Your next smartphone could be powered by a recycled toaster

For the past 20 years, the consumer electronics playbook has been simple: make it smaller, make it faster, and seal it shut. Manufacturers utilised industrial adhesives, proprietary screws, and integrated designs to create sleek devices that were virtually impossible...

SA family businesses outperform global peers

In a time of uncertainty and rapid change, South African family businesses are showing exceptional resilience and growth – with many reporting double-digit sales growth in 2025. PwC’s South African Family Business Survey reveals what truly sets top-performing family...

Geopolitics threatens positive economic trends

Supported by the same factors that lifted the South African economy last year, economic activity increased in March 2026. However, this does not signal an economy out of the woods, as escalating geopolitical tensions threaten forecasts. This is according to the latest...

Biometric security falls to AI-driven fraud

The systems designed to verify identity and secure financial transactions are rapidly becoming the weakest link in the fight against fraud, as new data reveals the scale of AI-driven impersonation across Southern Africa. According to the Smile ID 2026 Digital Identity...

20 years on: How NASA’s twin rovers changed Mars science

In January 2004, twin NASA rovers named Spirit and Opportunity touched down on opposite sides of Mars, kicking off a new era of interplanetary robotic exploration. They arrived in dramatic fashion three weeks apart, each nestled in a cluster of airbags that bounced...

Sevilla FC transforms player recruitment with GenAI

IBM and Sevilla FC have introduced Scout Advisor, a generative AI (GenAI) tool that Sevilla FC will use to provide their scouting team with a comprehensive, data-driven identification and evaluation of potential recruits. Built on IBM's AI and data platform watsonx,...

Southern Africa defies shortages to grow PC, tablet sales

Southern Africa's personal computing devices (PCD) market, which comprises desktops, notebooks, and tablets, recorded year-on-year (YoY) growth of 20,1% growth in the first half of 2021 (H1 2021), according to the latest research by International Data Corporation...

Despite decline, phishing still a real threat

There was a reduction in the number of phishing attacks recorded and blocked by Kaspersky in South Africa (17% decline), Kenya (48% decline), and Nigeria (13% decline) for the first half of this year when compared to the same period in 2020. While the decline does...

Phishing puts SA companies under fire

The number of phishing emails targeting South African companies has increased during 2020, according to 65% of IT teams. This is one of the findings from a Sophos survey, "Phishing Insights 2021", which reveals that phishing attacks targeting organisations ramped up...

Vodacom, Safaricom invest in Ethiopia

The Ethiopian government has awarded the Global Partnership for Ethiopia consortium a mobile telecommunication license. A new operating company, Safaricom Telecommunications Ethiopia, through a holding company in the Netherlands, has been established to begin...

Regional design key to supply chain success

To better deal with growing protectionism and the need for higher agility, chief supply chain officers (CSCOs) must incorporate regional designs into their global networks without diluting the cost or competitive advantages of existing global networks, according to...

EMEA gaming PC market stays strong in 2021

The Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) market for gaming PCs posted another quarter of solid growth in 2021Q2, growing 10,8% YoY and recording 2,5-million units shipped, according to International Data Corporation (IDC). Approaching the end of 2021, growth is...

Lack of talent the biggest barrier to emerging technology adoption

IT executives see the talent shortage as the most significant adoption barrier to 64% of emerging technologies, compared with just 4% in 2020, according to a new survey from Gartner. A lack of talent availability was cited far more often than other barriers this year,...

SA needs vital tech skills boost

If South Africa is serious about creating jobs and competing in the global economy, we need to do something about boosting our tech skills. Vukani Mngxati, CEO of Accenture in Africa, offers his opinion on the subject. If I were given a rand every time I heard the...

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Qlik to offer free version of QlikView.Next

Presenting to over 1200 attendees at its Global Partner Conference, Anthony Deighton, chief technology officer of Qlik, a leader in user-driven business intelligence (BI), announced that the company will release a free desktop version of QlikView.Next via Personal...

Telkom upgrade good news for local industry

The announcement by Telkom recently that it plans to replace almost 300 of its unprofitable copper-based exchanges with wireless 3G and LTE services is good news for the telecommunications industry. If anything, it’s an attractive offering that will not only improve...

