$277bn a year needed for Africa to achieve 2030 SDGs
Boasting 60% of the world's best solar resources, Africa's solar power potential presents multiple opportunities for investors seeking long-term, scalable financial prospects. A panel session during this year's Invest in African Energy (IAE) 2024 forum explored...
Digital economy outperforms overall growth across OECD
The information and communication technology (ICT) sector grew by an average of 6,3% between 2013 and 2023 - about three times faster than the total economy across the 27 OECD countries analysed. The first volume of the newly-released OECD Digital Economy Outlook 2024...
What are the most common knowledge gaps in cybersecurity?
Statistics from students of a corporate security awareness platform show that people most frequently make mistakes answering questions related to email and password usage. Tasks around these topics are in the top five most commonly failed by users. The compliance of...
Customers look for service information from third-parties
By 2025, 60% of customers will seek service in third-party sources of information not owned by the company, according to Gartner. Currently, younger customers already use third-party information sources more frequently than older consumers, suggesting that this trend...
China dominates e-commerce industry
China is the current leader in the e-commerce industry, and will remain in the lead until at least 2025. According to numbers presented by SafeBettingSites.com, the Chinese e-commerce industry will produce $1626-billion in yearly revenue by 2025. In 2021, the annual...
SA companies find that better security translates into more innovation
Kathy Gibson reports - Organisations can be more innovative and therefore more competitive if their data is properly secured. This is one of the conclusions from "The State of Cybersecurity in South Africa 2022" study by World Wide Worx in partnership with Dell...
Supply chain leaders are prepared to sacrifice profit for sustainability
Chief supply chain officers (CSCOs) recognise the critical role that hybrid cloud, AI, process mining and execution management play in helping them overcome the disruptions they've faced over the last two years. In fact, 72% of CSCOs surveyed in a new study on supply...
Individuals, key industries, infrastructure under threat
Individual consumers have become the top target for cybercriminals, closely followed by the healthcare vertical. Additionally, the transportation, shipping, manufacturing and information technology industries showed a sharp increase in threats, according to the Threat...
Data, analytics, digital leaders look to CxO as a new operating model
The Gartner Research Board has identified a new model for digital leadership that binds together data, analytics, digital technology and transformation capabilities onto business. The Gartner Research Board said that data and analytics (D&A) leaders are uniquely...
Despite ongoing challenges, small business confidence is up
There has been a significant uplift in business confidence among South African small business owners, returning levels to those pre-Covid, despite a number of ongoing market challenges. According to the Q4 2021 SME Index conducted by Business Partners Limited, the...
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Transport industry needs BI
Actionable intelligence is benefiting organisations of all types and sizes, and nowhere is this more true than in the transportation industry. “It is helping achieve greater efficiencies by optimising the allocation of resources deployed in transportation networks...
Customer experience starts with staff
Companies seeking to improve customer experience to boost business may be overlooking a critical component in the mix: staff. This is according to African contact centre experts polled for a new African contact centre trends publication produced by Interactive...
Zebra introduces rugged mobile printers
Zebra Technologies Corporation, a global leader in products and services that provide realtime visibility into organisations' assets, people and transactions, has announced the launch of the new ZQ500 mobile printer series for field-based applications. The 3-inch...
Schneider Electric introduces Smart UPS C
Schneider Electric, a specialist in energy management, has expanded its entry-level Smart-UPS portfolio in southern Africa to include its APC Smart-UPS C w2000-3000VA 230V tower and rack uninterruptible power supply (UPS) models, ideal for servers, point-of-sale,...
Controlling the cyber schoolyard
Electronic technology has given traditional bullies an expansive platform from which to harass, threaten, embarrass or target another person, resulting in serious emotional consequences for children, tweens and teenagers. By definition, according to...
Understanding zero-day exploits and attacks
Zero-day exploits and subsequent zero-day attacks are one of the biggest security challenges facing organisations today, and yet they are something that is not well understood by the majority of businesses. Ultimately, no code is perfect, and therefore any software...
Fibre unleashes limitless creativity
The introduction of fibre-optic connections to homes and businesses in South Africa isn’t a mere incremental enhancement in the quality of our Internet connections, says Saurabh Kumar, MD at In2IT Technologies South Africa. With speeds that are orders of magnitude...
WiFi calling service from AlwaysOn Calling
AlwaysOn, a WiFi provider, has launched AlwaysOn Calling for Android smartphones. AlwaysOn Calling lets users make calls over WiFi or their cellular data package, a much cheaper way of calling then using your mobile network. All users have to do register from the...
New line-up of Inspiron devices from Dell
Dell has announced at Computex 2015 a comprehensive new line-up of Inspiron devices, offering a wide range of technology solutions to meet families’ everyday computing needs. Adding to Dell’s award-winning consumer product line up, the new portfolio includes the...
Veeam announces new Availability Suite v9
Veeam Software has announced that the new Veeam Availability Suite v9, to be released later this year, will integrate with EMC VNX and VNXe hybrid storage arrays. Other new major features of the new Veeam Availability Suite v9 will be announced throughout the summer...
User Experience Designer at Accenture
User Experience DesignerLocation: Cape Town & JohannesburgAbout Accenture Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world's leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their...
Senior Software Applications Support Developer
Our client in Sandton, is looking for an office based Senior Software Support Developer to join their team. You need at least 6 years experience as a Software / Application Support Developer. You need experience with Oracle, UNIX Shell Scrips, PL/SQL, OLAP, ETL and BI...
Full Stack Developer (Python Analytics Engineer)(Django Banking) (Contract)
We have build a program that brings together several data sources to generate costsavingsand optimisation models for human capital related [URL Removed] would like to take this program, currently written in Python,to a Django backend with a Angular frontend. The...
Infrastructure Architect
Details of Role: Participate in the global process to manage new technology ideas and demands, providing research, analysis, design review and recommendations to leadership. Provide design support to projects and business groups in order to ensure efficient and safe...
QA Test Analyst
My client based in Cape Town (Woodstock) is currently looking for a QA Test Analyst to join them on an independent contract basis IT / Finance Responsibilities To prevent defects by evaluate work products such as requirements, design, and codeTo verify whether all...
Solutions Analyst
Hire Resolve's client is looking for a Solutions Analyst to join their team. The main tasks will include performing detailed requirements analysis, documenting processes and performing some user acceptance testing. The incumbent should have a natural analytical way of...
Developer – Back-End (Senior) at Parvana Recruitment
About our client:Our client is dedicated to transforming the payment landscape with a vision of providing a risk-free and empowering payment solution. Unlike other options, they prioritise responsible alternatives to credit, offering a clear and compelling value...
User Experience Designer at Accenture – Western Cape Cape Town
User Experience DesignerLocation: Cape Town & JohannesburgAbout Accenture Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world's leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their...
Senior Software Applications Support Developer – Remote Remote
Our client in Sandton, is looking for an office based Senior Software Support Developer to join their team. You need at least 6 years experience as a Software / Application Support Developer. You need experience with Oracle, UNIX Shell Scrips, PL/SQL, OLAP, ETL and BI...
Full Stack Developer (Python Analytics Engineer)(Django Banking) (Contract) – Gauteng Johannesburg
We have build a program that brings together several data sources to generate costsavingsand optimisation models for human capital related [URL Removed] would like to take this program, currently written in Python,to a Django backend with a Angular frontend. The...
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