African farmers get a digital boost
Looking to provide digital access to critical services for 100-million people and businesses in Africa over the next 10 years, the African Development Bank Group and Mastercard are co-chairing a new initiative called Mobilising Access to the Digital Economy (MADE)...
The top priorities for HR leaders in 2025
Leader and manager development remains the number one priority in 2025 for HR leaders for the third consecutive year, according to a new survey by Gartner. The continued focus on manager development comes as managers report feeling overwhelmed by their...
Top young scientists awarded at Eskom Expo International Science Fair
The future looks bright for the ambitious young scientists who successfully exhibited their ground-breaking research projects at this year's Eskom Expo International Science Fair (ISF), and walked away with a plethora of life-changing awards. The top senior Eskom Expo...
Eradicating hunger in Africa is within reach
Eradicating hunger in Africa by 2030 is possible, according to global agriculture leaders. Meeting in Rome ahead of the African Food Summit (Dakar 2) to be hosted by President Macky Sall in Dakar, Senegal, from 25-27 January 2023, -resident of the African Development...
Gamma-ray burst could be key to finding neutron star collisions
A highly unusual blast of high-energy light from a nearby galaxy has been linked by scientists to a neutron star merger. The event, detected in December 2021 by NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory and the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, was a gamma-ray burst - an...
This is what the future holds for intelligence
International Data Corporation (IDC) Future of Intelligence predictions for 2023 and beyond show that maturity in enterprise intelligence makes a material difference to business outcomes. Top-quartile enterprise intelligence performers are 2,7-times more likely to...
Consumers must develop positive financial habits in challenging times
South African consumers remain under financial pressure. This is according to the Experian Consumer Default Index (CDI), produced on a quarterly basis, which shows a deteriorating trend when compared to the prior year. The CDI deteriorated at both a Composite level as...
MEA PC demand drops as market normalises
The Middle East and Africa (MEA) personal computing devices (PCD) market, which is made up of desktops, notebooks, workstations, and tablets, posted a year-on-year decline of 12,8% during the third quarter of 2022, according to the latest industry analysis conducted...
Covid burden lessens in Africa, but numbers are creeping up
While Africa is witnessing its lowest level of new Covid-19 cases since the onset of the pandemic, a recent four-week rise - the first such sustained increase in four months - underscores the criticality of maintaining vigilance as the end-year holiday seasons sets...
Network security maintains strong revenue growth
The worldwide Network Security market maintained its ongoing rebound from the 2020 pandemic-induced recession with the eighth consecutive quarter of stronger revenue growth, and the sixth quarter of double-digit revenue growth. According to a recently published report...
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Intervate helps to digitise the gazetting process
The Government Printing Works (GPW) has seen a host of initial benefits from its digitisation and automation programme, with the foundation set for it to derive further value in the future. About the client The Government Printing Works (GPW) has a long history of...
Funding secured for sustainable energy
Global renewable energy developer Mainstream Renewable Power has signed $117,5-million equity investment from investors including IFC, the IFC African, Latin American and Caribbean Fund (ALAC) and the IFC Catalyst Fund, two funds managed by IFC Asset Management...
A success story of offline and online tutoring
South Africa's largest tutoring company this month reached a milestone by signing up its 10 000th learner, and clocking more than 150 000 tutoring lessons. That's good going for an idea that was shot down by a university professor as being doomed to failure, when its...
Big data: a secret weapon for SMEs?
According to Forbes magazine, 89% of business leaders believe big data will revolutionise business operations in the same way the Internet did. Naturally this does not only refer to big business, as small and medium sized companies are becoming more significant daily....
Curb unethical behaviour in a tough economic climate
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The most common reasons for corporate data loss
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NASA protects critical data with NetApp
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Orange completes Airtel Burkina Faso acquisition
Orange, together with its subsidiary Orange Côte d'Ivoire, has completed the acquisition of 100% of the mobile operator Airtel in Burkina Faso. Since the signature of an agreement with Bharti Airtel International (Netherlands) in January 2016, Orange has obtained all...
Fitbit helps to manage a better sleep
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Evolving to bimodal IT: become agile, stay stable
One of the tell-tale signs of ICT evolution within emerging markets is the advent of bimodal IT, or the practice of managing two separate, coherent modes of IT delivery - one focused on stability, the other on agility. Gartner predicts that by 2017, 75% of IT...
DevOps Engineer – Western Cape Woodstock
This role is fully remote.. Our client is seeking a skilled professional to streamline their software development and operations, enhancing deployment efficiency and system reliability. This role will be pivotal in automating our processes, reducing downtime, and...
Intermediate SQL Developer – Remote Remote
Responsibilities/Tasks:Develop complex T-SQL queries, Stored Procedures and Triggers.Assist in the design of the relational database architecture for new development projects.Develop new / alter existing SQL objects based off a set of requirements.Troubleshoot SQL...
Microsoft Power Platform Developer – Gauteng Pretoria CBD
Background The robotic process automation (RPA) CoE was established with the short to medium aim of using robotic process automation of business processes to unlock business value. At the same time the need exists to expand the use of the Microsoft Power Platform...
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Database Administrator – Gauteng Centurion
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