Takealot Group sells Superbalist
The Takealot Group has announced that Superbalist has been acquired by a South African consortium of retail and private equity investors, led by Blank Canvas Capital. The strategic acquisition, effective 1 September 2024, will support Superbalist's ongoing growth,...
How KnowBe4 hired a spy – and sent them packing
In a startling turn of events, cybersecurity awareness training company KnowBe4 recently uncovered an elaborate scam when it unwittingly hired a North Korean spy. This incident has sent shockwaves through the business community, highlighting the growing risks...
RPA doesn’t have to break the bank
Robotic process automation (RPA) is technology that performs repetitive or tedious tasks, freeing up people to do more creative, intuitive or just plain more interesting work. The concept is game-changing: an array of bots doing their appointed tasks without human...
New ransomware variants means more monetary loss
Over the past few weeks, FortiGuard Labs has observed several new ransomware variants of interest that have been gaining traction within the OSINT community along with activity from our datasets. The latest edition of its Ransomware Roundup covers the LockBit,...
Cyber skills shortages threaten security
With increasing digitalisation, the threat of cyber attacks is also rising and so is the demand for IT security experts. The demand for IT security experts has never been more pressing. According to the Risk & Cybersecurity Study by IT consultancy Tata Consultancy...
Liquid completes Telrad acquisition
Liquid Intelligent Technologies has finalised its 100% acquisition and delisting of Telrad, an Israeli-based technology company. According to Nic Rudnick, deputy-chairman of Liquid Intelligent Technologies: “Earlier this year, Liquid had entered into a definitive...
Solid improvement in SA business debt
There has been a strong improvement in business debt conditions in Q1 but this trajectory is likely to decline in the coming quarters, according to new insight from Experian South Africa. The Experian Business Debt Index (BDI) increased in Q1 from Q4 2021, rising to...
Darknet forums target corporate infrastructure
Selling access to corporate infrastructure is one of the most popular topics on Darknet forums currently, accounting for 12% of all messages in trade forum sections analysed. This is according to Yuliya Novikova, head of security services analysis at Kaspersky, who...
Virtual assistants, digital humans could be close to acing Turing Test
Nvidia has announced the Nvidia Omniverse Avatar Cloud Engine (ACE), a suite of cloud-native AI models and services that make it easier to build and customize lifelike virtual assistants and digital humans. By bringing these models and services to the cloud, ACE...
AI-equipped drones study dolphins on the edge of extinction
Small in size and with a distinctive, rounded dorsal fin, Māui dolphins are one of the rarest and most threatened dolphins in the sea, with a known population of just 54. Decades of fishing practices, such as gillnetting off the west coast of New Zealand in the South...
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Big Success rolls out WD My Cloud EX2
Background Big Success is an advertising agency developing TV ads for ‘challenger brands.’ Founded in 2004 with two offices operating in ten countries, they now manage more than 150 clients, creating and producing thousands of TV and Web commercials for companies that...
Global investment in African telecoms grows
Africa’s telecoms industry forms a vital component to the country’s economic growth, affecting all aspects of the business and social sphere. Dramatic expansion in the telecoms sector has taken place over the past five years, with a 72% penetration on average in...
Huawei to invest in local ICT talent
On an official visit to China, South African Deputy President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa met with Huawei executive board director Jason Li at the company's headquarters in Shenzhen. Ramaphosa and Li discussed extensively how both parties can construct ICT infrastructure...
Mergers, acquisitions grow in SSA
Thomson Reuters, the world's leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, today released the quarterly investment banking analysis for the sub-Saharan Africa region. According to estimates from Thomson Reuters / Freeman Consulting,...
NamPower takes local OpenText project award
Namibia’s national power utility, NamPower, has been named as the winner of enterprise information management (EIM) leader, OpenText’s Go-Live Project of the Year for 2015. The Windhoek-based organisation, nominated for this award by EIM partner, Datacentrix, received...
Skills for a 21st century workforce
Employees from different backgrounds, cultures and generations are shaped by the events they have experienced, their values and their views of the world. With - probably - the most diverse workforce in South African history, business leaders, employees and job-seekers...
Panda Mobile Security offers improved UX
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Pinnacle Africa unveils first LTE smartphone
Pinnacle Africa recently unveiled their first LTE smartphone, the Proline XM-502, available to the market from 7 August at a recommended retail price of R1 699.00. The Proline XM-502 is a breakthrough product offering new levels of performance at an affordable price....
Keep the lights on in your smart building
Intelligent, connected technology is a growing trend, and property owners and managers, particularly in the retail space, are either constructing smart buildings from the ground up or retrofitting existing buildings with smart solutions, says Marco Da Silva, MD of...
Technology drives the future of mining
Mining may be a highly industrial endeavour that hasn’t changed dramatically over the decades, but sophisticated new technologies are starting to play ever-greater roles in improving productivity and miner safety, says Scott Mcgowan, Global Mining Practice director,...
Adobe Experience Developer at Accenture
Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services and solutions in strategy, consulting, song, technology and operations. Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries and all...
Mid – Controls Software Engineer
ENVIRONMENT:A radio astronomy company is seeking a mid-Controls Software Engineer to manage Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) software and systems. This role is integral to the Computing and Software team, collaborating within the Observation Monitoring and Control...
Senior Automation Tester at Accenture – Western Cape Cape Town
AUTOMATION TESTER Are you ready to be part of a transformational journey that will reshape the digital landscape of Africa? A leading Pan-African telecommunications company is launching a groundbreaking Software Engineering Centre of Excellence (COE); dedicated to...
Adobe Experience Developer at Accenture – Western Cape Cape Town
Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services and solutions in strategy, consulting, song, technology and operations. Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries and all...
Mid – Controls Software Engineer – Western Cape Cape Town
ENVIRONMENT:A radio astronomy company is seeking a mid-Controls Software Engineer to manage Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) software and systems. This role is integral to the Computing and Software team, collaborating within the Observation Monitoring and Control...
Data Engineer
Leading Corporate and Investment Bank seeks an experienced DATA ENGINEERNB: this is a 4 day per week in the office role with the offices based in Sandton Terradata PowerBI MSSQL Hive Ab Initio (a bonus) Data API's Will be required to build data warehouse components on...
Adobe Experience Developer at Accenture
Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services and solutions in strategy, consulting, song, technology and operations. Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries and all...
Senior Software Developer at Accenture
Senior Developer Are you ready to be part of a transformational journey that will reshape the digital landscape of Africa? A leading Pan-African telecommunications company is launching a groundbreaking Software Engineering Centre of Excellence (COE); dedicated to...
Snr Control Software Engineer
ENVIRONMENT:A radio astronomy company is seeking a Senior Control Software Engineer to plan, implement, modify, administer, and evaluate Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) software and systems for a cutting-edge telescope. The ideal candidate should have extensive...
Data Engineer – Gauteng Sandown
Leading Corporate and Investment Bank seeks an experienced DATA ENGINEERNB: this is a 4 day per week in the office role with the offices based in Sandton Terradata PowerBI MSSQL Hive Ab Initio (a bonus) Data API's Will be required to build data warehouse components on...
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