African CEOs see GenAI as key challenge, opportunity
Kathy Gibson reports – Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is seen as one of the top opportunities and risks for businesses in Africa. This is one of the headline findings of the inaugural KPMG Africa CEO Outlook, which finds that GenAI is seen as a useful tool...
Why it’s hard to safely deliver value from AI
A Gartner survey of 451 senior technology leaders in the second quarter of 2024, found that 57% of CIOs said they are tasked with leading an AI strategy in their enterprise. However, four emerging challenges are making it difficult for CIOs to deliver value with AI....
Fraud Awareness Week highlights social media scams
Over the years, social media has become such a significant part of our lives that 56% of the world's population now has a social media presence of some description. With more than 2,8-billion active users, Facebook is the largest social media platform in the world....
NFT marketplaces still buoyant despite crypto crash
The recent crypto price crash has wiped off billions of dollars in value of all digital assets, and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are no exception. Over the past six months, the price of both NFT collections and NFT coins plunged, causing many NFT buyers to vanish from...
Retail trends to watch out for in 2023
Online product research and discovery influences R293,8-billion in physical sales, accounting for 25% of South Africa's retail trade, according to the newly-released 2022 South African Digital Customer Experience Report. The report also reveals that the South African...
Africa comes under cyberattack
Kathy Gibson reports - South Africa has seen a big increase in cybersecurity threats. This is the word from Emmanuel Tzingakis, tech leader: sub-Saharan Africa at Trend Micro, who points out that the threat actors have changed, they are now a multi-billion dollar...
IT spend in EMEA to grow 3,7% in 2023
IT spending in EMEA is forecast to total $1,3-trillion in 2023, an increase of 3,7% from 2022, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. Among the most mature markets in Western Europe, Germany, France and UK, UK IT spending is projected to record the highest...
OTT-based conversational commerce to surpass $25bn next year
A new study by Juniper Research has found the global spend for conversational commerce over OTT channels, including WhatsApp or WeChat, will rise from $13,3-billion in 2022 to $25,1-billion in 2023. This growth of 89% will be driven by verticals such as retail and...
IBM teams up to accelerate clean energy transition
At this year's COP27 in Egypt, IBM announced the new members of its global pro bono social impact programme, the IBM Sustainability Accelerator, which applies IBM technologies - such as hybrid cloud and artificial intelligence - and an ecosystem of experts to enhance...
Volatile year ahead calls for resilience, insight, courage
Businesses will face a historically broad and deep set of risks in 2023, posing interconnected and existential threats across geographies and sectors. Launching its annual RiskMap forecast featuring the Top Risks for business, specialist risk consultancy Control Risks...
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Streaming Netflix locally just got a whole lot easier
South Africans can now take movie nights at home to a new level thanks to Westcon-Comstor Southern Africa's vendor partner Linksys and the streaming service Netflix. Linksys has made smooth streaming and sharing with fast connection speeds a local reality with its...
Profiling your customers through big data
In this era of big data, there are increasing opportunities for collection, processing and analysis of vast and complex data sets, which can reveal insight for organisations into their customers; insight such as demography, behaviour, transaction trends, economics...
Risks in the Fourth Industrial Revolution
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Technology enhances healthcare, one step at a time
A multitude of new technologies have arrived on the scene in the past few years - offering the promise of revolutionising the healthcare industry and enhancing patient care in many of different ways, writes T-Systems SA's Johann Joubert. Many healthcare providers -...
E-commerce for small business owners
E-commerce is a tool that every business can take advantage of - from a single entrepreneur running a small business by himself to an enterprise with a larger number of employees. This is because it now encompasses a spectrum of payment systems; from paying via an...
Lorge celebrates three decades
2016 is a significant year for Lorge, marking 30 years in the business and still going strong. Brothers, Mike and Tony Lorge, who saw a need for business and accounting software solutions, founded the company in 1986. Over the years, the company has grown at a steady...
Code advice for tech startups
South African tech entrepreneurs that are struggling with getting their software systems (mobile, web or IoT) to a global standard, have the opportunity to sit down with a senior engineer or UX designer at Jozihub's App.Clinic sessions. App.Clinic @ Jozihub is a...
Met Office chooses cloud for weather services
The UK's Met Office has turned to CA Technologies (NASDAQ:CA) to underpin the next generation of innovative, mobile and cloud-based weather services. The UK's national weather service will use CA API Management to securely share its data with business partners,...
KEMP helps to overcome application headaches
IT developers continue to face application performance issues, including applications that go offline and are unavailable, which impact negatively on operational efficiency. Experts in application delivery controllers and server load balancer technology, say they have...
ContinuitySA Mozambique expands data centre
ContinuitySA has expanded its existing data centre in Maputo by installing one of its mobile data centres as a permanent extension to the existing brick-and-mortar data centre. The mobile unit, housed in a specially adapted container, more than doubles the company's...
Master Data Analyst/Approver – KwaZulu-Natal Pinetown
Our established client in the retail sector are heavily driven by their tech strategy are currently looking for an experienced Master Data Analyst/Approver. This role will specialize in supporting the flow of Master Data in the organisation ensuring adherence to...
Senior .Net Developer – Gauteng Johannesburg Region
Elevate Your Coding Career with Us! We're in need of a Senior .Net Developer who can take our applications from good to legendary. If you have a knack for solving the unsolvable and can lead projects with the precision of a maestro, join our team and let's redefine...
.Net Developer – Western Cape Cape Town
We're looking for a Senior .Net Developer to join our team! As the Senior Developer, you'll play a critical role in leading a team of developers and delivering high-quality software solutions to our clients. Your expertise:7+ years' experience in software development...
Functional Analyst
The purpose of the Functional Analyst is to evaluate business requirements and translate them into effective technical solutions, ensuring that software systems and applications meet the functional needs of the organization. This role involves analysing, testing, and...
Senior Network Engineer
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Scrum Master
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Front End Developer at QES
My client based in Cape Town is currently looking for 2 x Frontend Developers to join them on an independent contract basis / WORK FROM HOME / must have own laptop Main Purpose of the JobDevelop new features as well as maintain existing functionality of Online...
Functional Analyst – KwaZulu-Natal Pinetown
The purpose of the Functional Analyst is to evaluate business requirements and translate them into effective technical solutions, ensuring that software systems and applications meet the functional needs of the organization. This role involves analysing, testing, and...
Senior Network Engineer – Limpopo Lephalale
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Scrum Master – Gauteng Sandton
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