AI-enhanced malicious attacks again a top emerging risk
Concern about artificial intelligence (AI)-enhanced malicious attacks again topped Gartner's emerging risk rankings in the second quarter of 2024. Additionally, new concerns regarding soft ransomware targets are also coming to the forefront of enterprise risks....
Phenomenal growth forecast for Gen AI smartphones
The future of the smartphone industry is set to be transformed as worldwide generative AI (GenAI) smartphone shipments are forecast to grow 363,6% YoY in 2024 to 234,2-million units, according to a new International Data Corporation (IDC) forecast. This represents 19%...
South Africans switch on to digital payments
A massive 90% of South African respondents to a Kaspersky Digital Payment survey reported an increase in their use of e-wallet and mobile banking in 2021. Covid-19 was one of the main factors for that. In particular, online payment services helped 56% of the...
Unemployment reaches record 35,3%
The official unemployment rate for the fourth quarter of 2021 was 35,3%, according to Stats SA's Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS). The number of employed persons increased by 262 000 to 14,5-million, while the number of unemployed persons also increased by 278 000...
Africa’s biggest NFT collection goes live
Operated by a group of crypto natives and art lovers at global crypto asset manager Invictus Capital, the Invictus NFT Lab's first project aims to demonstrate the potential for blockchain technology to bring tangible benefits to the real world -- while remaining...
HSBC, IBM aim to accelerate quantum computing readiness
HSBC and IBM will work together on exploring applications for quantum computing in financial services. The new three-year collaboration is designed to bolster HSBC's expertise in quantum computing and ensure its organisational readiness to take full advantage of the...
Employers urged to use government’s ESSA for recruitment
Employment and Labour Deputy Minister Boitumelo Moloi is encouraging employers to use the Department's Employment Services of South Africa system (ESSA) to recruit workers. Moloi, speaking at a Department of Employment and Labour's advocacy session with stakeholders,...
Stats SA kicks off Census 2022 mop-up
Statistics South Africa announced that the census mop-up phase has commenced from 24 March until 14 April 2022. During the mop-up phase, fieldworkers will visit all incomplete enumeration areas to count all households that were not counted during the first phase of...
Mint an NFT to support Autism Awareness Day
Artists and musicians alike are using NFTs (non-fungible tokens) to promote their works, while collectors, enthusiasts and speculators around the world are trading NFTs on the open market using blockchain technology. NFTs are all the rage right now as they allow their...
New AI technology turns 2D pics into 3D scenes
When the first instant photo was taken 75 years ago with a Polaroid camera, it was groundbreaking to rapidly capture the 3D world in a realistic 2D image. Today, AI researchers are working on the opposite: turning a collection of still images into a digital 3D scene...
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Lounge İstanbul now offers Sky Library
Lounge İstanbul guests can now enjoy Sky Library and other information services thanks to iBeacon technology. Turkish Airlines' strategy is to make passengers feel special and valued throughout their journey. Turkish Airlines is now offering the Sky Library app to all...
Gen Y drives technology in manufacturing
As the evolution of mobile operating systems and ever-more sophisticated applications continue to change the way we work. Pieter van der Merwe, Availability Solutions Architect, Africa & Middle East at Stratus Technologies, says this is particularly evident in the...
Stokvels: a hidden economy?
In a macroeconomic context, the more a nation saves the more it is able to invest, while in a microeconomic sense, individuals deep in debt are not only unable to save, but are constrained in their ability to spend, says Anton de Wet, managing executive: Client...
ITNA acquires PurpleWhite IT
Provider of ICT solutions and services to local government, ITNA, recently announced its acquisition of PurpleWhite IT – an ICT company that specialises in information systems security. ITNA has a strong delivery, technical and business processes background, which can...
Data scientists and chief data officers
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Controlling mobility within your business
MTN Business has introduced its enterprise mobile management (EMM) solution that enables corporates to effectively manage and secure mobile devices, data, and applications within their businesses. "With employees bringing their own devices to work, companies need to...
Technology to propel education in Africa
Syspro recently hosted the third DASIK (Development and Strengthening of Industry-driven Knowledge-transfer between developing countries project) Industry Workshop at its headquarters in Sunninghill, Johannesburg. The two-day workshop follows the success of prior...
Rising electricity prices boost solar
Amid rising petrol prices and threats of interest rate hikes, there’s one ballooning cost that solar energy users don’t need to worry about: increasing electricity prices, says Gareth Warner, MD at Solarcentury Africa. To the dismay of householders and businesses...
Digital to revolutionise insurance industy
If, as an industry, we do not transform successfully to being truly digital businesses we will not survive in our current form. This was the overarching message at a recent SSP networking breakfast focussing on the digital evolution and how it is impacting the way...
CPOs bridge project managers and boardrooms
A common lament from project managers is that they are responsible, held accountable, and yet hold no authority, says Yolandi Nortje, executive of Intuate Group. The introduction of a chief project officer (CPO) – an individual at the executive level, who is...
Business Analyst IT – Gauteng Johannesburg Region
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Senior Applications Business Analyst – LW – Western Cape Cape Town
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Software Developer – Gauteng Pretoria
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