African executives rank innovation as a top priority
More African companies are prioritising innovation more than ever before--and have experienced an increased innovation readiness, unlike global counterparts--although not without challenges. A new report released from Boston Consulting Group (BCG) finds that 65% of...
Skills shortage hampers Africa’s fight against cybercrime
Kathy Gibson reports - As cyber attacks become more frequent, and more crippling, a massive shortage of cybersecurity skills is hampering Africa's ability to meet the onslaught. This is one of the troubling findings from "Elevating Africa's Cyber Resilience", a new...
Russians turn to VPNs as restrictions mount
The demand for VPNs by Russian users continues to snowball due to new restrictions imposed by the government, according to AtlasVPN findings. The new wave of VPN installs originating from Russia began on 11 March 12022, when the Russian government's communication...
Why genomics and biodiversity are important for Africa
The African BioGenome Project (AfricaBP) has published a position paper in the journal Nature highlighting the goals, priorities, and roadmap of the impressive Africa-led effort to sequence the genomes of plants, animals, fungi, and protists that are endemic to the...
Record sales for campus switching market
The worldwide Campus Switch market revenue reached a record level in the fourth quarter and the full year 2021. According to a recent report by Dell'Oro Group, digital transformation initiatives, combined with government stimulus, propelled most of the growth in 2021....
Datatec expects higher earnings
Datatec has issued a trading update for the year ended 28 February 2022. According to the update, the group achieved a very strong operational performance during FY22 as it continued to benefit from technology demand for networking, security and cloud infrastructure...
Banks deliver strong financial performance
As the books closed for 2021, the operating environment that contextualised the period for South Africa's major banks was in some ways more familiar. While 2020 began with a brief period of normality, the Covid-19 pandemic dominated the entirety of 2021, according to...
Russia-Ukraine war changes organisational risk profile
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has altered the emerging risk landscape, and it requires enterprise risk management (ERM) leaders to reassess previously established organisational risk profiles in at least four key areas, according to Gartner. "Russia's invasion of...
Huawei settles labour dispute with employment equity plan
The Department of Employment and Labour and Huawei Technologies South Africa, have reached an out of court settlement, following the department's application to the Labour Court on 11 February 2022. The Department has accepted Huawei South Africa's employment equity...
Healthcare industry slowly switching on to multicloud
Healthcare organisations appear to be in the early phases of cloud adoption and behind the cross-industry global respondent average. However, adoption is expected to jump from 27% to 51% in the next three years, in line with the global trend of evolving to a...
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Agile experts at Wits Fak’ugesi Festival
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LG G3 to arrive in SA soon
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AccessData, ARM partner in Africa
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Softline wins Microsoft award
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Ruckus creates municipal hotspots in the US
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SAP announces new UX solutions
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AWM360 offers Kaba biometric reader
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Jasco offers modular, flexible UPS solutions
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Our client in the financial service industry is looking for a Senior Application Developer with experience in the Full Software Development LifecycleThe ideal candidate will have a degree in Computer Science or related fields Experience with agile environments with...
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Software Systems Designer – Gauteng Sandton
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Quality Assurance System Administrator – Western Cape Oakdale
FMCG concern is seeking a Food Safety Officer to co-ordinate and control all activities pertaining to the effective functioning of the Quality Assurance systems with specific focus on Food safety and related standards including document control and...
Senior Application Developer – Remote Remote
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Systems Analyst at IQbusiness – Gauteng Johannesburg
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Digital Strategist (Senior) at Accenture
About Accenture Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world's leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth, and enhance public...
Senior Data Engineer
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