Does Africa have the skills to benefit from AI?

Africa stands to reap substantial benefits from artificial intelligence (AI) – but only if organisations are able to skill up in time. This is among the findings from a new SAP report, ‘Africa’s AI Skills Readiness Revealed’, which provides research into how African...

Webb telescope confirms frozen water among the stars

Is frozen water scattered in systems around other stars? Astronomers have long expected it is, partially based on previous detections of its gaseous form, water vapour and its presence in our own solar system. Now there is definitive evidence: Researchers confirmed...

Gender gap in mobile Internet adoption stagnates

Progress in closing the gender gap in mobile Internet adoption across low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) stalled in 2024, according to the “Mobile Gender Gap Report 2025” published in London today by the GSMA. The report shows that women are 14% less likely than...

These are the trends shaping the cloud’s future

Cloud dissatisfaction, AI/machine learning (ML), multicloud, sustainability, digital sovereignty and industry solutions are among the top trends shaping the future of cloud adoption over the next four years, according to Gartner. Joe Rogus, director: advisory at...

Sustained profitability for EOH

EOH has reported sustained operating profitability during the six months ended 31 January 2023 and the subsequent deleveraging of the group's balance sheet post the capital raise after the half year end. Highlights for the period include: * R110-million in operating...

Virgin Orbit files for bankruptcy

Richard Branson's space launch provider Virgin Orbit Holdings has begun a voluntary proceeding under Chapter 11 of the US Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court to sell the business. With the support of Virgin Investments in the form of...

SA’s transactions dip again in January

The South African economy remains in a volatile state, as indicated in the latest BankservAfrica data, which shows economic transactions underwent its steepest decline in January 2021 after a surprising increase in December. "In January 2021, the BankservAfrica...

ITU to advance AI for natural disaster response

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) - the United Nations specialised agency for information and communication technologies - has launched a new Focus Group to contend with the increasing prevalence and severity of natural disasters with the help of...

Health, social care to gain the most from 5G

Productivity and efficiency gains enabled by 5G's application will drive business, skills and service change worth $1,3-trillion to global GDP by 2030 (EMEA region: $361-billion), according to a new report issued by PwC on the economic impact of 5G. In "Powering Your...

New members join EOH board committees

EOH has announced the reconstitution of its board committee, effective from 2 February. This follows the appointment of Bharti Harie and Nosipho Molope as independent non-executive directors of the company on 1 January 2021, and the resignation of Moretlo Molefi and...

Customer engagement channels still won’t be unified by 2022

Through 2022, 50% of large organisations will have failed to unify engagement channels, resulting in a disjointed and siloed customer experience that lacks context, according to Gartner. To remedy this, Gartner's Digital Commerce for Marketing Leaders 2021 research...

15 years and counting to full number portability …

Three months after Cell C withdrew its High Court action that stalled the full implementation of number portability, and some 15 years after the launch of mobile number portability in 2006, South Africans still do not have full freedom of choice when it comes to...

TikTok fixes privacy issue discovered by Check Point Research

Check Point Research teams recently discovered a vulnerability within the TikTok mobile application's friend finder feature: a vulnerability that if exploited would have enabled an attacker to access users' profile details and the phone numbers associated with their...

SA developers believe AI/ML are the future of technology

Developers are most keen to work with the Python programming language, one of the prominent languages used for machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI). Thirty-eight percent of developers picked Python as their top choice in the new OfferZen "2021 State...

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Gemalto launches mobile identity solution

Gemalto has announced that its LinqUs Mobile ID platform, compliant with the guidelines set by the GSMA Mobile Connect initiative, is now available for commercial launch. The solution allows mobile operators to offer all subscribers an unprecedented, single means of...

Data analytics transforms business

Today, every interaction with their customers is recorded and collected by businesses and stored for future use. More and more, companies are trying to find ways to translate these interactions into actionable insights, or data analytics. Gerald Naidoo, CEO of Logikal...

Genesys announces innovation award winners

Genesys has announced at G-Force London that Vodafone Germany, Groupama Rhône-Alpes Auvergne and DNB Bank are the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Region winners of its ninth annual Customer Innovation Awards.  All of the winners have made major breakthroughs in...

