Crackdowns alone won’t stop online wildlife trafficking

A new major global review shows that platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube are fueling a fast-growing and difficult-to-track illegal wildlife trade. The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Dr Annette Hübschle, a co-author of the study, says closing...

Nvidia’s quarter was bigger than TSMC’s entire year

Nvidia generated more revenue in a single quarter than the company that manufactures its chips generated in the whole of last year. This comparison puts the scale of the result into sharp focus, says deVere Group CEO Nigel Green. Nvidia reported quarterly revenue of...

AI dominates the corporate risk landscape

AI-enabled discovery of cyber vulnerabilities emerged as the most critical emerging risk facing organisations worldwide in the second quarter of 2026, according to Gartner. The Gartner Quarterly Emerging Risk Report series compiles insights and perspectives from...

AI misinformation is accelerating Africa’s risk landscape

As misinformation, cybercrime, health emergencies, civil unrest, extreme weather and infrastructure disruption become progressively interconnected across Africa, organisations are under growing pressure to distinguish fact from fiction before uncertainty escalates...

European tech leadership needs more innovation financing

Scale-up companies have expanded in Europe with the help of public organisations such as the European Investment Bank (EIB) Group, but these businesses face persistent financing barriers that the EU can do more to tackle, according to a new EIB report. The study - The...

Business leaders to sweat for a good cause in CEO Cycle Challenge

The South African Hall of Fame, an organisation which celebrates great achievements by extraordinary South Africans to empower the youth, has announced its role in The CEO Cycle Challenge 2024. Presented in collaboration with Nashua, the challenge aims to raise funds...

Obstacles ahead for SA’s economy

Local economic growth is facing a myriad of headwinds this year including a weaker global environment weighing on export potential, a tightening of domestic monetary policy, a further rise in electricity load-shedding, a series of big fuel prices increases, and the...

Digital transformation acceleration comes with trade-offs

With highly distributed architectures and a broader threat landscape resulting from an ongoing digitisation of previously physical experiences, organisations are turning to a variety of solutions to help manage complexity and address widening IT skills gaps. However,...

SAP Africa sets up Africa’s first AppHaus

SA Africa has revealed plans to set up its first African AppHaus in Cape Town. The SAP AppHaus Network is a community of SAP partners that are united in the belief that innovation requires a creative environment, a multi-disciplinary team of designers, domain experts,...

CMOs should look beyond digital for differentiation

Marketing teams that are effective at scaled judgment and empathetic influence are more likely to report revenue growth, according to Gartner, In fact, marketing teams who implemented these skills were 11% more likely to report organisational revenue growth in 2021....

Regional displacement tracking scales up

More than 8-million people are internally displaced in Ukraine due to the war, and a further 6,5-million have fled to safety across international borders. In response, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) is scaling up the use of its Displacement...

Government sector increasingly targeted by cybercriminals

Research based on the analysis of incidents reported to customers of Kaspersky Managed Detection and Response (MDR) has revealed that the share of critical incidents experienced by organisations increased from one-in-ten (9%) in 2020, to one-in-seven (14%) in 2021....

Marketing budgets on the increase

Marketing budgets have climbed to 9,5% of total company revenue in 2022, an increase from 6,4% in 2021, according to Gartner. But while marketing budgets are increasing this year, they still lag pre-pandemic spending levels. The annual Gartner 2022 CMO Spend and...

African entrepreneurs set for take-off

African business leaders are expecting the entrepreneurial spirit to take off across the continent over the next three years on the back of an improved environment for business and greater political stability, according to new research from World Mobile. The study...

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Security: prevention and remediation

Businesses around the world are seeing a large growth in their threat surfaces, due to the influx of new technologies. This growth in turn, is forcing security practitioners to retying their companies’ security practices. Jayson O’Reilly, director of sales and...

ESET offers next-gen business security

ESET Southern Africa has announced the availability of its completely re-engineered and redesigned range of IT security products for business.  Following months of in-depth worldwide business user research, ESET analysed the findings, using them to develop these new...

F5 Networks announces new appointment

F5 Networks has appointed Carlos Marques as the new director of sales for sub-Saharan Africa. Reporting directly to Myles Bray, regional vice-president, Sales, UK, Ireland and sub-Saharan Africa for F5, Marques’s focus will be to grow F5’s business and presence across...

