How to raise funds, then scale your African start-up

Kathy Gibson reports from Everything AI and Gitex Kenya in Nairobi – For many African start-ups, their biggest challenge is not coming up with solutions or creating systems that work – it is in scaling them effectively. Once the excitement of the initial idea and...

African startups look to new investors

Kathy Gibson reports from AI Everything and Gitex Kenya in Nairobi – Africa’s exciting and innovative start-ups are attracting interest from investors in the Middle East, Europe and Asia. Investors from these regions are arguably more aligned to the continent’s...

Pilot to production: the challenge of African developers

Kathy Gibson reports from the AI Everything Summit in Nairobi – Africa has no shortage of ideas, use cases and innovation when it comes to developing AI applications. But having a great idea, or an elegant algorithm, doesn’t necessarily translate into a bankable...

As economies shift, Africa urged to follow the money

Kathy Gibson reports from the AI Everything Summit in Nairobi – Africa is enjoying a renaissance as it embraces technology and artificial intelligence (AI) to drive its future growth. But there is a danger that the continent will remain a mere consumer of the...

AI defenses emerge as ransomware surges

There was a 90% increase in publicly extorted victims of ransomware attacks in 2023. According to Check Point Research's 2024 Annual Security Report, such ransomware attacks now account for 10% of all malware detected by Check Point's sensors. Indeed, the Check Point...

SDx redesigns enterprise fabric across sectors

With the proliferation of software-defined everything (SDx) technologies such as software-defined networking (SDN), software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN), and software-defined storage, organisations across various sectors are experiencing transformative...

Tether troubles could trigger cryptocurrency turbulence

New controversies regarding Tether are likely to cause short-term volatility in the cryptocurrency market, affecting the prices of bitcoin, Ethereum and others. This is the warning from Nigel Green the CEO of deVere Group, following a Bloomberg report headlined...

Trickbot back as most wanted malware

The Trickbot has returned to the top of the list having fallen into second place in August following a three-month long reign, according to the Global Threat Index for September 2021 from Check Point Research (CPR). The remote access trojan, njRAT, has entered the top...

More education needed to realise benefits of debt counselling

Recent statistics released by Veri Cred Credit Bureau (VCCB) show the staggering scale of the debt crisis faced by South African consumers. The data puts the current debt - which represents all the debt still outstanding at the end of Q2, 2021 (after some partial...

Global satellite IoT subscriber base to reach 15,7m by 2025

According to a new research report from specialist IoT analyst firm Berg Insight, the global satellite IoT communications market is growing at a good steady pace. Despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the global satellite IoT subscriber base grew to surpass...

CFOs should embrace analytic staff from other sources

Talent is a vital part of any advanced analytics center of excellence (ACOE) and often chief financial officers (CFOs) limit the scope of their ACOE projects by relying too heavily on finance staff, according to Gartner. CFOs should look at other, sometimes cheaper,...

Depression screening tool puts mental health in the spotlight

Wits University psychology researcher, Tasneem Hassem has been awarded R100 000 in seed funding to advance the development and commercialisation of the first validated online depression screening tool suitable to the South African context. Developed over four years as...

SA, Egypt lead Africa in global competitiveness

African countries rank positively in the GBS World Competitiveness Index, with South Africa and Egypt scoring as High Performers in five categories. More than 140 global business services (GBS) buyers and enterprise executives of organisations that outsource and...

Customers unforgiving if brands fail to protect them online

New research has cast a spotlight on the role of brands in protecting their customers from cyberattacks. According to the global Brand Trust survey by cybersecurity company Mimecast, almost three-quarters (74%) of South African consumers would stop buying from a brand...

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CommVault extends Microsoft relationship

CommVault has announced an extension of its 15-year relationship with Microsoft to provide new, highly scalable solutions for managing and protecting data in Hyper-V virtual environments, managing workloads in Microsoft Azure, and new integration for Exchange, Office...

Oracle offers updated BI Applications

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Dell advances open networking initiative

Dell has announced plans to advance its open networking initiative which redefines traditional networking switch models to help customers develop future-ready data centres. Dell announced a reseller agreement with software-defined networking (SDN) pioneer Big Switch...

Fujitsu extracts value from SAP solutions

Fujitsu simplifies operations, business processes and decision making for customers – whether on the move or in the cloud – to help extract the full value from systems running SAP solutions and integrate the huge amount of data coming from multiple channels and...

Technology drives CT self-catering boom

The latest trend in the global travel industry, the boom in self-catering accommodation, is taking Cape Town by storm following a recent surge in the adoption of technology across the sector. The result has been a large increase in self-catering accommodation bookings...

Truteq makes inroads into farming community

As house break-ins continue to rise - especially on farms and small holdings - TruTeq Devices continues to build a client base among the farming community, predominantly for its recently-launched wireless security system. Says Derick Roberts, CEO of TruTeq Devices,...

The wearable tech investment frenzy

Many giant electronics manufacturers, computer services companies and conglomerates have tens of-billions of dollars in the bank that is instantly available for investment to counter their saturating sales in mature markets, says Dr Peter Harrop. Samsung, General...

Turning data into revenue

Data monetisation – the art of turning information into actions that generate business revenue – is generating a lot of interest among enterprises around the world. The possibility that information can be collated and analysed, to deliver the silver bullets that...

The real business value of SOA and cloud

The promise of both cloud and service-oriented architecture (SOA) is about delivering services to businesses, within and beyond the enterprise, with increased agility, speed and cost effectiveness, leading to greater innovation, improved collaboration, customer...

Wipro, AxiomSL form partnership

Wipro has announced that it has signed a partnership with Axiom Software Laboratories. The partnership between Wipro and AxiomSL seeks to address challenges faced by financial institutions with solutions that offer increased transparency, improved data integrity and a...

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Business Analyst - Insurance Software Tech! Hybrid working opportunity where analysis meets excellence?? 1-2 years Business Analysis Experience required! ?? Enjoy a dynamic and enriching work environment within the cutting-edge insurance technology industry. The...

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Based on a strong technical ABAP background, play a technical solution architect role for all change requests.Mediate between developers and functional team members and will engage directly with product owner(s) and external partner feature team(s) for the respective...

Solutions Architect – Gauteng Bryanston

SAP Solution Architect- Finance Exp: 10-15 Yrs Location: Johannesburg "1. 5- 6 Full Life Cycle SAP ERP Implementation covering expertise in SAP FICO module At least 2+ implementations in the S/4HANA versionFacilitate the implementation and support of SAP Financials...

Business Analyst – Gauteng Bryanston

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SAP ABAP Developer (Expert) 0537 TT – Gauteng Pretoria

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Our Client a proudly South African founded financial services company that operates in the healthcare, life insurance, short-term insurance, long-term savings, and banking markets is looking for:An Android app (Swift) developer who will work within their team of...

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