Digitalisation can empower informal merchants to unlock Africa’s growth
The digital transformation of sub-Saharan Africa’s economy will not be complete without a focus on helping the region’s hundreds of thousands of small, micro and informal merchants to digitalise their businesses. And payments represents a natural starting point for...
Emerging markets well positioned to drive global growth
By 2035, emerging markets will play a crucial role in shaping the global economy, contributing about 65% of global economic growth. This is among the findings from S&P Global’s latest Look Forward research study, which identifies and assesses the opportunities and...
China’s consumer VR shipments to reach 7m units in 2026
According to a recent IDC forecast, consumer standalone VR shipments in China increased by 166,2% year-over-year in the first half of 2022. China standalone VR in 2022Q1 reached 229 thousand units shipped, while 2022Q2 had almost 273 000 units shipped. The VR...
Snoopy hitches a ride to space aboard Artemis I
Snoopy has been selected as the zero-gravity indicator for NASA’s Artemis I flight test because of the inspiration and excitement the character has provided for human spaceflight for more than 50 years. NASA has shared an association with Snoopy creator Charles M...
Tech helps to combat modern slavery
Intel, enterprise technology and services firm R3 and nonprofit Hope for Justice are working together to build a pilot application that enables organisations combatting modern slavery to confidently share sensitive data related to individual cases with the enhanced...
RDP attacks, hacktivism show decline
Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) attacks are continuing their slowdown, with ESET analysts believing they are losing steam due to the Russia-Ukraine war, along with the post-Covid return to offices and overall improved security of corporate environments. Even with...
More innovative ransomware, credential theft emerge
The cyberthreat landscape has reached a new level of commercialisation and convenience for would-be attackers, with nearly all barriers to entry for committing cybercrime removed through the expansion of cybercrime-as-a-service. This is according to Sophos’s 2023...
Digital twin of global weather conditions could improve forecasts
Lockheed Martin and Nvidia have announced a collaboration to build a Earth Observations digital twin powered by artificial intelligence (AI) that will provide the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) with an efficient and centralised approach to...
Chat apps are taking over customer communications
Chat apps such as WhatsApp are becoming crucial channels for customer communications, demonstrating the growing importance of conversational experiences. Research from Infobip shows an 80% and 62% increase in WhatsApp and rich communication services (RCS) interactions...
VR tech finds a second home in rehab
Penumbra has launched its REAL y-Series hands- and tether-free VR rehabilitation platform to address both upper and lower extremities with a full body avatar. James Spencer, data scientist at GlobalData, comments: “Virtual reality (VR) has always looked like an answer...
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Airtel Zambia chooses Ericsson for network transformation
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Microsoft launches Office Excel Champs SA competition
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SUSE, CTU in open source training partnership
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Students play their way to the top …
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VoIP proves low cost can be high function
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What are the cyber-threats in the financial sector?
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Omni-channel do’s and don’ts
With more customers owning smart mobile devices, companies are facing an ever increasing need to communicate and respond to customers using channels, other than a simple voice call. While voice is still the preferred channel, most call centers are also expected to...
Understanding Africa and its focus on digitisation
Any vendor that comes to Africa needs to understand Africa: the problem most companies have is that they think of Africa as one country, where one approach will work, not 50-plus countries, each with their own political, educational, and technological systems. Africa...
Ricoh enhances TotalFlow workflow solution
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Rules for managing people in your start-up
If your small business is to grow and prosper, you need to hire the right people and then manage them in a way that gets the best from them. Even if you are not a natural leader, managing people is a skill that you can learn and improve with practice and with the...
Fullstack Developer – Gauteng Johannesburg
As a Fullstack Developer your role will be to contribute to the development and maintenance of both the front-end and back-end components of web applications working with DevOps.Job responsibilitiesCollaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship...
Backend Developer (NodeJS, TypeScript, SQL) (PTA Hybrid OR CPT/DBN Remote) – Gauteng Pretoria
ENVIRONMENT:A provider of cutting-edge Software Solutions seeks the coding talents of a Backend Developer to join its team and develop and maintain high-quality APIs for web & mobile applications. In collaboration with internal teams, you will help to develop...
Financial Analyst Developer (SQL)
ENVIRONMENT:A dynamic Software Solutions Provider specializing in Financial Risk systems seeks the expertise of a Financial Analyst Developer (SQL) to join its Fund Data Services Team where you will conduct new feature analysis and drive development on the platform...
Senior SAP BW Developer (JHB Hybrid) (Contract)
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Financial Analyst Developer (SQL) – Western Cape Claremont
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Senior SAP BW Developer (JHB Hybrid) (Contract) – Gauteng Randburg
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