Obituary: Julian Pienaar
Julian Pienaar, well-known in the industry for his long service at Lenovo and IBM, passed away on Thursday, 29 January. Julian graduated from King Edward School in 1994. He joined IBM in 2000 as a brand manager and moved across to Lenovo when IBM’s personal computing...
Staffing shortages, rising costs, weak support slows hospitality recovery
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The way forward for Africa
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Fibre enables the broadband economy
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Lessons to be learned from China
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Openserve debuts SA’s first FTTR
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Equinix plans $22m data centre in Lagos
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Openserve to offer Giga Connect
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Teraco increases Cape Town’s hyperscale capacity to 50MW
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AI key for Africa to unlock youth dividend
Kathy Gibson reports – By 2030, more young Africans will enter the workplace than the rest of the world combined – and it’s critical that this youth cohort is able to takes its place in the digital economy. This is the word from John Omo, secretary-general of the...
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Buying Categories – Data Analyst at Food Lovers Market – Head Office – Western Cape Brackenfell
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Junior Systems Engineer at Milkor
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Junior Systems Engineer at Milkor – Western Cape Cape Town
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