What needs to be done to realise Africa’s e-commerce potential
A report by the GSM Association (GSMA) and the UK's Department for Business and Trade highlighted the impact of e-commerce on micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to help them grow new markets, profitability and resilience. However, in Africa, online retail as...
Execs aren’t sleeping enough – and it’s a cardiometabolic risk
A new study published in Preventive Medicine journal found that four years of consistently inadequate sleep in corporate executives was associated with adverse cardiometabolic health. Led by Paula Pienaar, a PhD candidate at the University of Cape Town (UCT) and Vrije...
TymeBank SA reaches 3m customer milestone
Digital bank TymeBank has signed up 3-million customers just over two years after its launch in February 2019. The bank has been consistently onbaording 100 000 and 120 000 customers each month, which breaks down to between 3 000 and 5 000 new customers every day....
MTN appointed as government’s mobile communication provider
The National Treasury RT15 bid evaluation committee has appointed MTN SA as a service provider to government, through its new mobile communication services contract, known as RT15-2021. The RT15 2021 transversal contract allows for all entities of state to use the...
Nedbank brings Apple Pay to customers
Nedbank is offering its customers Apple Pay as a safe, secure and private way to pay that helps customers avoid handing their payment card to someone else, touching physical buttons or exchanging cash. Customers can simply hold their iPhone or Apple Watch near a...
Jasco posts six-month operating profit
Jasco Electronics has posted an operating profit increase of 132% for the six months ended 31 December 2020. Cash generated from operations increased by 218%, earnings per share increased by 168% and headline earnings per share were up by 70%. During the period, the...
Responsible practices key to AI success
Kathy Gibson reports – Artificial intelligence (AI) cannot function effectively without the trust of all an organisation’s stakeholders - customers, vendors, employees and staff. And, while there are any number of high-level principles expounded around AI, there is a...
Solar installations to hit record 180GW in 2021
Solar PV installations are expected to post 27% year-on-year growth in 2021 amid strong demand despite increased module prices, long lead times and rising freight costs, according to a new report from IHS Markit. This comes at a time when the solar supply chain is...
Threats against industrial control systems on the rise
While the percentage of industrial control systems (ICS) computers on which malicious objects were blocked had declined since the second half of 2019, this number again started to rise in the second half of 2020. Globally, the percentage of attacked ICS computers in...
ISPA Inspires bursary awarded
South Africa's Internet Service Providers' Association (ISPA) has awarded its inaugural ISPA Inspires bursary to Fabian Brijlal from Phoenix, KwaZulu-Natal and Jordy Kafwe Kioni from Parklands, Western Cape. A total of 288 applications were received for ISPA's...
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NCDoE verifies personnel information
The Northern Cape Department of Education (NCDoE) has decided to speed up its ongoing efforts to maintain up-to-date personnel information, opting to fast-track the update process over a three week period using Datacentrix’ eDNA personnel information verification...
Kaspersky bundles security with WoW
Gamers can now take advantage of a special arrangement between Kaspersky Lab and Blizzard Entertainment. The two companies are working together to offer a software bundle that includes Kaspersky Internet Security 2013 (KIS) and World of Warcraft (WoW), the world’s...
Auditors demand good data governance
South African businesses are increasingly being prompted by their auditors to ensure they get their data governance act together since failure to do so, or do so successfully at this stage, derails the auditors’ ability to write them a clean bill of health, says...
Conduct appoints new COO
Following its recent appointment of industry veteran Richard Came, Conduct Telecommunications has again made a key appointment. Dimitri Moussa has joined Conduct as chief operating officer (COO) with immediate effect. He will take the company through its next phase of...
Dell unveils ProSupport Enterprise Suite
As enterprises face an increasingly complex and converged IT environment, they require a higher level of service to maintain and optimise performance. Coinciding with the fifth anniversary of its award-winning Dell ProSupport service that boasts an estimated 95%...
