Supply chain planning threatened by AI hype and ‘agent washing’

Agentic AI is reshaping the supply chain planning landscape, but hype and “agent washing” are creating real risks for organisations under pressure to deliver results, according to Gartner. Supply chain planning (SCP) leaders who focus on proven use cases, strengthen...

AI spend grows 47% – and more is expected

Worldwide spending on AI is forecast to total $2,59-trillion in 2026 - a 47% increase year-over-year - according to Gartner. “Through the next several years, the need for capacity will make AI infrastructure - including AI-optimised IaaS, AI-optimised servers, AI...

How to raise funds, then scale your African start-up

Kathy Gibson reports from Everything AI and Gitex Kenya in Nairobi – For many African start-ups, their biggest challenge is not coming up with solutions or creating systems that work – it is in scaling them effectively. Once the excitement of the initial idea and...

African startups look to new investors

Kathy Gibson reports from AI Everything and Gitex Kenya in Nairobi – Africa’s exciting and innovative start-ups are attracting interest from investors in the Middle East, Europe and Asia. Investors from these regions are arguably more aligned to the continent’s...

Digital assets revenue to hit $80bn this year

After a 37% plunge in 2022, the global digital assets market - including cryptocurrencies, NFT, and DeFi - soared by 127% last year and hit $60,1-billion in revenue. The rebuilt confidence in digital assets is expected to continue driving growth this year, with the...

Shrinking Moon causing earthquakes that could affect landing

As NASA continues to make progress toward sending astronauts to the lunar South Pole region with its Artemis campaign, data from a NASA-funded study is helping scientists better understand this strategic part of the Moon. The study presents evidence that moonquakes...

July unrest still reverberating through SA’s technical goods sector

South Africa's technical goods retail sector continues to feel the aftershocks of the looting and rioting in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal in July. That's according to a GfK Lighthouse study of the impact of the unrest on technical goods sales in South Africa which uses...

Global PC sales still rising

After impressive sales figures in 2020 and a record-breaking first quarter of 2021, global PC shipments continued rising in the second quarter of the year. According to data presented by StockApps.com, the total number of PCs shipped in Q2 2021 hit 71,6-million...

Lunga Siyo is new Telkom Consumer CEO

Telkom has appointed Lunga Siyo as the new CEO of Telkom Consumer effective 1 October 2021. Siyo will take over from Serame Taukobong when Taukobong assumes the position of group CEO-designate. Siyo joined Telkom just over three years ago and led the introduction of...

R30bn left on the table by etailers with poor CX

South Africa's ecommerce market has increased substantially since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, but its potential to double by a further 100% to 5,6% of the total retail market is possible if etailers fix issues with their online CX. This is the key finding of...

ICT sector urged to drive ethical, equitable policies

The Institute of Information Technology Professionals South Africa (IITPSA) has urged ICT practitioners to become "activists" for ethical, equitable ICT policy development and access as the country moves into a post-Covid era. Speaking at the national IITPSA AGM,...

Cardano cryptocurrency tipped to hit all-time high

The price of little-known cryptocurrency Cardano will jump to more than $3 in the next month, predicts Nigel Green, chief executive of deVere Group. Cardano's Its price has gone up by more than 36% in the last week and its market capitalisation currently stands at...

Basic Education launches ECD census

The Department of Basic Education is today launching the Early Childhood Development (ECD) Census 2021, which aims to collect data on all ECD programmes in the country to better understand and plan for the ECD landscape in South Africa. The Census 2021 will count all...

Mobile wallet payments surge, set for more growth

The mobile wallets industry continues booming, with more people than ever choosing mobile payment services as a safer and more convenient way of managing money. According to data presented by BlockArabia.com, the transaction value in the mobile POS payments segment is...

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Uniross a sustainability winner

Uniross, the rechargeable battery manufacturer endorsed by the WWF, is one of only nine suppliers to have scored in the range of 74% to 94,44% in a Massmart/Walmart environmental survey. A total of 500 Massmart suppliers were invited to complete the survey and in...

EMC announces SA channel winners

EMC Southern Africa has announced the local winners of the annual EMC Business Partner Update held at Montecasino in Johannesburg. Award winners were selected based on their relationship and commitment to EMC, as well as their ability to extend EMC’s reach into the...

Sage ERP X3 streamlines order and distribution management at GNLD

Golden Neo-Life Diamite International (GNLD), a global health and wellness company required an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system that could enable them it streamline its order and distribution management process. The company opted to implement Sage ERP X3, a...

