Sluggish demand pushes Absa PMI back to contractionary territory
After the encouraging uptick in July, the seasonally adjusted PMI dropped significantly by 8.8 points to 43.6 in August, down from 52.4 in July. This decline underscores the challenges the sector faces amid ongoing political uncertainty, high but slowing inflation,...
Intel raises the bar for AI performance on Xeon processors
In the latest MLCommons AI performance benchmark suite – MLPerf Inference v4.1 - Intel submitted results across six MLPerf benchmarks for 5th Gen Xeon Scalable processors and, for the first time, its Xeon 6 processors with Performance-cores (P-cores). Intel Xeon 6...
Buy now pay later spend set to accelerate
A new study from Juniper Research has found that consumer spending using BNPL (Buy Now, Pay Later) platforms will reach $437-billion globally in 2027; rising from $112-billion in 2022. This sizeable growth of 291% will be driven by escalating financial pressures from...
IITPSA names 2022 President’s Awards finalists
The Institute of Information Technology Professionals South Africa (IITPSA) has announced the finalists for this year's annual IITPSA President's Awards. The awards, which have recognised the local IT industry's leading lights for over 30 years, include the Visionary...
Spammers use Agent Tesla stealer for targeted campaigns
Kaspersky has uncovered an unusual spam email campaign that targeted businesses worldwide. Mimicking emails from vendors or counterparty companies, the attackers tried to steal the login data from the affected organisations by applying notorious Agent Tesla stealer....
5G service revenue tipped to reach $315bn
A new study from Juniper Research has found operator-billed 5G service revenue will reach $315-billion in 2023; rising from $195-billion in 2022. This represents growth of over 60% in a single year. The research predicts this increase in revenue will be driven by the...
Productive spending, not revenue, is the problem
The Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) will once again highlight the government's fiscal framework for the next three years. The fiscal framework is a framework that gives effect to the national executive's macro-economic policy and it includes, among others,...
Improved tax collections likely to be consumed by failing state bodies and infrastructure
The Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) is expected to reveal an improved budget deficit and debt ratios for the 2022/23 financial year as a result of better than expected personal tax collections, lower levels of refunds and higher commodity prices. By Waldo...
Bridging the digital gap for township tech SMMEs
Tarsus On Demand is partnering with the SAtion ecosystem and Microsoft to offer a free, day-long business development workshop for 40 small, micro and medium enterprises (SMMEs) based in townships in and around Johannesburg. The workshop, which takes place on November...
Gates Foundation calls for locally-led R&D proposals
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has announced a series of initiatives and a call for proposals to advance locally-led innovation that supports work by scientists and researchers in developing economies. The announcement was made at the Grand Challenges Annual...
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Making blended contact centres successful
The risk of having an outsourced contact centre is having agents idle during periods of low demand. Every second that employees are sitting around waiting for a customer to get in touch means the loss of revenue. So how does a contact centre address this challenge in...
Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise adds security layer
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Kyocera expands reach with Sizwe Africa IT Group
Kyocera Document Solutions South Africa has expanded its reach into enterprise and public sector markets by partnering with Sizwe Africa IT Group - one of South Africa's leading ICT solutions providers - as an ICT Systems Integrator. Says Nancy Meyer, chief operations...
BT Security Consulting helps in testing times
BT has announced the launch of Cyber Roadmap Consulting, a new consultancy programme designed to give large organisations a better understanding of their own cyber security risks and implement measures to mitigate these. The new service leverages highly skilled...
Integr8, Extreme, Duxbury launch networking-on-demand
In a ground-breaking move, three leading local IT companies have banded together to launch South Africa's first pay-per-use, fully-managed, corporate networking solution which will be targeted at developing markets throughout Africa. Dubbed EasyLAN, the solution has...
Edwardian Hotels London offers Aspect’s virtual host
Edwardian Hotels London has launched a new 'virtual host' service to its hotel guests, designed by Aspect Software. The artificially intelligent service, called 'Edward', is designed to deliver exceptional experiences for guests who prefer digital brand interaction....
Finalists for the African Banker Awards are …
The shortlist for the 10th edition of the African Banker Awards has been released. This year's shortlist is dominated by some of the larger banking groups from North, East, South and West Africa. The winners will be revealed at a gala dinner during the African Bank...
Gemalto offers audio services over LTE
Gemalto is addressing Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity by bringing high-quality voice capabilities over LTE to industrial applications using single-mode LTE Cat1. At an IoT World pre-event in Santa Clara, the company demonstrated its world-first Cinterion Voice...
Hello Group selected as Start-up Challenge semi-finalist
Hello Paisa, an offering from leading service provider Hello Group has been announced as a semi-finalist in the 2016 African Start-up Challenge hosted by Innotribe. Hello Paisa is a mobile phone based international money transfer service that allows migrants in South...
Total communication protection with Totemo
Communication Genetics has announced the availability of Totemomail and Totemodata, two business-to-business, business-to-consumer and platform-independent solutions designed to protect information on the move, between internal and external sources and between...
Junior IT Engineer (Crypto Engineer)
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Our client has an exciting opportunity for an Intermediate / Senior C# Developer within their team. Requirements: Relevant Degree / Diploma.3 years' relevant experience and knowledge.Experience using C#, .NET Core, Entity Framework, ASP.Net, T-SQL.Develop...
Angular Developer at Blue Recruiting
Our client is looking for a skilled Angular Developer to join their dynamic team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in web development, proficiency in JavaScript and TypeScript, and extensive experience with Angular 14. As an Angular Developer, you...
Junior UI/UX Designer (CPT Onsite)
ENVIRONMENT:A talented Junior UI/UX Designer with a keen eye for beautiful digital aesthetics is wanted by a dynamic provider of business solutions in the domain of IT architecture, execution & customer support. You will play a pivotal role in shaping the user...
ICT Support Technician – Western Cape Stellenbosch
ENVIRONMENT:A prominent Telecommunications Solutions provide seeks a strong technical ICT Support Technician, whose primary role will be to provide support for personnel and their related work equipment and services and other ICT infrastructure services of the company...
Junior IT Engineer (Crypto Engineer) – Gauteng Pretoria
SUPER EXCITING OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN THE CRYPTO ENGINEERING ARENA. ROLE: Junior Crypto EngineerCOMPANY: The company was founded several years ago to address the need for affordable cryptography solutions accessible to enterprises of all sizes. It focuses on delivering...
C# Developer – KwaZulu-Natal Umhlanga
Our client has an exciting opportunity for an Intermediate / Senior C# Developer within their team. Requirements: Relevant Degree / Diploma.3 years' relevant experience and knowledge.Experience using C#, .NET Core, Entity Framework, ASP.Net, T-SQL.Develop...
Angular Developer at Blue Recruiting – KwaZulu-Natal Riverhorse Valley
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ENVIRONMENT:A talented Junior UI/UX Designer with a keen eye for beautiful digital aesthetics is wanted by a dynamic provider of business solutions in the domain of IT architecture, execution & customer support. You will play a pivotal role in shaping the user...
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ENVIRONMENT:A leading provider of cutting-edge Telecommunications Solutions in Stellenbosch seeks a passionate coder to fill the role of its next Software Engineer with strong Go, Java and C or C++. Joining a highly skilled Agile team, you will work with a strong...
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