTT’s expansion into the African continent, with a capacity of 12MW covering 6 000m² of IT space once fully built out. The...
Closing the cybersecurity gender gap can improve cyber resilience
Women still only make up a quarter of the workforce in cybersecurity, a striking gap compared to a 39% participation rate in the general workforce. At the same time, the global cybersecurity workforce would need to grow by 80% to meet current demand, according to a...
SA women are ditching inflexible workplaces
First came the Great Resignation, and now we have the Great Breakup, where female professionals, executives and senior leaders unsatisfied with a complete 9-to-5, five-days-a-week return to the office are seeking greener pastures at more flexible companies, or opting...
Chad Baker is new MD of First Distribution
First Distribution has brought back Chad Baker as its MD, 22 years after he left the company. Baker started his ICT career with First Distribution in 1995, serving as the national sales manager for four years. He has been in the industry in a number of executive...
Ransomware still a top cyber risk, but new threats emerging
Ransomware remains a top cyber risk for organizations globally while business email compromise incidents are on the rise and will increase further in the 'deep fake' era. At the same time, the war in Ukraine and wider geopolitical tensions are a major concern as...
Fraudsters threaten to turn Festive Season cheer to frustration
With the festive season fast approaching, South Africa has been slowly aligning itself with the rest of the world in heralding the start of the festive season shopping spree with its Black Friday shopping event. While the origins of Black Friday in South Africa can be...
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CT community takes Dribbble’s Silver Bucket Award
Cape Town Dribbble Meetup organiser, Isoflow, has been awarded the international Silver Bucket Award; given every year to the most active Dribbble community in the world. Werner Janse van Rensburg, MD of Isoflow, comments: "This is the first time that the bucket has...
Artificial intelligence for call centres
Fujitsu Laboratories has developed technology that can be easily set up and autonomously carry on a dialogue, based on artificial intelligence (AI) technology, while accurately understanding a user's request and naturally eliciting the necessary information. The...
Tigo takes the lead in Tanzania
Tanzania's digital lifestyle telecom operator, Tigo, is now the leading mobile telephone company with the fastest and widest 4G LTE network in the Tanzania. Since its inception in April 2015 in Dar Es Salaam, Tigo 4G LTE has expanded to Arusha, Tanga, Dodoma,...
Ideco to showcase mobile biometrics console
Local biometrics experts Ideco will showcase its new all-in-one mobile biometrics unit at Securex, to be held in Sandton from 24 to 26 May 2016. The solution was recently launched at the connectID 2016 conference and expo in Washington, US. The Biometric Identity...
Fujitsu, BAE collaborate on threat analysis
Fujitsu has worked with BAE Systems - one of the largest US defense companies offering comprehensive threat analytics capabilities for managing threat intelligence, detecting and investigating unknown cyber threats, advanced persistent threats, and zero-day attacks -...
Sophos launches enterprise malware removal tool
Sophos has launched Sophos Clean, the latest addition to its Enduser protection portfolio of advanced malware detection, remediation and removal software. The signature-less technology uses progressive behavior analytics, forensics and collective intelligence to...
Understand the audience of 2020
The pathway for consumer journeys is steadily becoming more digitised with the number of digital touchpoints increasing by 20 percent every year. It's a fiercely competitive market for brands to compete in what has been labelled 'an era of Digital Darwinism' and...
Sophos launches enterprise malware removal tool
Sophos has launched Sophos Clean, the latest addition to its Enduser protection portfolio of advanced malware detection, remediation and removal software. The signature-less technology uses progressive behavior analytics, forensics and collective intelligence to...
Fujitsu, BAE collaborate on threat analysis
Fujitsu has worked with BAE Systems - one of the largest US defense companies offering comprehensive threat analytics capabilities for managing threat intelligence, detecting and investigating unknown cyber threats, advanced persistent threats, and zero-day attacks -...
Drones to deliver vaccines in Rwanda
The UPS Foundation has partnered with Zipline, a California¬-based robotics company, and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, to explore using drones to transform the way life-saving medicines like blood and vaccines are delivered across the world. All too often, critical...
Cyber Security Specialist at Parvana Recruitment
About our client: Our client is a highly successful international software development house specialising in telecommunications and payment gateways. With two decades of proven success and remarkable growth, they offer an exceptional training and mentorship program....
SAP tax Software Engineer (1408) KG – Gauteng Midrand
WHAT WILL BE YOUR ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES? Understand the business requirements, preparing AS-IS, and TO-BE documents and get sign-off from users for Business Blueprint document. ABAP debugging beneficial (Workbench related knowledge of new development/enhancements)...
Senior Network Engineer – Mpumalanga Delmas
The Senior Network Engineer will be responsible for designing, implementing, managing and maintaining Huawei, HPE Aruba SD-WAN networking, Huawei Wireless Controller, Huawei Wireless Indoor, Huawei Wireless Outdoor and Palo Alto Firewalls network infrastructure of our...
Application Support Analyst (12-Month Contract) (CPT) (EE) – Western Cape Cape Town
ENVIRONMENT:A reputable Investment Firm seeks a highly skilled Application Support Analyst to fill a 12-Month Fixed-Term Contract where your will provide optimal & seamless 1st and 2nd Line Support, ensuring operational stability and increasing efficiency to...
System Tester at Financial Services – Gauteng Carlswald
Duties and Responsibilities: You will be tasked with the testing of new features and enhancementsYou will be involved with the project teams (both internal and external) in implementation of these new features and enhancementsExecute exploratory tests in order to gain...
Cyber Security Specialist at Parvana Recruitment – Western Cape Cape Town
About our client: Our client is a highly successful international software development house specialising in telecommunications and payment gateways. With two decades of proven success and remarkable growth, they offer an exceptional training and mentorship program....
Full Stack Developer (C# Angular)
One of our clients is seeking an experienced and highly skilled Senior Full Stack Developer to join our team. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in web development and a proven track record of delivering high-quality applications. This role involves...
Senior Business Intelligence Analyst
TOP VACANCY ALERTOur client in the Business Consultant industry is currently looking to employ a Senior Business Intelligence Analyst (BI Analyst) based in Port Elizabeth. A wonderful career opportunity awaits you.Requirements:Demonstrate sound written and verbal...
Backend Developer (Advanced) 0198 TT
Develop and operate production ready business applications (24/7)Liaise with customer, team members and external vendorsDeploy applications in AWS (via GitHub)Monitoring and operation of applications within AWS CloudWatchApplying cloud-security patterns and concepts...
Senior Angular Developer
We are seeking an experienced and skilled Senior Angular Developer to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for developing, testing, and maintaining robust, scalable, and efficient web applications using Angular. As a Senior Angular Developer,...
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