IITPSA ICT Skills Survey focuses on changing landscape
The 2024 edition of the IITPSA South African ICT Skills Survey has gone live for survey input. This survey was previously co-authored by Adrian Schofield, Professional Member and Fellow of the Institute of Information Technology Professionals South Africa (IITPSA),...
BankservAfrica and UPI ease e-commerce payments in Africa
BankservAfrica and UnionPay International (UPI) are collaborating to facilitate easier and safer e-commerce transactions for UPI cardholders across Africa's online merchants. The organisations have joined forces to introduce UPI e-commerce acceptance across several...
Industry leaders foster open ecosystem for chiplet design
Intel, along with Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE), AMD, Arm, Google Cloud, Meta, Microsoft, Qualcomm, Samsung and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, have established an industry consortium to promote an open die-to-die interconnect standard called Universal...
IT security leaders lean on external support for threat intelligence
IT security leaders seeking to boost internal threat intelligence (TI) programs would prefer to delegate five out of eight major TI aspects to external vendors rather than develop them in-house, according to a commissioned survey conducted by Forrester Consulting on...
Eskom Expo to host research and innovation camps
The Eskom Expo for Young Scientists is hosting a number of Research and Innovation Camps around South Africa in a bid to equip budding researchers at schools with the tools to produce award-winning projects. A number of camps have already been held in the Free State,...
Proudly South African calls for localisation
A lack of local demand remains one of the most significant obstacles limiting South Africa's economic growth potential. This is the work from Eustace Mashimbye, CEO of Proudly South African, who adds: "The success of government's economic reconstruction and recovery...
Chatbot messaging app accesses to reach 9,5bn by 2026
A new Juniper Research study has found that the total number of chatbot messaging apps accessed globally will increase from 3,5-billion in 2022 to 9,5-billion by 2026. This growth of 169% will be driven by the increasing adoption of omnichannel retail strategies by...
Initial impact of the Russia-Ukraine war on ICT markets
The Russian invasion of Ukraine and the resulting diplomatic and economic response have led to a critical turning point for Europe and the world. The information and communications technology (ICT) market has also been affected by the conflict as well as the economic...
African debt points to possible economic turnaround
Despite the ongoing health and economic impact of Covid-19 worldwide, PwC's annual Africa Capital Markets Watch report shows that African markets have continued with a modest recovery through 2021, reflected in higher values of non-local corporate, sovereign and...
Top security and risk management trends for 2022
Security and risk management leaders must address seven top trends to protect the ever-expanding digital footprint of modern organizations against new and emerging threats in 2022 and beyond, according to Gartner. "Organisations worldwide are facing sophisticated...
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Upskill contact centre agents online
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Accenture, Avanade win Microsoft awards
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LG scoops seven TGI ICON brands
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Data Scientist 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...
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The posi on is in the BAU team to support business with systemqueries and improvements on Limits and Exposure Managementand Collateral Model.Problem solvingDocumentation - Writing / ReportingEffec ve communica on and relationship management(Managment of...
Junior IT Technician
Qualifications: This person should have done a minimum of IT related training course (6 months - 1 year) and understand the basics around PCs, laptops, printers, etc. It would be preferable that this person also has some basic networking and internet related...
Senior Business Analyst
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Senior Data Scientist
An exciting opportunity to join a software consulting house with over 3 decades of tech driven solutions using the latest cutting-edge technology. Our client is seeking a Data Scientist with a strong background in machine learning. The ideal candidate must be willing...
Junior Developer at Armscor
JOB GRADE: C2 REFERENCE NUMBER: The ICT Department has a vacancy for a Junior Developer in their KRIM division. Applications are invited from people meeting the qualifications and experience requirements set out below. PURPOSE OF THE JOB:Develop, maintain, and support...
Senior Developer C# at Construct Executive Search
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Business Analyst – Gauteng Johannesburg
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