Pilot to production: the challenge of African developers

Kathy Gibson reports from the AI Everything Summit in Nairobi – Africa has no shortage of ideas, use cases and innovation when it comes to developing AI applications. But having a great idea, or an elegant algorithm, doesn’t necessarily translate into a bankable...

As economies shift, Africa urged to follow the money

Kathy Gibson reports from the AI Everything Summit in Nairobi – Africa is enjoying a renaissance as it embraces technology and artificial intelligence (AI) to drive its future growth. But there is a danger that the continent will remain a mere consumer of the...

SA holds its own as global AI adoption accelerates

Worldwide adoption of artificial intelligence continued to rise in the first quarter of 2026, according to Microsoft’s Global AI Diffusion Q1 2026 Trends and Insights report from its AI Economy Institute. During the quarter, AI usage increased by 1,5 percentage points...

Enterprise AI hits the wall

Enterprise AI is outgrowing the architecture and infrastructure beneath it as data privacy and sovereignty requirements tighten, according to new research from NTT Data. The latest research finds a widening split between enterprises that are redesigning AI for...

Companies flag GenAI as privacy, data security risk

Privacy is much more than a regulatory compliance matter, and businesses are increasingly concerned about the use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI). This is among findings in the Cisco 2024 Data Privacy Benchmark Study, an annual review of key privacy...

SA kicks off AfCFTA shipments

The first shipment of products from South Africa to other African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) countries has embarked from the eThekwini port. President Cyril Ramaphosa hailed it as the start of preferential trade by South Africa under the AfCFTA. "African...

Wits PhD student cracks high-dimensional quantum code

Isaac Nape, an emerging South African talent in the study of quantum optics, is part of a team of Wits physicists who led an international study that revealed the hidden structures of quantum entangled states. The study was published in Nature Communications, on...

Economic freedom allows better income mobility

Economic freedom enhances income mobility while the poor in unfree nations have fewer opportunities to escape poverty and build prosperity. This is among the findings of a study released today by the Free Market Foundation (FMF) in conjunction with Canada's Fraser...

African mobile phone market recovery still on track

Smartphone shipments into Africa grew 13,2% year on year in Q2 2021 to total 22,8-million devices, according to the latest insights from International Data Corporation (IDC). The Worldwide Quarterly Global Mobile Phone Tracker shows that feature phone shipments...

Emerging markets lead global phone recovery

While the supply chain situation hasn't drastically improved, the global smartphone market has shown positive results in recent quarters. According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, shipments of smartphones are...

AI investments set to accelerate

Businesses and organisations across all industries are increasing their investment in artificial intelligence (AI) to create competitive advantage through improved customer insight, greater employee efficiency, and accelerated innovation. The new Worldwide Artificial...

Electric vehicle sales see triple-digit growth

During the first half (H1) of 2021, 2,6-million electric vehicles (EVs) were sold on a global basis, up 160% on H1 2020, according to Canalys's latest report. EVs include fully electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. The growth of EV sales far exceeded...

NFT market set for massive increase

The already booming NFT (non-fungible token) market will experience a massive increase in volume over the next 12 months as more major investors begin to pile in. The prediction from Nigel Green, chief executive and founder of deVere Group, follows the announcement by...

How concerned are users about privacy?

Kaspersky analysed anonymised data, voluntarily provided by Privacy Checker, a website that contains helpful advice on privacy settings for various Internet services and platforms. The results reflect which services and platforms' Internet users have the most privacy...

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Solving modern problems with outdated tools

In conjunction with the opening of Parliament last week, Patrick Shields, Software AG’s chief technology officer (CTO), stated that South Africa’s public sector organisations face the daunting challenge of attempting to solve today's problems, using yesterday's tools....

Wipro expands local internship programme

Wipro, a leading global IT, consulting and outsourcing company, has announced plans to expand the intake of graduates for its successful internship programme in South Africa. Now in its second year, Wipro’s local internship programme in South Africa had enrolled 70...

DCC centre offers Dell demos, training

Distributor Drive Control Corporation is adding value for channel partners with a new Dell Proof of Concept (POC) centre at their headquarters in Johannesburg. The POC centre will not only deliver training on Dell solutions, it will also enable resellers to test the...

