Geoeconomic risks rise in new age of competition

The World Economic Forum's Global Risks Report 2026, published yesterday (14 January), finds geoeconomic confrontation emerges as the top risk for the year, followed by interstate conflict, extreme weather, societal polarisation and misinformation and disinformation....

South Africans stay optimistic as they adapt to financial pressures

South African households are showing signs of meaningful financial adaptation amid ongoing cost pressures, according to TransUnion’s latest Q4 2025 Consumer Pulse Study. While inflation and affordability challenges persist, consumers are becoming more intentional in...

Cyber-enabled fraud one of the most pervasive global threats

Artificial intelligence, geopolitical fragmentation and a surge in cyber-enabled fraud are redefining the global cyber risk landscape at unprecedented speed, according to the World Economic Forum’s Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2026. The report, developed in...

Global cooperation proves resilient against geopolitical headwinds

Global cooperation is proving resilient even as multilateralism continues to face strong headwinds, according to the World Economic Forum’s Global Cooperation Barometer 2026. However, cooperation is below where it needs to be to address critical economic, security and...

EU’s AI Act sets a precedent

The European Union's groundbreaking AI Act sets a precedent in regulating artificial intelligence (AI), introducing stringent requirements for developers and deployers, says research group GlobalData. With the adoption of the landmark legislation, establishing...

Load shedding forces SMEs to shut down their servers

The national disaster that is load shedding is already costing the South African economy almost R1-billion every day, according to the Reserve Bank. Now SMEs across the country are shutting down their server rooms because unreliable power means that running costs are...

How the Post Office could foster financial inclusion

The Post Office could play a role in fostering financial inclusion by extending formal financial services to the unbanked in society. Dr Steven Msosa, postdoctoral fellow attached to the Department of Marketing at Mangosuthu University of Technology (MUT), has...

Business imperatives drive the next phase of digital transformation

Kathy Gibson reports - The next phase of digital transformation will be driven by content services that are connected, cognitive, governed and secure. This is the word from Ed McQuiston, executive vice-president and chief commercial officer at Hyland, presenting the...

World Password Day highlights need for robust cybersecurity

World Password Day (tomorrow, 5 May) is a reminder of the increase in cyberthreats affecting South Africans and the country's businesses. “For example, a recent TransUnion study revealed that 37% of South Africans admitted that they had been targets of...

Africa’s city dwellers enjoy better livelihoods

Despite growing rapidly, Africa’s cities have provided improved access to services, jobs and infrastructure for millions of people in the last 30 years compared to smaller communities, a new report finds. Africa’s Urbanisation Dynamics: The Economic Power of Africa’s...

Disconnect between public and businesses on sustainability

A new survey commissioned by the Lloyds Banking Group Centre for Responsible Business and carried out by YouGov has shown a huge disparity between public opinion on how businesses should behave when it comes to environmental and social issues, and how businesses are...

Cigarette market ‘greatly disrupted’ by lockdown ban

A recently published paper in Nicotine and Tobacco Research found that the 20-week ban on the sale of cigarettes in 2020 greatly disrupted the cigarette market in South Africa and that, despite cigarette sales being illegal, most smokers were able to access them,...

Companies must cater for employees’ changing expectations

US employee annual voluntary turnover is likely to jump nearly 20% this year, from a prepandemic annual average of 31,9-million employees quitting their jobs to 37,4-million quitting in 2022, according to Gartner. "New employee expectations, and the availability of...

Hamilton Ratshefola takes over from Maphum Nxumalo at Gijima

Maphum Nxumalo is leaving Gijima, retiring as the company's group chief executive effective May 2022. Nxumalo has had a 45-year career in the ICT industry, serving for 14 years with the Massmart group before joining Infloplan and then becoming the executive and...

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Spree.co.za launches new mobile shopping app

Spree.co.za has announced the launch of its mobile shopping app for both iOS and Android. With 67% of all Internet traffic in South Africa today coming from mobile (versus 29% from desktop and 4% from tablet), mobile is an increasingly important channel for e-tailers...

