Chinese brands suck up smart vacuum shipments
Global shipments of smart vacuums reached 4,5-million units - a YoY increase of 11,1% - according to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Smart Home Device Tracker for Q1 2024. The following Chinese manufacturers made it into the top 10 (arranged alphabetically): Anker...
How Prasa plans to modernise the railways
Kathy Gibson reports - The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) has a bold plan for modernising the country's railways, and will invest over R100-billion in the process. This is the word from Hishaam Emeran, CEO of Prasa, who says the agency has a clear...
Google.org puts $1m grant funding behind women
Google's philanthropic arm, Google.org, is committing R15,3-million in charitable funding to support programs helping women entrepreneurs to grow their businesses, as part of a series of new initiatives aimed at supporting women-owned businesses. "Research shows that...
Who is buying crypto in SA?
The average South African crypto buyer is most likely to be male, spends about R450 on the first purchase and holds onto it for about eight months, according to data from Luno. Interest in crypto is rising on the African continent, says Richard Ball, lead data...
IT leaders have a mainframe modernisation, hybrid cloud disconnect
As mainframe modernisation and hybrid cloud adoption takes on increasing importance, IT leaders continue to leave mission-critical mainframe data siloed from cloud applications,. According to new data by Model9, IT leaders remain fixated on legacy mainframe...
Cybersecurity leader’s role needs to be reframed
The role of cybersecurity leader needs to evolve, as accountability for cyber risk shifts outside IT and an increasingly distributed ecosystem leads to a loss of direct decision-making control, according to Gartner. Security and risk management (SRM) leaders now...
Technology can transform cancer care and support
Microsoft South Africa and NPO Living with Cancer have partnered to build and strengthen the capabilities of South Africa's first patient-led cancer registry using the Microsoft Azure cloud platform. The registry, which was established in 2017 and includes a...
Frictionless checkout demand drives OEM Pay growth
A new Juniper Research study has found that the volume of global e-commerce transactions made via OEM Pay will exceed 30,7-billion by 2026; rising from 4,7-billion in 2022. This outstanding growth of 550% will be driven by rapidly increasing customer demands of...
Smartphone sales bounce back from Covid-19
Worldwide smartphone sales grew 6% in 2021, says Gartner, rebounding in the first half of 2021, following a 12,5% decline in 2020. The previous year's lower smartphone sales because of Covid-19 and the bounce back to growth in first half of 2021 helped propel the...
Manufacturing bears the brunt of cyberattacks
IBM Security has released its annual X-Force Threat Intelligence Index which reveals how ransomware and vulnerability exploitations together were able to "imprison" businesses in 2021, further burdening global supply chains and with manufacturing emerging as the most...
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RS Components, Red Pitaya sign deal
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Africa welcomes new backup solution
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Oracle acquires TOA Technologies
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WebFOCUS InfoDiscovery boosts data analysis
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BankservAfrica offers outsourcing solutions
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iROKOtv.com unveils new content package
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Samsung monitor offers ultra-HD display
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Sage simplifies accounting, payroll for SMEs
Entrepreneurship and the further development of small businesses are essential to ensure South Africa’s economic growth and future success. Sage South Africa has always been passionate about assisting small businesses to be successful and operate efficiently, by...
How IT can harness business trust
IT needs to keep in mind several key factors in order to become a trusted business partner. This is according to business resilience consultant, Helen Berry, who spoke on behalf of Quintica at the recent SMEXA event held in Sandton, Johannesburg. Berry highlighted...
Collibra named leader in data governance
Master Data Management (MDM), the official distributor of Collibra in South Africa, has announced that Collibra, a pioneer in creating business data authority solutions to enhance data value for the enterprise, was named a leader in the new report, The Forrester Wave:...
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About our client:Join a thriving community of individuals transforming lives through direct selling. Since 1998, people have been changing their lives with our client, taking ownership of career opportunities provided, empowering them to earn a sustainable income and...
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Business Analyst Ecommerce Mid-Level at LASA AFRICA – Gauteng Johannesburg
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Senior C# Developer – Western Cape Somerset West
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Developer – Python (Lead) at Parvana Recruitment – Gauteng Johannesburg
About our client:Join a thriving community of individuals transforming lives through direct selling. Since 1998, people have been changing their lives with our client, taking ownership of career opportunities provided, empowering them to earn a sustainable income and...
Java Developer (Hybrid)
ENVIRONMENT:Design cutting-edge architectures, software, hardware and communications to support cross-functional requirements and interfaces as the next Java Developer sought by a dynamic Software Company with a focus on digital transformation. You will also be...
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Summary Senior Apex Developer with a strong background in banking or financial services. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in developing and managing applications on the Salesforce platform, particularly with the NCINO banking system. Certification in...
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