Africa’s young people want jobs, clean government

Africa’s young people are more optimistic about the future of their countries, economies and the continent than at any point since the pandemic - but they are demanding jobs, cleaner government, safer communities, a stronger political voice and a model of democracy...

Even without data centres, Africa faces water bankruptcy

A new United Nations (UN) report says the world has moved past a water crisis into water bankruptcy – and Africa’s utility numbers already show what that looks like.

How technology is changing decision-making in mining

The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), and particularly AI, is no longer a pipedream in South African mining - technology is already influencing how decisions are made, how risks are managed, and how value is created. It’s a critical period for the local mining...

AMD launches full-stack compute for agentic AI

AMD has launched its next-generation AI infrastructure and physical AI portfolio, led by AMD Helios rackscale solutions now in production and set to be be deployed by at gigawatt scale. At its Advancing AI 2026 event yesterday, AMD chair and CEO Dr Lisa Su said: “The...

Broken printers cost SA healthcare in lost hours

Healthcare workers across South Africa lose an estimated 76 working days every year thanks to slow or non-functioning printers, according to new research from Epson undertaken throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa. South Africa is already grappling with...

Telkom expects increased earnings for FY24

Telkom expects to report improved financial results for the financial year ended 31 March 2024, stronger operational performance driven by continued demand for its next-generation technologies along with cost-optimisation initiatives. It has issued a trading statement...

Global supply shortages drive Africa’s smartphone shipments down

Newly released data from IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker shows that Africa's overall mobile phone market suffered a year-on-year (YoY) decline of 11,3% in Q4 2021 to total 48,6-million units. The feature phone market was down 14,3% to 27,1-million...

What the Ukraine war means for emerging markets

Emerging markets will be impacted by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, but the scope and scale differs by market. By Tom Wilson, head of emerging market equities at Schroders Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine on 24 February, the pace of escalation has been rapid. Not...

SMEs face biggest risk of fraud losses

It is vital for South African businesses to take the right steps to protect their operations from potentiality catastrophic financial loss. This is the word from Jurgen Hellweg, CEO of Western National Insurance, who says that small-and-medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)...

All industries set to increase AI spend

Spending on artificial intelligence in the US will grow to $120-billion by 2025, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 26% over the 2021-2025 forecast period. Moreover, all 19 US industries profiled in the latest Worldwide Artificial Intelligence...

Chief supply chain officers urged to conserve resources

As inflation and supply shortages are projected to continue, chief supply chain officers (CSCOs) must adopt resource conservation strategies to mitigate risks to their organisations, according to Gartner. "CSCOs foresee that the anticipated increases in inflation and...

IBM files lawsuit to protect IP rights

IBM has filed a lawsuit against LzLabs, saying the Switzerland-based company has violated IBM's intellectual property (IP) rights by infringing upon company patents protecting various aspects of IBM's high-performance mainframe systems. In the legal action filed in US...

AstraZeneca launches R&D Postdoctoral Challenge

AstraZeneca has launched a global R&D Postdoctoral Challenge to help accelerate ideas to transform the treatment of some of the world's most complex diseases. The challenge invites final year MD and/or PhD students and postdoctoral researchers from across the...

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Strategic Dimensions an Odoo silver partner

Technology company Strategic Dimensions has been awarded Silver Partner status by global open source CRM and ERP company Odoo, formerly known as OpenERP, making it only the second company in the country to do so. Odoo is one of the fastest evolving business software...

Xerox named a leader by Gartner

Xerox has been placed by Gartner in the Leaders Quadrant of the 2014 Magic Quadrant for Managed Print and Content Services Worldwide. In this combined report, Gartner examines the expanding role of managed content services along with managed print services (MPS) and...

The importance of education partnerships

South Africans are losing faith in their education system. The country ranked last out of 144 nations for the quality of its maths and science education; the problem of textbook dumping continues; and universities are not producing enough teachers to keep up with the...

Eaton launches Sales Graduate Program in SA

Eaton Electric South Africa, a power management company, recently launched a Sales Graduate Program designed to provide smart and innovative marketing and electrical engineering graduates from all over the continent with tools they need to succeed at Eaton and beyond....

