AI, resilience, growth key for financial services CEOa
Financial services leaders across Africa are entering 2026 with renewed confidence, placing artificial intelligence (AI), cybersecurity, regulatory resilience and strategic growth at the centre of their transformation agendas. This is the headline finding from KPMG’s...
Stablecoins make their way into everyday use
A new global study reveals that stablecoins are no longer niche, but are becoming a practical, everyday form of money being used around the world for everything from getting paid to buying goods and services. BVNK’s Stablecoin Utility Report, which surveyed over 4 600...
Africa unites to save lives on Red Saturday
The South African National Blood Service (SANBS) and the Western Cape Blood Service (WCBS) will join blood services across Africa for a ground-breaking blood donation event, Red Saturday, scheduled for Saturday 29 November 2025. The event aims to engage thousands of...
Biology model IDs more than 1m species, and counting
Tanya Berger-Wolf’s first computational biology project started as a bet with a colleague: that she could build an AI model capable of identifying individual zebras faster than a zoologist. She won. Now, the director of the Translational Data Analytics Institute and a...
COP30 delivers benefits for Africa
The COP30 conference in Belem, Brazil showed that climate cooperation is producing results that matter for people’s lives, with real benefits across African nations. One hundred and ninety-four countries, representing billions of people, concluded that the Paris...
IBM and Cisco aim for network-distributed quantum computing
IBM and Cisco have announced their intention to collaborate on the groundwork for networked distributed quantum computing, to be realized as soon as the early 2030s. By combining IBM's leadership in building useful quantum computers with Cisco's quantum networking...
Intel, Cisco partner to put AI workloads on the edge
The edge is quickly taking hold as a new frontier for compute, especially as the demand for agentic and physical AI workloads increases. Enterprises now require more adaptable infrastructures that can scale across multiple industries – like retail, manufacturing and...
FNB braces for more than R3,3bn in Black Friday spend
FNB anticipates another strong day of spend on Black Friday this year, with continued growth expected in digital payments, online shopping and overall transactions expected to exceed R3,3-billion. Early signals across 2025 show consistent customer spending and...
How to use AI tools and navigate Black Friday safely
With Black Friday fast approaching, consumers are sure to be turning to artificial intelligence (AI) in increasing numbers. From personalised shopping agents to virtual try-ons, AI promises a smoother, more efficient path to the perfect purchase. The data is clear;...
AI fuels growing investment in data streaming platforms
Data streaming adoption is accelerating, but so too are the complexities and fragmentation that emerge as organisations adopt more platforms. This is one finding from a new research report by Conduktor. Data streaming enables organizations to improve their operations...
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What role can AI agents play in technical support?
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Key trends driving the manufacturing sector in 2025
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Private sector can slow climate change with smart solar
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2025 will redefine how HR leverages AI
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Stay ahead of threats with seamless integration
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Float partners with Peach Payments
Float, an Africas credit card-linked instalment platform, is partnering with online payment solution provider Peach Payments. Now Peach Payments merchants can instantly integrate Float at checkout, broadening the reach of interest-free monthly instalments to more...
Talk360 signs exclusivity deal with Hayo
Digital solutions provider Hayo has signed an exclusivity deal with calling app provider Talk360 to enable high-quality and affordable international calling for communities across Africa and around the world. Hayo provides competitively-priced, high-performance and...
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Our client, a company in the retail software industry, is looking for an experienced Full-Stack C# Developer to join their team.This role is a hands-on opportunity to contribute to both modern and legacy systems, from end-to-end development, including UI design,...
IT Project Manager(12 months FTC)
To manage the organisational projects using Project Management and associated methodologies (Business Analysis, Change Management and SDLC) to ensure successful delivery of the projects, and the achievement of strategic and operational objectives Manage organisational...
Azure Infrastructure and Security Specialist (TTD) at Sabenza IT & Recruitment
Role Responsibilities: Manage and maintain the global Active Directory with over 100,000 user accounts and Entra ID. Ensure high availability, security, and reliability of the Entra ID infrastructure. Drive the implementation of the IT strategy in the Digital Identity...
Full-Stack Software Developer (C#,SQL) – FULLY REMOTE (CH1165) – Western Cape Stellenbosch
Our client, a company in the retail software industry, is looking for an experienced Full-Stack C# Developer to join their team.This role is a hands-on opportunity to contribute to both modern and legacy systems, from end-to-end development, including UI design,...
IT Project Manager(12 months FTC) – Gauteng Centurion
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Azure Infrastructure and Security Specialist (TTD) at Sabenza IT & Recruitment – Gauteng Pretoria
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Our client, in the Finance / Credit industry, has an opening for a skilled Software Developer to join their diverse team of C# developers. We are looking for an individual that takes pride in what they do, is customer focused and takes ownership and accountability....
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Enterprise Architect Specialist Responsibilities: Extensive experience and exposure in TOGAF and GWEAAnalyse the current ICT architecture and designAlign enterprise architecture with the Government Wide Enterprise Architecture Framework (GWEA)Support roadmap...
Intermediate Software Developer (C#.NET)(CH1195) – Western Cape Kuils River
Our client, in the Finance / Credit industry, has an opening for a skilled Software Developer to join their diverse team of C# developers. We are looking for an individual that takes pride in what they do, is customer focused and takes ownership and accountability....
Enterprise Architect Specialist – Gauteng Pretoria
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