Inclusive participation key for African growth
The Global Africa Business Initiative (GABI) event wrapped up last week (26 September 2024) in New York, themed: “Unstoppable Africa: Shaping Global Ambitions for Agenda 2063”. The summit emphasised inclusive participation and solution-driven solutions, culminating in...
Positive sentiment creeping into new vehicle market
While the country welcomed the cut in interest rates during September, it wasn’t enough to stimulate new vehicle sales during the month. According to data released by naamsa | the Automotive Business Council, the South African new vehicle market declined 4,1%...
Retail businesses increase ICT budgets
Approximately 83% of enterprises in the retail sector have seen an increase in their enterprise ICT budget in 2022 compared to 2021, driven by the increasing adoption of digital technologies for streamlining supply chains and improving customers' experiences. A...
Fewer South Africans think we can avert a climate crisis
South Africans' confidence that a climate crisis will be averted in their lifetimes has declined from 58,9% in 2021 to 56,6% in 2022. The second annual Epson Climate Reality Barometer, released this week, measures the opinions and experiences of over 520 South...
Vodacom breaks 2Gbps barrier on its commercial network
Vodacom has achieved 2,4Gbps throughput on a live site, which it believes is a first for South Africa. The trial made use of a commercial smartphone and was conducted through the commercial base stations which serve Vodacom's Midrand campus. The record throughput...
Travellers embrace mobile messaging and payments
A big majority of consumers (95%) desire a personalised experience in chat for booking updates, especially for flight delays, late check-ins and upgrades. This is one of the findings from a Clickatell survey, Chat Commerce Trends Report: Travel Edition, which uncovers...
Foldable phone shipments set to reach 41,5m in 2026
International Data Corporation (IDC) expects worldwide shipments of foldable phones, including flip and fold form factors, to reach 13,5-million units in 2022. This represents an increase of 66,6% over the 8,1-million units shipped in 2021. An updated IDC forecast...
Crypto is on the up in Africa
Despite the global crash in cryptocurrencies, sustained uptake of innovations in non-fungible tokens (NFTs), decentralised finance (DeFi), Web 3.0 and the aetaverse in Africa is convincing investors that early adopters of these technologies are well positioned to...
Shoprite Group almost doubles solar capacity
Over the past 12 months, the Shoprite Group has increased its installed capacity of solar photovoltaic (PV) systems by 82% to 26,606 kWp. The 143 674m2 of solar panels at 62 sites, is equivalent to the size of 20 soccer fields. This is enough to power the equivalent...
Infected Tor Browser installer distributed through popular YouTube channel
Kaspersky researchers have uncovered an ongoing malicious campaign distributed via YouTube channel with more than 180 000 subscribers. Cybercriminals spread malware to collect users' personal data and obtain full control over the victim's computer by placing a link to...
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Cape Town codes its way to a new gaming culture
With gaming growing as a sport and even morphing into a 'culture' in its own right, Canal Walk Shopping Centre (CWSC) and BT Games have joined forces to offer Capetonians an inside look into the latest gaming ideas and releases that are racking up appeal around the...
Telkom and Old Mutual partner to add value
Telkom and Old Mutual today announced a co-operation agreement to offer innovative new solutions to their customers. The first of these will see Telkom's prepaid customers receive loyalty funeral cover - underwritten by Old Mutual - valued at R10 000 at no additional...
One Channel echoes Acumatica’s success
The African market plays an important part in Acumatica's global expansion strategy. Local Acumatica partner and cloud ERP specialist, One Channel, has echoed the company's global success through its rapid expansion across the African continent. Over the past three...
Mozido opens African headquarters in SA
Digital commerce and payments solution provider Mozido Africa has opene its African headquarters in Johannesburg. This represents a key milestone in the expansion of Mozido and the company's commitment to the continent of Africa. Africa has some of the fastest...
‘Energy management should be first priority for business’
Businesses in Africa, particularly small-to-medium sized organisations, continue to grapple with the challenge of acquiring reliable power supply while simultaneously having to comply with environmental regulation. Energy management strategies have become a must say...