New BBBEE codes to be implemented soon

The amended BBBEE Codes are still a major talking point. Despite a short six month delay, implementing the Amended Codes needs to begin as soon as possible, says Keith Levenstein, CEO of BEE advisory firm, EconoBEE. Some years ago when the ICT codes were issued, many...

Dell PowerEdge VRTX sees speedy adoption

Dell has announced that PowerEdge VRTX, the first integrated IT solution designed specifically for office environments, is seeing accelerated adoption by customers around the world. This revolutionary converged infrastructure solution simplifies office IT by removing...

Metrofile launches personal archive product

Metrofile Records Management has launched the Metrofile Personal Archive (MPA), an electronic document management system for SMME and SOHO users. According to Mike Grey, GM of Solutions at Metrofile Records Management, it's estimated that managers spend an average of...

Marval announces Xtraction R14.1

Marval South Africa, a provider of service management (SM) solutions, education and consultancy, has recently announced the release of Xtraction R14.1 – a dashboard and reporting technology developed specifically for SM environments. This reporting tool complements a...

African content to boost connectivity growth

There’s a new wave of growth on the horizon for African Internet companies and it’s being driven by an innovative worldwide phenomenon called remote peering. NAPAfrica - Africa’s fastest growing neutral internet exchange point (IXP) – is the first African exchange to...

The changing face of modern business

There is no escaping the changing face of modern business. The traditional picture of a company located in an "easy-to-travel" to building where employees physically work alongside each other, in a fixed and networked computing environment, no longer rings true,...

DCC introduces the Pro X Series printer

Recognised by the Guinness World Records as the World’s Fastest Desktop Colour Printer, the HP Pro X Series is now available from distributor Drive Control Corporation (DCC). The Pro X Series is ideal for environmentally conscious professionals in small to medium...

Snr C# Developer -EvdB

-Implementing code that can be reused on multiple platforms-Breaking down complex issues into smaller manageable tasks-Support existing and develop new functionality and components.-Understand existing product and domain elements and work with business analysts to...

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ENVIRONMENT:PROVIDE critical Enterprise Microsoft Server Support for IT Infrastructure environment as the next Server Engineer sought by a dynamic Internet Service & Network Specialist to join its Durban division. The ideal candidate must have Matric/Grade 12, a...

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An industry leading Bank has an exciting opportunity available for a Analyst Developer to join their dynamic team.Purpose Statement Responsible for the design and development of new service orientated applications (SOA) according to specifications.Experience 6+ years...

Developer .Net at Parvana Recruitment

Client Details: Our client is a prominent worldwide supplier of software and service offerings. They collaborate with major corporations across the globe, working together to achieve customer triumph and address their most critical business obstacles, ensuring they...

Developer – C# (MASTER) at Parvana Recruitment

Parvana Responsibilities: Deliver code that is functional, understandable, maintainable and testable. Work closely with analysts, documenters and testers. Automated testing of features developed. Deliver technical documentation as and when required. Act as a mentor to...

Snr C# Developer -EvdB – Gauteng Pretoria

-Implementing code that can be reused on multiple platforms-Breaking down complex issues into smaller manageable tasks-Support existing and develop new functionality and components.-Understand existing product and domain elements and work with business analysts to...

Server Engineer (Westville KZN) – KwaZulu-Natal Westville

ENVIRONMENT:PROVIDE critical Enterprise Microsoft Server Support for IT Infrastructure environment as the next Server Engineer sought by a dynamic Internet Service & Network Specialist to join its Durban division. The ideal candidate must have Matric/Grade 12, a...

Analyst Developer – Western Cape Cape Town

An industry leading Bank has an exciting opportunity available for a Analyst Developer to join their dynamic team.Purpose Statement Responsible for the design and development of new service orientated applications (SOA) according to specifications.Experience 6+ years...

Developer .Net at Parvana Recruitment – Western Cape Cape Town

Client Details: Our client is a prominent worldwide supplier of software and service offerings. They collaborate with major corporations across the globe, working together to achieve customer triumph and address their most critical business obstacles, ensuring they...

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