Kaspersky stays in the Magic Quadrant

Kaspersky Lab has been named a “Leader” in the Gartner 2014 Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms for the third year in a row. The Gartner Magic Quadrant is an annual market research report based on complex analysis of the endpoint protection platforms of...

M2M comms touches all aspects of our lives

Machine-to-machine communication (M2M) and the Internet of Things (IoT) permeate all aspects of life and business these days, including in cars, parking spaces, conference rooms – even wrist watches and agricultural irrigation systems. Everything on earth is in the...

Epicor signs four new African channel partners

Epicor Software Corporation, a software solutions provider for manufacturing, distribution, retail and services organisations, has signed four new partners in Africa as part of its new channel strategy that continues to gather momentum across EMEA (Europe, Middle East...

T-Systems to acquire Intervate

T-Systems in South Africa is to acquire Intervate, a specialist provider of enterprise information management (EIM) solutions that assist organisations with improving productivity and collaboration, reducing costs and increasing compliancy. With the acquisition of...

Investec buys, warehouses MBT shares for BEE partner

Investec Private Equity, the major shareholder in MB Technologies, has purchased the 55% stake previously held by Royal Bafokeng Holdings with effect from 31 December 2013. The shares have been purchased on a warehousing basis and MB Technologies and its shareholder...

Revenue growth for Citrix Q4, year

Citrix Systems has reported financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended 31 December 2013. For the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2013, Citrix achieved revenue of $802-million, compared to $740-million in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2012,...

Skywire deploys network throughout SA

In order for South African businesses to keep pace with international counterparts and retain a competitive edge over local rivals, access to fast, reliable Internet is becoming increasingly important. And yet according to global investment banking firm Goldman Sachs,...

Senior Network Engineer – Gauteng Johannesburg

Requirements:The successful candidate will hold a relevant Degree/National Diploma in Information Technology/ Computer Science/Information Systems or equivalent coupled with at least 3 - 4 years' experience in an ICT security. Certificate or equivalent in Information/...

Software Developer – Eastern Cape Gqebera

Our client in the Engineering industry, based in Port Elizabeth, is currently looking to employ a Software Developer. A wonderful career opportunity awaits you!Requirements:Minimum qualification requirement is a Bachelor's Degree in Computing Science. Proven...

Data Scientist at Parvana Recruitment – Western Cape Cape Town

About our client:An international and highly regarded organisation dedicated to "doing good" for society, they are renowned for their ethics, upliftment programs and while their tech environment is leading edge, this organisation is ideal for someone who wants to make...

Intermediate Software Engineer – Gauteng Johannesburg Region

Looking for an intermediate engineer to join our client's team in the FinTech Industry. As an Engineer, you will take part in building cutting edge cloud platforms that range across industries, while being exposed to how to make these platforms a real market success....

Project Manager at Morrison Energy Services

Morrison Energy Services are currently looking to recruit HV experienced Project Managers to work on our UK Power Networks & SSEN Contracts in Stevenage. As a Project Manager you'll be responsible for coordinating and managing people, plant, materials, budget,...

IT NETWORK SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR

IT NETWORK SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR (Fourways (R50k pm-R70k pm or more negotiable for an exceptional candidate)) EXEC SUMMARY:Our client based out of the US, is looking for a Systems Administrator for their SA office in Fourways to manage the ISP, hardware , security etc...

Senior Business Analyst (1 year contract)

Description 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 complex projects.To...

Business Analyst (Direct Sales Platform_Retailer) LWBA20D

Duties:Working with the Group Sales teams, Group Retailers (Dealers) & a Software Supplier to deliver a new Back Office for Direct Sales for the Group & Brands Managing the Retailer (Dealer) work stream and changes to designs and/or development based on...

Python Software Engineer (CPT Hybrid)

ENVIRONMENT:A solutions-driven & strong critical thinking Python Software Engineer is sought by a leading eCommerce platform. The ideal candidate will be someone whose expertise directly translates into the development of robust software in the eCommerce domain....

Project Manager at Morrison Energy Services – Remote Remote

Morrison Energy Services are currently looking to recruit HV experienced Project Managers to work on our UK Power Networks & SSEN Contracts in Stevenage. As a Project Manager you'll be responsible for coordinating and managing people, plant, materials, budget,...

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