Digital companies’ emission reductions lag climate commitments

Despite progress in climate reporting and renewable electricity use, digital companies are falling short in cutting emissions at the pace required to achieve global climate targets, according to the new report Greening Digital Companies: Monitoring Emissions and...

Transport costs keep millions away from work and education

As South Africans face sharply higher fuel prices from yesterday, new Ipsos research shows that transport affordability is already affecting access to work and education for a significant number of people. The nationally representative findings, from the Ipsos...

ID-based attacks rife as phishing, authentication abuse on the rise

Phishing accounted for more than half of cybersecurity incident response engagements in the second quarter of 2026, while authentication abuse was observed in 65% of engagements, according to the latest Incident Response Trends report from Cisco Talos. The findings...

Tech sales under the lash as consumers curb spending

South Africa’s fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) market is proving resilient so far in 2026, although retailers and brands in the tech and durables (T&D) sector are experiencing a number of challenges. This is according to NielsenIQ (NIQ) South Africa, which has...

PC refresh cycles, tablets spur growth in emerging markets

Shipments of personal computing devices are expected to grow 2,6% year over year in 2024 to 398,9-million units, according to a new forecast from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker. The traditional PC market...

AI PCs on track to be the only show in town

Worldwide shipments of AI PCs are projected to total 114-million units in 2025, an increase of 165,5% from 2024, according to a new forecast from Gartner. Gartner defines AI PCs as a PC with an embedded neural processing unit (NPU) and uses this classification for the...

Banking-as-a-service revenue on the rise

A new study from Juniper Research has found the total BaaS (Banking-as-a-Service) platform revenue will exceed $38-billion by 2027, rising from $11-billion in 2022. The rapid growth of 240% will be driven by BaaS' ability to deepen relationships between brands and...

International tourism back to 60% of pre-pandemic levels

International tourism has continued to show strong signs of recovery, with arrivals reaching 57% of pre-pandemic levels in the first seven months of 2022. According to the latest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer, international tourist arrivals almost tripled in January...

Q4: What to expect in terms of liquidations and business rescue

Although consumers can expect some relief at the petrol pumps, our economy will take much longer to recover. Unfortunately, Covid-19 has left us with an economic crisis with inflation growing rapidly, rising interest rates and all-time high unemployment rates. This...

Views on corruption drive attitude to tax systems

Taxpayers' attitudes about paying taxes correlate closely with perceived levels of corruption, according to a major new study - Public Trust in Tax - by accountancy bodies ACCA and the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC). A survey of 5 900 people across 14...

The metaverse will open up opportunities for Africa

The 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) was held this year as the world continues to see complex socio-economic issues, writes Balkissa Ide Siddo, public policy director, sub-Saharan Africa. Many economies are still reeling from the Covid-19...

Untrained employees pose major security risk

Security specialist KnowBe4 has released a report showing that, without training, 21% of the untrained global workforce did not know who to go to when faced with a security breach. The minutes that lapse between an employee seeing a potential security threat and the...

MultiChoice expands platform with emergency response app

MultiChoice is now offering its customers in South Africa access to affordable medical and security services following the recent acquisition of on-demand emergency response app Namola. Namola enables users to summon the nearest vetted private or public security and...

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Microsoft empowers educators and students

Technology plays a crucial role in the modern workplace and at home by making employees and students more productive in their personal and professional tasks. Microsoft is committed to ensuring that all youth, no matter where they live or what their background may be,...

HDS aims for smarter, safer cities

Hitachi Data Systems Corporation (HDS) has announced new enhancements to its Hitachi Visualisation solution portfolio: Hitachi Visualisation Suite 4.5 now with Hitachi Visualisation Predictive Crime Analytics (PCA) and Hitachi Video Management Platform (VMP) 2.0. PCA...

BT expands cloud of clouds offering

BT is further broadening its Cloud of Clouds offering by providing customers the ability to connect directly to the Microsoft Office 365 productivity suite with Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute. The offer builds on BT’s vision of the Cloud of Clouds by enabling its...

Does your UPS need replacing?

There can be no doubt that a UPS is essential for the majority of businesses, especially given today’s power problems, writes Elrica Quick, APC product specialist at Drive Control Corporation. However, many businesses have already invested in UPS solutions for a...

Simplifying loans applications with digital signature workflow

For financial institutions, loans are an essential part of their business, writes Avi Rose, regional sales manager for Africa at DocuSign and Leon van der Merwe, business development manager at Pitney Bowes. From home loans to vehicle finance, personal loans to credit...

Modern business telephony key to efficiency

There has not been much innovation in telephony since the VoIP revolution, but every telephone service provider is still claiming to have the best quality at the cheapest rate. With all this competition in the market, what is the real differentiator in today’s highly...

Testing to mitigate the risk when disaster strikes

South African-based companies know the impact that external factors can have on data centres all too well. Whether it be man-made such as load shedding or forces of nature like the frequent Highveld thunderstorms, companies can never take their business continuity...

Econz Wireless pilots timecard GPS for Marltons

Econz Wireless has signed Marltons Pet Care Products and Accessories to track their national sales team with Econz Timecard GPS. Marltons is a leader in the pet products industry (excluding food). The local pet care industry (including food) is estimated at R5-billion...

Strike lead generation gold with data mining

It is not news that the world these days is drowning in data. It permeates our lives in expected, and even some unexpected, ways. Every time you do something electronically, whether it is transacting with your credit card, watching television, sending an e-mail, or...

CA joins Linux Foundation Open Mainframe Project

CA Technologies has become  a founding Platinum member of The Linux Foundation’s new Open Mainframe Project. The project is designed to create a collaborative environment among top industry leaders and academic institutions to drive both improvements and enterprise...

Intermediate Full Stack PHP Developer (CPT Hybrid)

ENVIRONMENT:A dynamic Education Specialist seeks an Intermediate Full Stack PHP Developer who is experienced in developing business web applications and application integrations using common front-end and back-end web technologies with a strong focus on the PHP...

IT Clerk – Eastern Cape Gqebera

Position duties:Manage the roadmap of the applications under your responsibilityAcquire knowledge of the systems in charge and assist users to make the best use of the functionalities available in each system.Supervise vendors on high, medium and low scale evolutions...

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...

Business Analyst at Parvana Recruitment

Client Details: Our client is a leading IT services company with expertise in telco, payments, retail software - they have a global client base with a strong R&D focus. They are great believers in continuous improvement and fast adapters to new tech and constantly...

Intermediate Full Stack BI Consultant

Our client, specialising in data analytics, software development and deployment of enterprise solutions to various international clients, is seeking an Intermediate Full Stack BI Consultant (Hybrid). Your proficiency in Microsoft Azure, Power BI, and preferably Data...

Java Architect – Gauteng Johannesburg

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 – Gauteng Braamfontein

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