The emerging technologies to watch out for
The 25 disruptive technologies to watch on the latest Gartner Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, 2024 fall into four key areas: autonomous AI; developer productivity; total experience; and human-centric security and privacy programmes. "Generative AI (GenAI) is...
Barriers to HIV treatment threaten SA’s fight against it
South Africa's HIV epidemic is driven by people who face obstacles in obtaining treatment and struggle to adhere to their daily oral medication or remain in care - and the lack of access to long-acting injectables for HIV treatments compounds this challenge. This...
Sharks have been around for longer than we thought
The first appearance of shark-like "jawed fish" may have happened about 15-million years earlier than previously thought, according to new evidence. A handful of fossil teeth from a completely new species, uncovered from rock samples found in China, suggest jawed fish...
Employment numbers down from the previous quarter
Stats SA has reveals that total employment decreased by 119 000 jobs, or -1,2% quarter-on-quarter, from 10 067 000 in March 2022 to 9 948 000 in June 2022. This was largely due to decreases in the following industries: community services (-100 000 or -3,4%), business...
ICT infrastructure crucial for African economic growth
Investment in information, communication, and technology (ICT) infrastructure is key for sustained, inclusive economic growth and development in Africa. This is according to a study conducted by Dr Mamello Nchake from the Department of Economics at Stellenbosch...
Consumers plan to cut spending this holiday season
Inflation is a top concern for consumers this year, prompting almost half to do their holiday shopping early, and many shopping through the year. Twenty-eight percent of consumers are planning to spend less this holiday season and only 10% plan to spend more than...
Africa sees big drop in remote desktop protocols attacks
According to Kaspersky telemetry, the number of brute force attacks against remote desktop protocol (RDP) across Africa has significantly decreased in Q2 2022 by 53% compared to the previous quarter. This downward trajectory could be a result of several reasons. This...
Cybersecurity professionals not confident they are winning
Fewer than 40% of South African security operations (SecOps) professionals are very confident in their ability to adapt to new online threats, with 34% only somewhat confident. While 18% are not confident in their ability to deal with continuously evolving threats,...
On World Tourism Day, hotel cybersecurity is under the spotlight
In a post pandemic world, the latest World Tourism Barometer owned by the UN World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), signifies exceptional optimism for recovery in the immediate term, and a return to pre-pandemic tourism in the years to come. This comes as great relief...
Mobile wallet payment growth set to continue
Mobile wallet payments have taken off over the past few years, fuelled by the global shift toward a cashless society and Covid-19. According to data presented by AugustaFreePress.com, digital or mobile wallet payment was the most used point of sale (PoS) payment...
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Huawei MediaPad T1 7- and 10-Inch tablet available in SA
Distributor Drive Control Corporation (DCC) has recently announced the availability of Huawei's MediaPad T1 Android tablet, available in a 7-inch and 10-inch version. This provides users with the ideal tablet that want their tablet to fit in with the rest of their...
The re-invention of customer service
Companies looking to leverage the advantages of advanced analytics and omni-channel communication require a deeper understanding of the customer journey. That's the latest word on customer service from Quinton Pienaar, CEO of Agilitude a Salesforce.com and customer...
Deloitte Digital acquires Jinja Interactive
Deloitte Digital (Africa) has acquired a fintech services business, Jinja Interactive as part of its strategy to build a fully-integrated digital transformation business, providing digital innovation and customer-centric engagement solutions to its rapidly growing...
The myth of the head-hunter ‘enemy’
Some myths endure for no apparent reason; for instance, the undying myth of the 'head hunter' as the sworn enemy of HR. To be fair, this fallacy is challenged by some progressive businesses, but at many firms the old adversarial perceptions remain solidly in place,...
Analytics to mitigate the impact of drought
The drought bringing vast farming regions to their knees has highlighted the importance of better management of the country's scarce water resources. Kroshlen Moodley, GM: public sector and utilities at SAS, says that while it isn't possible to combat the El Nino...
HR market rising up to the cloud, says CRS
Despite a better understanding of the realities of cloud-based solutions and investment in Africa, some regions, including South Africa, are lagging behind when it comes to adoption. This is according to James McKerrell, CEO of CRS Technologies, who says there is a...
Making a fresh start for your small business
The start of a New Year is always a great time to re-evaluate your business plans and operations, and ask yourself if there's anything you could do better, writes Daryl Blundell, MD of Sage SSB (Start-up and Small Business) Accounting south and southern Africa. Here...
Opening up the contact centre market
The concept of the contact centre has evolved dramatically over the decades, from manually operated switchboards to automated call distribution and on to the PABX that has enabled anything from local enterprise huge multinational corporations to centralise customer...
TE Connectivity opens African automotive plant
TE Connectivity has officially opened its first manufacturing plant in the Tangier Free Trade Zone and in Africa. The inauguration of the new cable assembly plant is an important milestone in TE's strategic partnership with the Moroccan government to join the...
Paragon Software releases Snapshot for Mac OS X SDK
Paragon Software group has releases Paragon Snapshot for Mac OS X, the industry's first snapshot technology that allows users to create block-level archives of OS X volumes. With Paragon Snapshot for Mac OS X, incremental backups contain only the blocks that have...
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...
Senior Business Analyst (Remote)
ENVIRONMENT:Our client is a rapidly growing international startup consultancy specializing in bespoke implementations of their Platform software, driving digital transformation for corporate clients across financial institutions and multinational organizations. They...
Senior Fintech Lead – Gauteng Johannesburg Region
Are you the fintech innovator we've been searching for? We're looking for a Fintech Lead to push the boundaries of financial technology and create solutions that dazzle. If you can envision the future of finance and have the skills to bring it to life, apply now and...
Data Base Administrator – Gauteng Johannesburg North
As a true leader in managing emerging technology solutions, believes in providing innovative solutions based on emerging tech to assist our clients in becoming globally competitive and achieving scale. Our solutions include Cloud Solutions, Professional Services,...
Business Analyst (Remote) – Western Cape Cape Town
ENVIRONMENT:Our client is an expanding international startup consultancy specializing in custom implementations of their Platform software for digital transformation across financial institutions and multinational organizations. They seek an Intermediate Business...
Developer – Python (Lead) at Parvana Recruitment – Gauteng Johannesburg
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...
Senior Business Analyst (Remote) – Western Cape Cape Town
ENVIRONMENT:Our client is a rapidly growing international startup consultancy specializing in bespoke implementations of their Platform software, driving digital transformation for corporate clients across financial institutions and multinational organizations. They...
Java Architect
Are you the Java architect who can build systems as robust as bank vaults and as elegant as financial reports? Required Experience and Exposure to the following: microservices architectureJava Spring BootRESTful web servicesContainers, preferably OpenShift, Docker,...
Senior Software Engineer
Key ResponsibilitiesDELIVERYUsing your knowledge and experience to develop world-class, high-quality mobile applications for some of the country's leading organisationsLooking at ways to improve the quality of the product we ship using containerisation and continuous...
Senior PHP Developer
ENVIRONMENTMOVE incredibly fast with continuous deployment to build a vibrant but complex application of a global leader in Medical Litigation Automation seeking your coding expertise and strong leadership to be its next Senior Backend PHP Developer.You will...
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