Fontera develops world-first soccer app
Fontera Digital Works, one of South Africa’s only independent development houses with an international footprint, has developed a innovative mobile soccer application for the iPhone and Android mobile devices called My Soccer Life. The application is aimed at the...
Interactive grows customer service in Africa
Interactive Intelligence is launching a year-long campaign to educate African enterprises on customer service best practice. Through a series of Webinars and in-house seminars, Interactive Intelligence aims to help African businesses improve their customer experience...
Panasonic introduces Toughbook, Toughpad
Syntech, a South African based IT hardware distributor, and Panasonic, one of the largest electronic product manufacturers in the world, have announced the launch of the Toughbook and Toughpad at a media and reseller get-together on Thursday. The new Toughbook and...
Strong social media passwords are key
Last week (23 April), the Twitter account of the Associated Press (AP) news agency was hacked and subsequently sent out a hoax tweet reporting that President Barack Obama had been injured in an explosion in the White House. Within seconds, Wall Street was in panic...
MITSUMI wins at BoICT Awards Nigeria
The fourth Annual Beacon of ICT Awards 2013, the annual industry-wide celebration of deserving talents, contributions and commitments to the growth of the ICT industry, was held on Saturday, 20 April 2013 at the Eko Hotels and Suites, Lagos, Nigeria. MITSUMI...
Software Engineer – Java – Western Cape Stellenbosch
ENVIRONMENT:A prominent company specializing in state-of-the-art Telecommunications Solutions based in Stellenbosch is in search of a Software Engineer. The role entails collaborating with cross-functional teams to create user-friendly interfaces and application...
Security Engineer at Old Mutual Finance
Old Mutual Finance is looking for a Cloud Security Engineer who will provide AWS Cloud Security expertise and will be responsible for the implementation of security controls. This role requires a professional who is comfortable taking decisions and dealing with a...
SAP SCM Consultant
Are you ready to elevate your career in the heart of innovation? We are on the lookout for a talented and driven SAP SCM Specialist to join our dynamic team at a major Chemical & Petroleum company based in the vibrant city of Cape Town. Candidate Requirements 5...
Senior Java Developer
Take care of your career health! Hybrid role in Cape Town for a Senior Java Developer in the Medical Aid sphere. Your current industry not your cup of tea - then this cuppa Java on for size! BOTH CONTRACT AND PERMANENT OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLEMy client who isa giant in...
Mulesoft Developer
ENVIRONMENT:A Premier custom software and product development IT company, delivering custom-made solutions for large enterprises as well as dynamic start-ups is seeking to employ a Mulesoft Developer who has a minimum 7 years of software development experience, a...
Java Analyst Developer
What will you do?Working in an agile team, you would be responsible to produce quality software according to business requirements. You need to assist with the deployment and monitoring of the developed systems in development, testing and production environments....
Security Engineer at Old Mutual Finance – Western Cape Pinelands
Old Mutual Finance is looking for a Cloud Security Engineer who will provide AWS Cloud Security expertise and will be responsible for the implementation of security controls. This role requires a professional who is comfortable taking decisions and dealing with a...
SAP SCM Consultant – Western Cape Cape Town CBD
Are you ready to elevate your career in the heart of innovation? We are on the lookout for a talented and driven SAP SCM Specialist to join our dynamic team at a major Chemical & Petroleum company based in the vibrant city of Cape Town. Candidate Requirements 5...
Senior Java Developer – Gauteng
Take care of your career health! Hybrid role in Cape Town for a Senior Java Developer in the Medical Aid sphere. Your current industry not your cup of tea - then this cuppa Java on for size! BOTH CONTRACT AND PERMANENT OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLEMy client who isa giant in...
Mulesoft Developer – Gauteng Johannesburg
ENVIRONMENT:A Premier custom software and product development IT company, delivering custom-made solutions for large enterprises as well as dynamic start-ups is seeking to employ a Mulesoft Developer who has a minimum 7 years of software development experience, a...
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