Competition Commission role is to encourage growth, says FMF
The Competition Commission recently published its report, alongside intrusive implications, on South Africa's e-commerce market. The commission should rather promote growth by cutting anti-business regulations and regulatory agencies, according to the Free Market...
Defining moment for India in quest to be a superpower
While the world is in the midst of an unprecedented period of transition and uncertainty, India faces a defining opportunity to capitalise on the moment. This is according to a new S&P Global Look Forward research, titled Look Forward: India's Moment, focusing on...
Global economic rebound expected for 2021
After enduring its deepest recession in 74 years in 2020, the global economy is expected to rebound in 2021, according to the annual Top-10 Economic Predictions released today by IHS Markit. IHS Markit’s top prediction for 2021: a successful, widespread Covid-19...
Home office is insufficient for most workers
About 2,2-million South Africans lost their jobs as a result of Covid-19, bringing the already high unemployment rate to 30,8%. This figure was exacerbated by many businesses having to close down due to the restrictions imposed in order to reduce rates of infections...
Covid drives healthy growth for global PC market
The Global PC market is expected to grow 35% in the fourth quarter of 2020, then levelling out over 2021 at 1,4% for the year. Analysis from Canalys’ recently published PC market outlook report details key growth trends for the sector in 2021 and beyond. PC shipments...
Remote working set to continue even with a vaccine
A Gartner survey of HR leaders reveals that 90% of respondents plan to allow employees to work remotely at least part of the time, even after the Covid-19 vaccine is widely adopted. In addition, 65% of respondents reported that their organization will continue to...
Africans turn to apps during Covid
There has been a 33% increase in app downloads globally, with the number rising to 55% in sub-Saharan Africa. This is among the findings from AppsFlyer data, which examined more than 48-billion installs in over 30 000 apps with a minimum of 5 000 installs per month to...
Games, Lego, K-pop top kids’ Xmas searches
Kaspersky Safe Kids experts have analysed anonymised children’s search requests during the month of November – a time when children usually make their Christmas wish lists. The most popular game is Roblox and the most desired toy is Lego, while bands BTS and Blackpink...
Covid drives contraction for African trade figures
The last two years haven't told a good story for African trade, according to Afreximbank's annual African Trade Report (ATR). This year’s report examined trade and economic developments in Africa in 2019, a year dominated by trade wars and escalating tariffs that...
Tourism drops back to 1990 levels as arrivals plummet
International arrivals fell by 72% over the first ten months of 2020, with restrictions on travel, low consumer confidence and a global struggle to contain the Covid-19 virus, all contributing to the worst year on record in the history of tourism. According to the...
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Kathea wins Polycom awards
Kathea, a distributor of video communications solutions, was recently named Polycom Partner of the Year for Europe, Middle East, India and Africa (EMEA). The company was also awarded the Polycom Country Award. Kathea received both awards at TEAM Polycom 2013, the...
PPO aids AfriSam development
Leading black-controlled construction materials group in southern Africa, AfriSam has chosen to implement Project Portfolio Office (PPO), an online project portfolio management (PPM) and collaboration application, in order to meet its project management and reporting...
Windows Phone 8 aims for business market
Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8, which launched with much fanfare to the consumer market late last year, is busy making a strong play for the heart and mind of the business market with a host of enterprise-level features that the company says will slot in seamlessly with...
VMware introduces new offerings
VMware, the global leader in virtualisation and cloud infrastructure, has introduced two new offerings to help customers further leverage their investments in VMware vSphere - VMware vSphere with Operations Management and VMware vSphere Data Protection Advanced....
QlikView positioned in Leaders Quadrant
QlikTech, a leader in business discovery – user-driven business intelligence (BI) - has announced it has been positioned by Gartner, in the Leaders Quadrant of the 2013 Business Intelligence and Analytics Platform Magic Quadrant report. This designation marks the...
XDSL provides Poynting Antennas with fibre
Poynting Antennas, a supplier of advanced antennas with branches in Gauteng and Cape Town, has resolved its connectivity issues with the implementation of a 4Mbps fibre optic solution from XDSL at its Samrand offices in Johannesburg. The solution has delivered...
TruTeq Devices seeks solutions providers
TruTeq Devices, which focuses on providing wireless connectivity solutions to all market sectors, has announced that it is looking for solutions providers to service a number of market sectors it serves, including mining, home and industrial automation systems,...
Soarsoft Africa announces Metalogix app
Soarsoft Africa, a specialist in archiving, migration, collaboration and messaging services, has announced Metalogix’s Drive 2 Office 365 app, allowing users to import documents and files from Google Drive to Office 365. By using the Metalogix Drive 2 Office 365 app,...
Telkom connects Mpumalanga schools
The Telkom Foundation and six schools in Mpumalanga are celebrating the handing over of 303 tablets to teachers as part of its Connecting Schools Project. The recipient schools are the Edward Matyeka Primary School; Nelson Ngubeni Primary School; Nancy Shiba Primary...
How to identify the process
Part three of a four part series by SoftExpert, Roger Tregear, a manager at Leonardo International and Ian Huntly, CEO of Rifle-Shot Performance Holdings, representatives in Sub-Saharan Africa of SoftExpert, a market leader in software and services for enterprise-wide...
Adobe Experience Developer at Accenture
Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services and solutions in strategy, consulting, song, technology and operations. Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries and all...
Frontend Software Developer – Eastern Cape Gqebera
Our client in the IT industry based in Port Elizabeth is currently looking to employ a Front-End Software Developer (Office based). Job Overview: The purpose of this position is to develop solutions through the involvement in various aspects of the software...
Postgres DBA – Gauteng Johannesburg
Our client is urgently looking for a Senior Postgress SQL DBA to join their team.Location- Cape Town & JHB Title: Senior Postgress SQL DBAExperience: 5 years + as Postgress DBANature of position: Contract to Go PermanentEmail updated CV to [Email Address Removed]...
Adobe Experience Developer at Accenture – Western Cape Cape Town
Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services and solutions in strategy, consulting, song, technology and operations. Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries and all...
Senior Back-end Java Developer
Knowledge of and experience in the following are required: Backend development using Java and Spring;Java EE;JDBC and JPA/Hibernate;Java application servers such as Tomcat, Wildfly, and Glassfish;SQL;PostgreSQL;Agile/Scrum;Test-driven development; andDocker.Experience...
Senior Business Analyst Reports
12 Month contract role with top tier client within the Financial Services sector (not banking) for a skilled and accomplished Senior Business Analyst who are Certified with experience in PLSQL, Data Mapping, Reporting.12 Month contract role with top tier client within...
Scrum Master at Accenture
As a Scrum Master, you will help teams from our clients with their Agile way of working, more specifically help Scrum teams to thrive. This key position will put you in a central and challenging position, which offers a great opportunity to be highly visible within...
Senior Back-end Java Developer – Gauteng Lynnwood
Knowledge of and experience in the following are required: Backend development using Java and Spring;Java EE;JDBC and JPA/Hibernate;Java application servers such as Tomcat, Wildfly, and Glassfish;SQL;PostgreSQL;Agile/Scrum;Test-driven development; andDocker.Experience...
Senior Business Analyst Reports – Gauteng Johannesburg North
12 Month contract role with top tier client within the Financial Services sector (not banking) for a skilled and accomplished Senior Business Analyst who are Certified with experience in PLSQL, Data Mapping, Reporting.12 Month contract role with top tier client within...
Scrum Master at Accenture – Gauteng Midrand
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