As cost pressures mount, consumers shift spend to essentials

South African consumers are adjusting their financial behaviour in response to ongoing cost pressures, with TransUnion's Q1 2026 Consumer Pulse Study revealing meaningful shifts in how households spend, save and manage credit. While many households remain under...

Memory and SSD shortage set to impact SA

The memory and SSD crisis is real – and it’s broader and faster‑moving than many in the IT industry expect. This is the stark warning from Craig Nowitz, CEO of Syntech, who recently returned from the Hong Kong electronics shows and a week of factory visits in China....

Your next smartphone could be powered by a recycled toaster

For the past 20 years, the consumer electronics playbook has been simple: make it smaller, make it faster, and seal it shut. Manufacturers utilised industrial adhesives, proprietary screws, and integrated designs to create sleek devices that were virtually impossible...

SA family businesses outperform global peers

In a time of uncertainty and rapid change, South African family businesses are showing exceptional resilience and growth – with many reporting double-digit sales growth in 2025. PwC’s South African Family Business Survey reveals what truly sets top-performing family...

Digital payments to become a $10trn industry

Over the past five years, more than 1,6-billion people worldwide have embraced digital payments, pushing the total user count in this market to a whopping 4,44-billion, or more than half the world`s population. This massive user base has helped the total transaction...

Teraco commences CT2 expansion

interconnection hub and vendor-neutral data centre provider Teraco has announced a 30 megawatt (MW) expansion of its CT2 hyperscale data centre facility in Brackenfell, Cape Town. The expansion is scheduled for completion in early 2025 and will incorporate the latest...

Fake financial apps fleece users

IT security company Sophos has identified a stash of 167 counterfeit Android and iOS apps that attackers are using to steal money from people who believe they have installed a financial trading, banking or cryptocurrency app from a well-known and trusted organisation....

Secure your digital identity this World Telecom Day

Today (17 May 2021) marks World Telecommunication and Information Society Day which has been celebrated annually since 1969. Originally intended to herald the founding of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), in 2021 the Covid-19 crisis highlights the role...

New data sheds (Sun) light on climate models

Have you ever worn a dark T-shirt on a sunny day and felt the fabric warm in the Sun's rays? Most of us know dark colors absorb sunlight and light colors reflect it - but did you know this doesn't work the same way in the Sun's non-visible wavelengths? The Sun is...

Intel, QuTech break through quantum bottleneck

Intel and QuTech - a collaboration between Delft University of Technology and the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research - have published key findings in quantum research to address the "interconnect bottleneck" that exists between quantum chips that...

Partnership aims to unlock sustainable African investment

The African Development Bank Group and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding to promote sustainable private sector development in Africa. The memorandum of understanding will help catalyse new...

NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter flight rendered in 3D

When NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter took to the Martian skies on its third flight on April 25, the agency's Perseverance rover was there to capture the historic moment. Now NASA engineers have rendered the flight in 3D, lending dramatic depth to the flight as the...

Hackers thought to have scored $5m ransom payout

Colonial Pipeline is believed to have paid a ransom of almost $5-million to the hackers that shut down its networks this week. Although companies are discouraged from bowing to ransomware demands, it's believed that many of them pay up in order to get their systems...

AWS, Microsoft vie for top public cloud spot

The worldwide public cloud services market, including Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), System Infrastructure Software as a Service (SISaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS), grew 24,1% year over year in 2020 with revenues totaling...

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Employee devices can boost productivity

There are an estimated 11-million smart phones and 5-million tablets in South Africa. Moreover, 75% of employees are bringing these devices to work or using them for work purposes, says Craig Freer, head of Product: Enterprise, Vox Telecom. It stands to reason, then,...

Forecast for tape backup grim

Lists consisting of client details, schedules, strategies, budgeting information, payroll … along with employees and the product or service on offer, data is indisputably a critical part of a company’s most precious commodities, and protecting that data by backing it...

The business of Africa

Africa is not for sissies, but it presents a land of opportunity for those who are prepared to invest in the growing economies that comprise the continent. Doing business in Africa requires an understanding of the nuances of the role of politics, cultural and...

Digital banking saves FNB customers money

FNB encourages customers to use its digital and electronic banking channels as another way to save this National Savings Month. By using channels such as FNB Banking App, FNB Online Banking or Cellphone Banking, FNB customers save between 75 and 100% on day-to-day...

Ledula goes mobile

Ledula Services has launched their iPhone and iPad mobile application. This enables Ledula members to access and store contacts on their phones and tablets, where they previously had to visit the Web site to find trusted home service providers. Says Ledula founder,...

AWM360 ready to roll with biometrics

The ongoing focus by businesses on security and the integration of systems to better protect resources is driving adoption of biometric technology across the African and southern African market. Experienced professionals in this high-growth marketplace suggest as the...

Old Mutual rolls out Adobe Connect

Specialist Adobe Distributor, Dax Data (together with reseller First Technology) has delivered Adobe Connect to Old Mutual’s Personal Finance Advice (PFA) Division. PFA is home to a large number of brokers specialising in the delivery of financial service solutions....

Integrated service management in healthcare

Information technology (IT) has revolutionised the healthcare sector, offering more sophisticated diagnostic machines and procedures as well as more efficient ways of processing admissions and patient information, along with the ability to better manage all of the...

Equity Bank, Airtel Money form partnership

Equity Bank and Airtel Kenya have entered into a partnership that will offer comprehensive mobile commerce solutions to their customers in Kenya, through Airtel Money. The service, available to all Equity Bank customers with Airtel lines, will enable customers from...

LG OLED TV earns green certifications

LG Electronics (LG) has announced that its curved OLED TV has been certified energy efficient and designed with the environment in mind by three separate certification bodies: Intertek, the European Commission and the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool...

DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR at Secondments Recruitment

Job Advert SummaryTo ensure performance, integrity and security of the Funds database, involvement in the design, development and integrity of the database, as well as in data mining and day to day operation and maintenance of the database Minimum RequirementsREQUIRED...

Technical Business Analyst

Technical Business Analyst/Analyst Developer - Contract - Western CapeOur conglomerate client within the Financial Services space is seeking an experienced and versatile technical business analyst to improve our information technology systems.In this role, your duties...

Data Scientist at Parvana Recruitment

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...

DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR at Secondments Recruitment – Gauteng Sandton

Job Advert SummaryTo ensure performance, integrity and security of the Funds database, involvement in the design, development and integrity of the database, as well as in data mining and day to day operation and maintenance of the database Minimum RequirementsREQUIRED...

Technical Business Analyst – Western Cape Cape Town

Technical Business Analyst/Analyst Developer - Contract - Western CapeOur conglomerate client within the Financial Services space is seeking an experienced and versatile technical business analyst to improve our information technology systems.In this role, your duties...

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...

Application Development Manager

Based in Johannesburg North, our client is looking for an Application Development Manager to join their team. If you are skilled in managing both people and technical aspects within the tech space, then please apply.Our client, a dynamic and engaging customer...

Internship – IT Computer Operator at Sintrex Integration Services

Overview All Sintrex Interns report directly to the Training Manager. Sintrex Interns form part of a 12 month internship programme where they are trained up to be employed into the company. Once successfully employed they will be placed in a junior role which could be...

Senior Software Engineer

Looking for a Senior Software Engineer for a Remote Position. Candidates MUST have Excellent Communication Skills and be well-versed in English as they will be dealing with foreign clients - Communication and Understanding is KEY. Candidates MUST have very strong...

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