Times 3 Technologies clinches Sage award

During the recent annual Sage Insights Conference that was held at Champagne Sports Resort in the Drakensberg, Times 3 Technologies walked away with the National Solution Provider of the Year award. This is the highest recognition awarded by Sage ERP Africa for...

First Distribution wins IBM award

First Distribution is proud to announce that it has won the IBM Software award for Best Business Development for Middle East and Africa for the year 2013. The award was conferred to the distributor at the IBM VAD University, held in Budapest, Hungary on the 6th of...

Ocular brings Aspect solution to SA

Contact centre solution provider, Ocular Technologies, is pleased to announce that as an Aspect Software partner, it will be reselling and supporting the Aspect Back Office Optimizer product, which is powered by eg solutions. At the start of February 2014, Aspect, a...

Datacentrix renews nine outsourcing deals

Integrated ICT solutions and services provider, Datacentrix, has reinforced the success of its value-driven, services-led approach, renewing nine outsourcing contracts country-wide over the past six months, the latest of which include mining giant, Exxaro, and...

LGIT Smart Solutions helps IT scholars

It’s not every day that one gets the opportunity to make a difference in someone else’s life. It happened to Natascha Prussen, MD of LGIT Smart Solutions who helped two promising students, Prince Ramashaba and Margret Sootho which changed their lives forever, and...

Blue Turtle receives Flexera partner award

Blue Turtle Technologies received the award for the Highest Growth Partner 2013 EMEA from Flexera Software, market leader in software license management, at their partner event held recently in France. Blue Turtle, a Flexera Software Solution and Implementation...

Stratasys Objet 3D printer wins award

Stratasys, a manufacturer of 3D printers and materials for personal use, prototyping and production, has announced that the Objet Eden260V 3D Printer has won the 2014 Product Award for Top Innovative Equipment from The Dental Advisor magazine. The Objet Eden260V 3D...

Junior IT Administrator – Eastern Cape East London

Minimum Requirements:Matric / Grade 12 Relevant IT Qualifications: A+; N+; Security+; MCSA MCSE Experience knowledgeBasic Networking experience on domain networksExperience in Pastel accounting/ Payroll; Vanilla Payroll; CaseWare Working papers software (Highly...

Junior BI Developer – Remote Remote

Our client is seeking a talented Junior Business Intelligence Developer who will be responsible for transforming raw data into visually appealing and informative dashboards using Qlik software. This position is ideal for individuals passionate about data...

Data Engineer – Gauteng Sandown

Is this you?Are you a pioneering Data Engineer with a flair for innovation and a passion for data quality? Our client is looking for a self-starter, someone who can independently navigate complex data landscapes and drive excellence in data integration and...

iOS Developer (Senior) 2102 TT – Gauteng Pretoria

You will work in a self-organised and agile DevOps development team.The feature team is responsible for the new and further development of applications for the Workspace domain.Together with the DevOps team you are responsible for the specification, development,...

AWS Data Engineer – Gauteng Johannesburg North

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced AWS Data Engineer to join our Global Markets division on a (3-month contract with potential to renew). In this role, you will work closely with our traders, quantitative analysts, and data scientists to design,...

Intermediate Java Developer (Spring) – Gauteng Johannesburg Region

One of our clients is seeking a Java Spring Developer to join their dynamic development team. As an essential member of their technology department, you will play a pivotal role in designing, developing, and maintaining Java Spring applications. Your expertise will...

Senior Business Analyst

Senior Business AnalystDescription of Role:To apply a set of tasks and techniques used to work as a liaison amongst stakeholders in order to understand the problems, opportunities, needs, structure; policies and operations of the organisation on large; high risk and...

Data Scientist

Our client is looking for a Data Scientist to be based in Pretoria. You will need to have 5 years experience as a MS SQL query writing and optimising. Send your CV now!Requirements:Matric (essential)At least 5 years' relevant working experienceStrong MS SQL query...

Information Technology Production Systems (JIS/JIT/MES)

Job Description:Education and Experience:IT Technical qualification2 to 3 years in similar IT/Shop-floor function1 to 3 years Automotive experienceJIT and MES System experienceSQL experienceAbility to work shifts Responsibilities:Supervision, management, and...

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