Global connectivity improves, but Africa still fares poorly
Steady but uneven progress in global Internet connectivity highlights the disparities of the digital divide and is leaving people in low-income countries behind, according to the International Telecommunication Union's (ITU) Facts and Figures 2023. Analysis on...
Wits researchers pioneer a new way of searching for Dark Matter
The existence of Dark Matter is a long-standing puzzle in our universe. Dark Matter makes up about a quarter of our universe, yet it does not interact significantly with ordinary matter. The existence of Dark Matter has been confirmed by a series of astrophysical and...
Mobile wallets set to take over one-third of PoS transactions
The global shift towards a cashless society created a huge space for mobile wallets as a safer and more convenient way of managing money. According to data presented by TradingPlatforms.com, digital or mobile wallet payment was the most used point of sale (PoS)...
Telkom debuts virtual card for transacting on WhatsApp
Telkom has launched what is believed to be Africa's first Mastercard virtual card for use on WhatsApp, enabling Telkom Pay customers to make e-commerce payments. The move will empower South Africans, including those without a bank account, to access the digital...
Gen Z moves local mall culture online
By harnessing the power of social media, Gen Z is driving a new wave of the ecommerce boom. Apps including Facebook, Instagram and TikTok, which tailor content to the user's interests and behaviour, have allowed the new generation of spenders to create a personalised...
Jeff Bezos to take Blue Origin space flight
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos has confirmed that he and his brother Mark will be on board the first human flight into space on Blue Origin’s New Shepard next month. The company is conducting an auction for a seat on the flight, which will blast off on 20 July. Bidding is...
NASA’s InSight Mars lander gets a power boost
The team behind NASA's InSight Mars lander has come up with an innovative way to boost the spacecraft's energy at a time when its power levels have been falling. The lander's robotic arm trickled sand near one solar panel, helping the wind to carry off some of the...
Global smartphone sales jumped 21% in Q1
After a steep decline in 2020, global smartphone sales to end users grew 26% in the first quarter of 2021, according to Gartner. Overall worldwide mobile phone sales to end users grew 22% year over year. "The improvement in consumer outlook, sustained learning and...
Huge growth for public cloud
Cloud Services have become an integral part of business operations for many large companies and in 2020 the industry earned an estimated revenue of over $300-billion globally. According to data presented by TradingPlatforms.com, global public IT cloud services market...
Smart city technology continues fast evolution
A comprehensive new report on smart city technology from Berg Insight has identified five key technology areas: smart street lighting, smart parking, smart waste collection, urban air quality monitoring and smart city surveillance. In 2020, the global installed base...
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IMM: key to marketing initiative success
Integrated marketing management, spanning technologies, communication channels and enterprise ecosystems, will be key to the success of marketing initiatives in future, says SAS. Addressing marketers and retailers at a briefing in Sandton this week, SAS executives...
Nashua scoops awards at Africa Print
Nashua Limited has once again underpinned its position as a leader in the production printing market by partaking in this year’s Africa Print Expo in Johannesburg. The company is celebrating winning Best Large Stand at the show, adding to their Best Exhibition Stand...
New business: getting it right
SA IT consultancy Cybervine is making significant inroads into the local market on the back of serial start-up experience and a whole new approach to doing IT business – turning it down occasionally. Starting a business in South Africa is fraught with challenges and...
African name-matching solution from Bytes
Bytes Universal Systems, a Bytes Technology Group company, has launched |Guiro, its patented software solution that enables intelligent name-matching for African names. |Guiro aims to help companies manage their customer data more effectively. “One of the great...
The benefits of analytics in healthcare
In any industry, the organisations that can adapt quickly and intelligently to changing market forces will succeed in the long term. In the health industry in particular, organisations need to contain costs and respond quickly to changes globally and locally. There...
NetApp enhances partner programme
Changing market dynamics, growing demand for new technologies such as cloud or flash, and new buying patterns require a flexible approach to selling IT solutions. More than ever partners are forced to adapt their business models and diversify their capabilities to...
EnviroServ implements PPO
EnviroServ’s Mineral Beneficiation (EMB) department has implemented Project Portfolio Office (PPO), an online project portfolio management (PPM) and collaboration application, in a bid to control project budgets and scheduling. EnviroServ has been providing...
Pillars of PCI compliance
The Payments Association of South Africa (PASA) has mandated that merchants of all sizes that process, store or transmit credit card information must comply with the Payment Card Industry (PCI) security compliance by the end of 2013. Consequently, retailers have to...
CRS iSight keeps HR standards in focus
In light of the introduction of the first-of-its-kind formal HR standards in South Africa, devised by industry and the SA Board for People Practices (SABPP), CRS Technologies, a leading local provider of HR & payroll services and solutions, has launched its iSight...
PV systems need lightning, surge protection
In recent years, photovoltaic (PV) systems have become a significant sector within the energy market, with the International Energy Agency in 2011 saying that "the development of affordable, inexhaustible and clean solar energy technologies will have huge longer-term...
Senior Data Scientist (Remote)
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Senior Data Scientist (Remote) – Western Cape Cape Town
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JavaScript Full Stack Developer and Integration Specialist – Gauteng Midrand
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Offshore Project Manager at C-Pact Enterprise – Western Cape Cape Town Region
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