After years in the cold, signs of renewed investor interest in Africa
Over the past few years, African debt markets have faced significant challenges due to a combination of factors including soft global economic conditions, the Covid-19 pandemic and related supply chain failures. By Miranda Abraham, head of loan syndication at RMB in...
GPG reports camera surveillance success
Just 100 days after deploying the Vumacam SafeCity cameras the Gauteng Provincial Government (GPG) says the project has already made a substantial impact in combatting criminal activities across the province. Since its inception in February, the number of...
Godongwana’s plans for the R128bn revenue bonanza
In his first major budget address since being appointed in August 2021, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana delivered his Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) to Parliament yesterday (11 November). Lullu Krugel, chief economist at PwC Strategy& South Africa,...
Sky-high IPv4 prices pose security threats
The price of individual IPv4 addresses peaked at $32 in the first quarter of 2021 as the supply for IP resources failed to meet demand. Vincentas Grinius, CEO of IPXO, says that increased cybercriminal activity is a probable consequence of this price surge, as selling...
IT spending in EMEA set for subdued growth
IT spending in EMEA is forecast to total $1,3-trillion in 2022, an increase of 4.7% from 2021, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. The 2022 growth rate will be slower than in 2021 when EMEA IT spending is expected to grow 6,3%. The biggest change moving...
Fraud abroad: how SMEs can expand globally and stay secure
One in four consumers will continue to shop from foreign online stores, even after the pandemic, according to a recent Ipsos survey of 13 000 respondents across the world's biggest e-commerce markets. Arthi Rajan Makhija, senior vice-president: head of global fraud...
All the winners from the BCX Digital Innovation Awards 2021 …
The winners of the 2021 BCX Digital Innovation Awards have been announced, with the best entries from 61 participants walking off with the top honours. With 45 SME entries and 16 large enterprise entries, the BCX Innovation Centre of Excellence was tasked with...
Small business creation in SA grew 13% over the last two years
South Africa has the 12th fastest-growing rate of entrepreneurship globally, with the pace of small business creation growing by 13% from 2019 to 2020. This is one of the findings from Mastercard's Recovery Insights: Small Business Reset, which examined 19 markets...
E-commerce comes of age in the pandemic
South Africa's retail sector has entered the age of e-commerce, with total online retail sales expected to reach R42-billion by the end of 2021. From the rise of contactless payments to the boom in social commerce, the pandemic has significantly altered consumer...
All cyberthreats now part of a connected ransomware delivery system
The gravitational force of ransomware's black hole is pulling in other cyberthreats to form one massive, interconnected ransomware delivery system - with significant implications for IT security. This is one of the findings from the Sophos 2022 Threat Report, written...
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Large ICT uptake in the EC
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Progress placed in Magic Quadrant for aPaaS
Progress has announced it has been positioned by Gartner in the Visionaries quadrant of the Magic Quadrant for enterprise application platform as a service (aPaaS). The Gartner report, authored and published by Yefim Natis, Massimo Pezzini, Mark Driver, David Mitchell...
MicroStrategy named BI leader by Forrester
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To outsource or not to outsource
When it comes to managing complex IT systems and networks, many business leaders are grappling with the question of whether to outsource some or all of their IT processes. As Roberto Caprio, MD of Dial A Nerd, points out, there are a number of factors to take into...
Ricoh one of the most sustainable companies
Ricoh has again been rated one of Global 100 most sustainable corporations in the world. It is the 10th time Ricoh has received the award, this year made during the World Economic Forum in Davos. “The Global 100 is an extensive data-driven corporate sustainability...
Harness the power of CEM
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Training in statistics, data mining
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Project Manager at NRF National Research Foundation
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Senior Business Analyst (Payment Integration) (CH1000)
Our client a leading payment aggregator and provider of secure payment solutions is looking for a Senior Business Analyst to join their growing team.The ideal candidate is a dynamic self-starter with the ability to communicate across all levels and functions of the...
Project Manager at NRF National Research Foundation – Western Cape Observatory
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Our client a leading payment aggregator and provider of secure payment solutions is looking for a Senior Business Analyst to join their growing team.The ideal candidate is a dynamic self-starter with the ability to communicate across all levels and functions of the...
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SAP BW Senior Consultant – Gauteng Johannesburg Region
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