Budget 2024: Godongwana teetering on the highwire
The 2024 Budget speech presented by Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana paints a picture of cautious optimism amidst lingering challenges. While acknowledging the calls for fiscal discipline, the budget demonstrates a commitment to both stabilising the debt burden and...
Women prioritise health, embrace holistic solutions
Women are prioritising their health and embracing holistic, long-term solutions and trends to take charge of their wellbeing in the run up to International Women's Day 2024, according to research conducted by Euromonitor International. Maria Mascaraque, head of food...
AI key to making roads safer in future
Countries and investors need to step up the development and use of artificial intelligence (AI) to keep future roads safe for everyone, say the United Nations partners leading a new AI for Road Safety initiative. The UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) include a...
Digital-only banking set for global growth
Digital-only banking adoption is set to grow considerably over the next five years, according to Finder.com's Digital Banking Adoption Report. Finder polled 41 654 people across 30 countries to reveal the number of people who will have a digital-only bank account will...
South Africans ‘waste’ opportunities to e-recycle
Despite the fact that approximately 95% of e-waste can be recycled, recovered or treated and beneficiated, e-recycling is not high on South African's agenda. This according to Patricia Schröder, vice-chair of the central branch of the Institute of Waste Management of...
Education needed to improve Africa’s low levels of climate change literacy
The average national climate change literacy rate (percentage of population that has heard about climate change and thinks that human activity is wholly or partly the cause of climate change) in Africa is only 37%, with vast differences among countries. This is...
Digital commerce will be impacted by these technologies
Over the next two years, visual configuration, digital wallets, customer identity and access management (CIAM) and virtual customer assistants (VCAs) will have high impact on digital commerce as mainstream adoption of these technologies increases, according to the...
Carrier multi-access edge cloud to reach $16bn
International Data Corporation (IDC) sees 2021 as an accelerated year for multi-access edge cloud (MEC) investments. MEC buildouts are being carried out by a broad cross-section of edge stakeholders (e.g., wireless and wireline communications service providers, cable...
Innovative startups set to disrupt, drive development of edge computing
The market for edge computing solutions is diverse and becoming ever more competitive. Edge computing opportunities are being targeted by IT infrastructure vendors, as well as telecoms network operators, cloud service providers, content delivery networks (CDNs) and...
Commonwealth urges vaccine equity
Countries must have a holistic response to responding to the multiple and interlinked global crises of the pandemic, climate change and its economic fallout. This was the message from Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland speaking at the UN trade conference...
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Global Micro makes strategic appointments
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Fortinet unveils FortiOS 5.2
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EMC unveils new partner programme
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Virgin Mobile crowdsources music video
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Huawei unveils Ascend P7
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Local telecoms space will see change in 2014
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Don’t let technology dictate training
Companies that want to drive the maximum return on investment out of their efforts to train users to use new business systems and processes should let their training needs dictate the technology they use rather than allowing technology to drive the training strategy....
Capital investment boosts networks
A new study commissioned by Ericsson shows that increased level of investments in network quality and performance create sustainable competitive advantages and improved financial returns for network operators. The study, carried out by Dr Raul Katz, president of...
Securing the enterprise is critical
In the past two years, cloud computing and mobility have emerged as mainstream technologies, transforming enterprise technology strategies. What was initially a phenomenon of consumer technology moving into the business world is now driving the enterprise-wide IT...
Project Manager at Air Products South Africa – Gauteng Kempton Park
Introduction The above vacancy exists in our technical department at our Kempton Park Facility, reporting to the Senior Engineering Manager. Suitably qualified candidates who meet the requirements of this role are invited to apply for this vacancy. Description The...
Senior Systems Administrator (ISP) LAMP_LEMP Stack – Western Cape Cape Town
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Fullstack Java Developer – Gauteng Johannesburg Region
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Java Lead Developer at Parvana Recruitment – Western Cape Cape Town
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Front End Developer LW2517 – Gauteng Johannesburg
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