CIOs must make security a top priority

For a country like South Africa that is visibly paranoid about security, the country's information security landscape is seriously lagging in terms of awareness and practical, relevant application. Today's chief information officer (CIO) needs to keep tabs not only on...

Fujitsu at MWC: human-centric innovation

At Mobile World Congress starting on 2 March 2015, Fujitsu’s theme is human-centric innovation. The Fujitsu booth (Hall 5, booth A40) showcases this across one of the industry’s broadest ranges of solutions, including some of the hottest new concepts that are...

The new era of customer demands

The advances in technology, economic pressures and shifting cultural norms have resulted in consumers looking for cheaper goods and more convenient ways of accessing them. New models of personal ownership are gaining attention in many industries based on the idea that...

The vital role of the data centre

The fundamental platform for the current rapid transformation to digitisation and convergence is the data centre. The data centre therefore has an increasingly important role to play in today’s engineering and construction industries, particularly with regard to...

Become a connected business with IoT

Technology is becoming increasingly sophisticated, and the world is more connected than ever before, say Shailendra Singh, business director, Africa Region, Wipro and Siby Abraham, chief technologist and vice-president, CTO Office, Wipro.  The way we shop, work, play...

Sony introduces the Xperia E4g

Earlier this month, Sony Mobile Communications introduced the Xperia E4: the affordable, easy-to-use smartphone with great battery life – in a quality Sony design. Now, Sony unveils the exciting Xperia E4g smartphone, offering the same ease-of-use and powerful battery...

Mitigating zero-day threats

Zero-day exploits, which take advantage of a security vulnerability on the same day that the vulnerability becomes generally known, have long been a thorn in security practitioners’ sides. These attacks happen quickly, before the vendor or security community as a...

Full Stack Java_DevOps – 2228 EvdB

Operations (2nd and 3rd level) Development of new functionality (backend, frontend) Changes to the existing solution Development of automated test for the solution Further improving the automated test coverage of the solution Development of API to the backend...

Business Analyst – Western Cape Cape Town CBD

Role Purpose Conduct analysis of business needs to provide software application solutions focused on delivering business value. Together with a range of business, technical and technology stakeholders, you will help design and implement innovative solutions to meet...

DevOps Engineer (Advanced) T_2566 – Gauteng Pretoria

DevOps Engineer ESSENTIAL SKILLS REQUIREMENTS: Infrastructure: Ansible/Chef, Kubernetes, Terraform, FINOPSIAM: LDAP, Federate identities, Roles & Access Management.Service Management: Incidents Monitoring, manage SLAs, problem management reporting, ITILOps: Azur...

Full Stack Java_DevOps – 2228 EvdB – Gauteng Johannesburg

Operations (2nd and 3rd level) Development of new functionality (backend, frontend) Changes to the existing solution Development of automated test for the solution Further improving the automated test coverage of the solution Development of API to the backend...

Mobile Developer (React Native)

ENVIRONMENT:A leading global Digital Solutions Tech company in Johannesburg is seeking a Mobile Developer to design and build applications for iOS and Android platforms. The candidate must have experience with React Native, Objective C, and iOS frameworks such as Core...

Systems Software Engineer – Automation Engineer at Ntice Search

Are you a tech enthusiast? Are you looking to leverage your expertise in system engineering within a dynamic and rewarding environment? Columbus Stainless is searching for a highly skilled Automation Engineer (Systems Software Engineer) to contribute to their...

Software Support Engineer T1

ENVIRONMENT:Our client, a prominent player in CRM and Contact Centre solutions within the Southern African region, is known for its utilization of cutting-edge technology to serve an enthusiastic customer base. They are currently in search of a First Line Support...

Software Developer

The Virtual Agent South Africa, an innovative and rapidly expanding PropTech business, has a permanent vacancy for a suitably qualified and experienced Software Developer, based in Umhlanga.We are looking for an enthusiastic Software Developer who will be responsible...

Mobile Developer (React Native) – Gauteng Johannesburg

ENVIRONMENT:A leading global Digital Solutions Tech company in Johannesburg is seeking a Mobile Developer to design and build applications for iOS and Android platforms. The candidate must have experience with React Native, Objective C, and iOS frameworks such as Core...

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