SA’s first online pub shop launched

Three South African entrepreneurs (hailing from Centurion in Pretoria and Fourways in Johannesburg) have launched what is the country's first online pub accessories and novelties buying experience. Based in Pretoria, and delivering nationally, Pubstuff boasts a range...

Samsung offers new SSD 850 PRO

Samsung Electronics, the world leader in advanced memory innovations, has announced the local availability of the 850 PRO, a new solid state drive (SSD) line-up. Featuring Samsung’s cutting-edge three-dimensional (3D) vertical NAND (V-NAND) flash memory technology, it...

Business can’t exisit without social

Any credible venture today cannot seriously engage their markets, manage customers and partners or even compete without including social media in the marketing strategy. This is the view of technology experts focused on the development and application of bleeding edge...

Companies miss out on customer engagement

Most organisations engage customers by informing, stimulating, influencing and ultimately attracting them to do business. This is closely followed by servicing them effectively and ensuring that they are satisfied, loyal and advocates of the product or service. With...

HansaWorld introduces ERP app

Taking the concept of the app to an extreme, enterprise resource planning vendor HansaWorld has introduced a series of apps which together form a complete "mini-ERP" solution that can run a business from a mobile device. Each of the HansaWorld Standard apps is capable...

SanDisk awarded 5 000th patent

SanDisk Corporation, a global leader in flash storage solutions, has celebrated its 5 000th patent, the latest milestone and achievement from a company whose innovations have transformed the consumer electronics market for more than a quarter century. The company was...

Excel Data Specialist

Excel boffin required to start asap! Our client in the insurance industry is looking for a Excel fundi to be responsible for ensuring the integrity of high volumes of data. You will be responsible for drawing down reports and ensuring data is clean - strong financial...

Junior Business Analyst – Gauteng Sandown

Duties & Responsibilities Carryout analysis of requirements by checking for derived requirements that are logical to customers' requests.Create and develop functional requirements of systems to improve quality, performances, external interfaces, and...

.NET Developer – Western Cape Stellenbosch

We are looking for a skilful .NET developer to join our team of developers. If you are looking for a place to get challenged and get exposure to various projects, this might be the opportunity you are looking for. Minimum Qualifications B.Sc Computer Science, B. Eng...

Data Analyst at Parvana Recruitment – Western Cape Cape Town

About our client:If you are looking for a meaningful and impactful contribution to philanthropic initiatives while earning well and working for a dynamic, organised and innovative global organisation, this employer is well worth considering. What you will be...

Automation Tester – Gauteng Sandown

Job Spec 3 + Years of Automation Testing experience with Selenium Java API Testing experience required Added advantage of Appium experience/ knowledge Added advantage of Devops/ CI-CD experience / knowledge No CSV holders with company name on CSV Visa. Desired Skills:...

Excel Data Specialist – Gauteng Bryanston

Excel boffin required to start asap! Our client in the insurance industry is looking for a Excel fundi to be responsible for ensuring the integrity of high volumes of data. You will be responsible for drawing down reports and ensuring data is clean - strong financial...

Junior Business Intelligence/Sell Out Analyst

Responsibilities:To assist the Head of Product/Key Account Managers with the responsibilities assigned to the team. Responsibilities are divided between two major business units - one involving the management around product and sell out reports from retailers and...

Development Team Lead (React, Node, Next.js) (CPT Remote)

ENVIRONMENT:AN innovative Digital Marketing Agency specializing in delivering cutting-edge solutions to clients with a focus on FinTech startups seeks the expertise of a Development Team Lead who will be responsible for managing a small team of Developers to deliver...

Business Analyst at Parvana Recruitment

About our client:Our client is a well-established and highly regarded South African software development company that develops, supports and consults software solutions for the academic sector. With offices in Jhb and Cape Town, they are progressive with regard to...

AI/ML Machine learning Engineer

Machine Learning Engineer As an AI/ML Machine Learning Engineer, you'll lead a sizable team, setting direction and goals for impactful projects, ML system design, and excellence. You'll develop scalable classifiers and tools leveraging machine learning, data...

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