Don’t be a victim of ATM theft this festive season

Many South Africans will be taking it easy during their well-deserved end-of-year holiday, but one portion of the population that will be working as hard as ever-  financial scammers. The festive season is traditionally big business for fraudsters and thieves, because...

Maintain a pipeline over the holidays

When starting a new year, most companies work on a 12-month sales cycle. However, given the plethora of public holidays, particularly in South Africa, there are effectively only nine months in which to do the work of 12. With Christmas coming up in less than 60 days,...

Clean data vital for a targeted business strategy

Data and big data are vital for any organisation in order to understand better the target audiences and adapt business strategies accordingly. However, without recent, clean and accurate data, the information used can result in implementing incorrect strategies, which...

Control of enterprise-connected mobile devices is possible

The evolution of the BYOD movement demands that organisations make the progression to effective and efficient control of information. Charlene Munilall, GM: Consumer Business Group, South Africa says this has resulted in a greater focus on implementing mobile device...

Can CIOs adapt to a rapidly changing ICT environment?

The increased use of data to transform business models and enhance customer service will be the main trend in 2016, and this will give CIOs enough to think about and do as their roles are put to the test amid evolving IT sectors. Traditionally, CIOs have focused...

Integr8 awarded for Lenovo sales in South Africa

Integr8 has been recognised with an award for out-performing sales quotas for the first half of the PC vendor's fiscal year. In 2015 Integr8 was officially recognised into Lenovo's partner network and immediately set about making the PC brand's entire laptop/server...

DIGIPrint Zambia wins Xerox MPS accreditation

Leading Zambian print solutions provider DIGIprint has further enhanced its value proposition by investing in the necessary skills and processes to achieve Xerox Managed Print Services (MPS) accreditation. The certification is provided by Xerox Middle East and Africa...

Second VMware Online Technology Forum on 25 November

VMware has announced its second VMware Online Technology Forum, a free online event to allow customers and prospects to explore new developments in unified the hybrid cloud and other software-defined technologies, helping them deliver applications and services at...

Africa’s rapid network expansion possible through collaboration

2015 has brought renewed investment in IT & networking infrastructure with the focus remaining on Africa and its global investors to deliver, regardless of the downturn and recovery process. This is especially relevant to telecoms carriers, with the majority...

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Intermediate Mobile Developer - Flutter & ReactGo where initiative is appreciatedR25 000 - R30 000 Including ProvidentTop Software Development House Specializing in the Development of various HR and Access Control Applications is looking for a Mobile Developer to...

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Business Analyst Ecommerce Mid-Level at LASA AFRICA

Managing and maintaining ecommerce websitesWork in conjunction with the director to identify sale opportunities in developing strategies to drive online sales growth.Maintain product data (catalogue - product images, descriptions, price lists etc).Develop and...

Senior C# Developer

TitleSenior C# DeveloperResponsibilities/Tasks:Implementing code that can be reused on multiple platformsBreaking down complex issues into smaller manageable tasksSupport existing and develop new functionality and components.Understand existing product and domain...

Developer – Python (Lead) at Parvana Recruitment

About our client:Join a thriving community of individuals transforming lives through direct selling. Since 1998, people have been changing their lives with our client, taking ownership of career opportunities provided, empowering them to earn a sustainable income and...

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ENVIRONMENT:Design cutting-edge architectures, software, hardware and communications to support cross-functional requirements and interfaces as the next Java Developer sought by a dynamic Software Company with a focus on digital transformation. You will also be...

Business Analyst – Western Cape Cape Town Region

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Senior C# Developer – Western Cape Somerset West

TitleSenior C# DeveloperResponsibilities/Tasks:Implementing code that can be reused on multiple platformsBreaking down complex issues into smaller manageable tasksSupport existing and develop new functionality and components.Understand existing product and domain...

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