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...

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...

SA lags in VPN adoption

South Africa sits right at the bottom of the log when it comes to virtual private network (VPN) usage. The country joins Kenya and Japan with a less-than-2% adoption rate. Around the world, VPNs have become an essential digital tool for Internet users concerned about...

Gamers shop as hard as they play during big sales events

The global video games market is poised to grow impressively in the upcoming years, with expectations of a robust annual growth rate of 9,3% between 2023 and 2028. This projected expansion underscores the ever-increasing popularity of video games as a form of...

Smartphone shipments beat forecasts

The rebound from 2020 continued for smartphones in the second quarter of 2021 (2Q21) as overall shipment volumes grew 13,2% year over year, slightly beating IDC's forecast of 12,5% growth. According to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC)...

Chromebook, tablet growth defies ongoing supply concerns

The second quarter of 2021 (2Q21) was another strong quarter for both Chromebooks and tablets with both device categories recording growth despite a challenging year-over-year comparison. According to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC)...

Fewer DDoS attacks in Q2 2021

In the second quarter of 2021, the total number of DDoS attacks decreased by 3,.8% compared to Q2 2020, and by 6,5% in comparison to the previous quarter in 2021, according to Kaspersky research. China became the leader in the number of devices from which SSH attacks...

These are the trends shaping the future of public cloud

Four new trends in cloud computing are continuing to expand the breadth of cloud offerings and capabilities, accelerating growth across all segments in the public cloud services market, according to Gartner. The four trends are: cloud ubiquity; regional cloud...

Standard Bank has permanently removed ATM Saswitch fees

The Banking Association of South Africa (BASA) has come to an agreement with South Africa's banks that Saswitch fee, which customers pay for using other banks' ATMs, will be waived for a period of two months with effect from 1 August 2021, in response to the recent...

Global cellular IoT connections grew to 1,7bn in 2020

A new report from the IoT market research firm Berg Insight says that the global number of cellular IoT subscribers increased by 12% during 2020 to reach 1,74-billion. The regional markets Western Europe and North America recorded the highest growth rates at over 15%....

Marsh warns about financial danger of ransomware attacks

Marsh is warning clients that ransomware attacks across the region are intensifying in both frequency and severity and advising them to take additional measures to protect their businesses. With more people now working from home, cyber criminals are capitalizing on...

Intel debuts high-performance NUC

Intel has announced the Intel NUC 11 Extreme Kit (code-named Beast Canyon), a highly modular desktop PC engineered for gaming, streaming and recording. With the latest 11th Gen Intel Core processors, support for full-size discrete graphics cards and a full range of...

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Riverbed enhances partner programme

Riverbed Technology, the leader in application performance infrastructure, has announced important improvements to its partner programme that will simplify processes, training and competency certification to help partners capitalise on new market prospects and...

Lenovo debuts multimode Yoga Tablet in SA

Lenovo, the number one personal technology company (IDC results Q3) in the world and multimode computing leader, debuted its first multimode Yoga Tablet in South Africa at a media launch event with tech-savvy entertainment personality, Gareth Cliff. Known for...

Document management aids disruptive tech

According to Andrew Griffith, product manager: office products at Bidvest company, Konica Minolta South Africa, there has been a major shift in the approach companies take with regard to document management, as well as in the way in which vendors within this space...

Imprimatic Printers buys Xerox colour press

Litho print shop Imprimatic Printers has grown its business and expanded its customer base by offering digital printing services to its customers. This follows the company’s purchase of a Xerox Colour C75 Press from Introstat, a Xerox reseller and Bytes Document...

Police tap into the power of SMS

The Humewood police station in Port Elizabeth is making use of an innovative SMS service by Vox Telecom to keep in close communication with the community at large and improve services. “A number of police stations in the Eastern Cape have been making use of a Vox...

Q-KON SA offers session border controller

The telecommunications industry’s latest software-based session border controller (SBC), developed by Sonus Networks, is now available locally through Q-KON SA, a turn-key satellite connectivity provider, and the distributor of the Sonus products to the African market...

SAP, ICTWorx meet skills demand in Africa

On the heels of SAP Africa’s recent announcement of an agreement with the World Bank to consolidate skills development efforts in Africa, SAP Africa Education has further committed to help increase the size of the resource pool of trained SAP professionals in South...

SecureData joins HID’s partner programme

SecureData Africa, a wholly owned subsidiary of JSE-listed SecureData Holdings, has announced that it has become a member of the HID Advantage Partner Programme. The Programme is an extension of Genuine HID and is designed to assure the delivery of superior quality...

BMC Software awards Blue Turtle top honours

Blue Turtle Technologies has scooped top honours as the Top Emerging Markets Solution Provider FY 2013 at the BMC Software Partner Summit held in London recently. BMC Software designed the awards to recognise partners who have made outstanding contributions in the...

Data profiling keeps a database fresh

Having an updated database that contains the names and contact details of both existing customers and prospective clients is one of the most vital marketing tools for a company of any size. “No matter what type of industry you’re in, your clients and business partners...

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ENVIRONMENT:A dynamic provider of Enterprise Software Solutions seeks the coding talents of a deadline-driven Intermediate C# / SQL Developer who enjoys solving complex problems. Your role will entail App design, critical software testing, troubleshooting operating...

Digital Strategist (Senior) at Accenture

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ENVIRONMENT:THE coding talents of an Intermediate Ruby on Rails Developer is sought by a cutting-edge AgriTech company based in Stellenbosch, to join its team and help build out a SaaS platform for the agricultural sector. The team is full stack, and you can expect to...

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ENVIRONMENT:Our client, an innovative Software Specialist, is currently seeking a talented C/C++ Developer who possesses the ability and coding expertise to develop advanced, defect-free, and easily maintainable software solutions. Enthusiasm for learning, teaching,...

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