Cloud can grow local subscription economy

While there are pockets of South Africans, mostly high-end consumers in gated communities or high-tech office parks, that are ahead and have participated in the new subscription delivery model curve, the majority of the local population remains behind this curve....

Fintech finances Xerox digital printer

Fintech recently financed the first of its kind large format digital printer in South Africa that can do a five hour litho print job in only five minutes. The Xerox IJP 2000 digital wide format printer, replaces the heavy duty litho press, printing at remarkable...

Seychelles’ VCS wins BDS award

Seychelles-based company Victoria Computer Services (VCS) has won the coveted Africa Operations Distributor of the Year award from Bytes Document Solutions. The award celebrates VCS’s outstanding achievements in Xerox sales growth, services and innovation in the...

Online, mobile banking risks must be managed

Transforming Business and Driving Customer Centricity through the Intelligent Use of Technology and Data is the theme for this year’s GDS International CIO Africa Summit. Set to kick off tomorrow, in Cape Town, this event will bring together 70 senior decision makers...

ThyssenKrupp expands messaging platform

Local industrial solutions specialist company ThyssenKrupp recently identified a need to migrate its ageing messaging platform to the latest available Microsoft technology. They elected to partner with Westcon partner and specialist ICT solutions provider AVeS to help...

Siemon launches new mixed media panel

Siemon, a leading global network infrastructure specialist, has launched a new mixed media patch panel for the African market. The 1U Copper/Fibre Combo Panel allows copper outlets to be mixed with fibre ports in the same rack mount space to efficiently maximise rack...

Mitel listed in Gartner Challengers quadrant

Mitel, a global leader in business communications, has announced it has been positioned by Gartner, in the Challengers quadrant of the latest Magic Quadrant for Contact Centre Infrastructure. This follows Mitel's merger with Aastra and the acquisition of contact...

Senior Software Developer

Our client in the Logistics industry based in Johannesburg is currently looking to employ a Senior Software Developer. Main Purpose of the Position:To support the software development process within the organisation by providing technical insights and direction...

SAP SAC Consultant

You will be responsible to:work as part of a team that is busy migrating HR Reporting and Planning Applications form. work as part of a team that is busy migrating HR Reporting and Planning Applications form Lumira to SAC. Support applications in BW and SAC. Assist in...

IT Developer (Intermediate)

Our client is seeking an IT Developer (Intermediate) to join their team, based in Gqeberha. Successful candidate will be required to support the software development process within the organisation by providing technical insights and ideas throughout the SDLC and...

Software Engineer

We are looking for a talented Software Engineer who will work collaboratively with the Finance team to support development of the new settlement and billing systems.An Engineer with around 4 years of experience, who has some experience working with Typescript/Node.js,...

Software Engineering Manager

A leading HealthTech company with a culture based on strong values, accountability, collaboration and no politics, is looking for a Software Engineering Manager to lead their team of developers. Our client believes in transforming healthcare to enhance people's lives...

Scrum Master – Gauteng Johannesburg

6 month renewable contract 5 years plus experience as a Scrum Master in delivery of business solutions/applicationCo-ordinate the delivery of multiple projects2 years in an IT service management roleSolid knowledge of agile methodology, techniques, and frameworks,...

Senior Software Developer – Remote Remote

Our client in the Logistics industry based in Johannesburg is currently looking to employ a Senior Software Developer. Main Purpose of the Position:To support the software development process within the organisation by providing technical insights and direction...

SAP SAC Consultant – Gauteng Pretoria

You will be responsible to:work as part of a team that is busy migrating HR Reporting and Planning Applications form. work as part of a team that is busy migrating HR Reporting and Planning Applications form Lumira to SAC. Support applications in BW and SAC. Assist in...

IT Developer (Intermediate) – Eastern Cape Gqebera

Our client is seeking an IT Developer (Intermediate) to join their team, based in Gqeberha. Successful candidate will be required to support the software development process within the organisation by providing technical insights and ideas throughout the SDLC and...

Software Engineer – Western Cape Woodstock

We are looking for a talented Software Engineer who will work collaboratively with the Finance team to support development of the new settlement and billing systems.An Engineer with around 4 years of experience, who has some experience working with Typescript/Node.js,...

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