Siemens solves paper trail challenge
Servicing its customers across the African continent, Siemens Service Centre had limited information to improve efficiencies and customer services. With little insight in the process flow of each service, it became frustrated with the inadequacies of a paper trail....
Kaspersky Lab helps to tackle bullying, nurture IT innovation
Kaspersky Lab has become an associated partner of ENABLE (European Network Against Bullying in Learning and Leisure Environments) and supported its Hackathon event in order to nurture youthful IT innovation and tackle the global issue of bullying. The ENABLE Hackathon...
Software AG unveils webMethods Agile process platform
Software AG has unveiled the webMethods Agile Process Platform, part of its Digital Business Platform, which enables citizen developers to more easily cooperate with strategic IT developers, eliminating the need for multiple and disparate application development...
Oracle expands its cloud services
Oracle has launched Oracle SOA Cloud Service and Oracle API Manager Cloud Service, new additions to Oracle Cloud Platform for Integration, a comprehensive suite of integration services that enable users to quickly integrate on-premises and cloud applications. These...
The ‘M’ in Core M stands for ‘mobile’
What is Intel's fifth generation Broadwell Core M processor series all about? You will find them in all current generation laptops and tablets - they boost mobility, portability and performance. What are they for? The 'M' in Core M stands for mobile. However, take...
Data Engineer – Western Cape Cape Town CBD
This position reports to the Engineering Manager Your mission, should you choose to accept it: Designing, developing, testing, and maintaining data architectures.Preparing data for descriptive, predictive and prescriptive modelingAutomating repetitive tasks and manual...
Senior Business Analyst
Facilitate discussions with stakeholders Analyse the various systems and processes in detailConstruct workflow charts and diagramsExecution of business analysis methodologiesAssist with project requirements planningProcess documentationBusiness Requirements...
Lead Platform/DevOps Engineer
As the Platform Engineering Lead, you will be responsible for providing strategic leadership in designing, implementing, and maintaining our organization's technology platforms. This role involves overseeing a team of platform engineers, setting technical direction,...
Network Engineer
Skills:Design and implement various types of networks.Firewall and network security SkillsRouting and Switching SkillsLoad Balancer F5 SkillsCisco ISE SkillsCisco Umbrella SkillsManaging Wireless NetworkCable ManagementSDWAN – Viptella SkillsCisco DNAC SkillsCisco...
Senior Python Engineer
This role can be fully remote. Our client makes online commerce and digital payment acceptance easier and more accessible across all Africa. Based in Cape Town, South Africa, we work with small and largemerchants to provide a complete toolkit to accept, manage and...
Senior Business Analyst – Western Cape Cape Town
Facilitate discussions with stakeholders Analyse the various systems and processes in detailConstruct workflow charts and diagramsExecution of business analysis methodologiesAssist with project requirements planningProcess documentationBusiness Requirements...
Lead Platform/DevOps Engineer – Western Cape Cape Town CBD
As the Platform Engineering Lead, you will be responsible for providing strategic leadership in designing, implementing, and maintaining our organization's technology platforms. This role involves overseeing a team of platform engineers, setting technical direction,...
Network Engineer – KwaZulu-Natal Durban
Skills:Design and implement various types of networks.Firewall and network security SkillsRouting and Switching SkillsLoad Balancer F5 SkillsCisco ISE SkillsCisco Umbrella SkillsManaging Wireless NetworkCable ManagementSDWAN – Viptella SkillsCisco DNAC SkillsCisco...
Senior Python Engineer – Western Cape Cape Town CBD
This role can be fully remote. Our client makes online commerce and digital payment acceptance easier and more accessible across all Africa. Based in Cape Town, South Africa, we work with small and largemerchants to provide a complete toolkit to accept, manage and...
Senior Support Engineer
Ensuring endpoint software is installed, updated and operating correctly on all workstations and servers; Regularly patch all servers and endpoints Providing support/troubleshooting for server software and hardware; Conduct routine network maintenance and network...
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