Digital transformation a priority for African banks
A growing African population - forecast to be 2,49-billion by 2050 - coupled with spectacular increases in the number of devices such as smartphones and tablets (mobile phones now account for 75% of Web traffic in Africa) is the perfect recipe for an explosion in...
Alarming rise in deepfakes for the ‘world’s election year’
Africa, along with half the rest of the world's population, will have its share of elections in 2024 - and new data is showing an alarming increase in YoY trends in AI-powered scams. Sumsub - a global full-cycle verification provider - has detected upwards of a 245%...
Covid-19 drives dramatic workplace shifts
While workplaces have seen major economic, social, environmental, and technological changes recently, the pandemic accelerated trends including remote working, shifting employees' expectations, learning and development, purpose and belonging at work, and employee...
Economic outlook defined by digital resilience
Ahead of the pandemic's second year milestone, the Mastercard Economics Institute has released Economy 2022, a global outlook for the coming year based on critical trends as seen through the lens of the consumer. The report reveals how five fundamental factors --...
Mobile threats on the rise
There has been a 13% increase in cyberattacks on enterprises over the past 12 months, with a rise in ransomware incidents and, for the first time, a noticeable wave of attacks against mobile devices. The Security Navigator 2022 from Orange Cyberdefense provides a...
Pressure on consumer credit mounts
With unemployment still at record levels, and consumer price inflation above average household income growth, the pressure on South African finances remains and is clear to see in the latest consumer credit data. TransUnion's Q3 2021 South Africa Industry Insights...
Hearables lead wearables growth
Global shipments for wearables grew 9,9% during the third quarter of 2021 (3Q21) reaching 138,4-million units, according to new data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker. Hearables led the growth as the category...
Fujitsu, MIT develop AI that recognises unseen data
Fujitsu and the Centre for Brains, Minds and Machines (CBMM) headquartered at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have achieved an important milestone in a joint initiative to deliver improvements in the accuracy of artificial intelligence (AI) models. The...
Challenging year-end for MEA PCs
The Middle East and Africa (MEA) personal computing devices (PCD) market, which is made up of desktops, notebooks, workstations and tablets, is expected to suffer a year-on-year decline in shipments of 8,3% in shipments for the final quarter of 2021, according to...
Emotet is back, 140k victims hit
Check Point Research (CPR) warns of potential ransomware attacks, as it sees samples of Emotet fast-spreading via Trickbot. Since Emotet's takedown by law enforcement, CPR estimates there have been 140 000 victims of Trickbot, across 149 countries in only 10 months....
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Westcon-Comztek offers Avaya Video
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45% of Nigerian enterprises to deploy UCC
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Check Point, VMware secure private cloud
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Trustwave acquires Cenzic
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TeleMasters grows operating profits
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Ricoh SA offers channel partner programme
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The future of the Internet
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Bytes wins Alcatel-Lucent partner award
Bytes Systems Integration (SI) has once again been recognised for its partner excellence, with the company winning yet another award at the recent Alcatel-Lucent Partner Conference in Panama City, Panama. The Alcatel-Lucent Excellence Partner Award EMEA for 2013 was...
GIT deploys CCTV solution for EACB Studio
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iLearn releases UpsideLMS
iLearn, a leading national specialist provider of onsite instructor-led and online eLearning training methodologies, proudly introduces UpsideLMS to the domestic market. UpsideLMS is a multi-award winning Learning Management System that helps organisations effectively...
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Application Analyst at Electrolux – Gauteng Benoni
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Tax Technical Consultant – Gauteng Menlyn
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Reportsto Operational Manager -ITEmployee Experience Lead ZAFunctionalArea - ITDivision- IT BA EA YourRole The Technical Support Engineer main role is to ensure proper IT operations so that end users can accomplish business tasks. This includes resolving network...
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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...
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FullStack DevOps Engineer – Gauteng Midrand
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