SA stands out as a global air pollution hotspot
Egypt, Nigeria, and South Africa have emerged as Africa's most polluted countries in terms of air pollution disease burden, with profound health consequences for Africa's people and exacerbated impacts on climate change, a report prepared by Greenpeace Africa and...
SIU concludes Treasury’s Oracle contract was irregular
Parliament's Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa) has given National Treasury three weeks to come up with a way forward after the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) concluded that an almost R1-billion contract with Oracle was irregular. The integrated financial...
SA property company accepts crypto for rental deposits
Affordable residential and student housing company Quorum Holdings believes it is first in South Africa to accept rental deposits in cryptocurrency, and to allow tenants to potentially benefit from an increase in value. With a growing portfolio expected to reach...
Aurora Australis lights up the southern sky
An image, taken from aboard the International Space Station, shows the aurora australis as it streams across the Earth's atmosphere as the station orbited 271 miles above the southern Indian Ocean between Asia and Antarctica. Named for the Roman goddess of dawn, the...
Robo-advisors to become a $2trn industry by 2023
The robo-advisors market has experienced massive growth during the pandemic, with more investors than ever using these digital platforms for automated, algorithm-driven investment services. Last year, the entire industry hit over $1-trillion value, despite the market...
Anti-vaxxers and the workplace
The Covid-19 vaccine debate has never been hotter. Take it, say the medical professionals and the vaccine believers. No, say the vaccine debaters and naysayers, influenced by social media and complex healthcare concerns. It's a debate that has broken up families and...
2Africa adds cable connections
Four new branches to the 2Africa cable will extend its connectivity to the Seychelles, the Comoros Islands and Angola, as well as bringing a new landing to south-east Nigeria. The 2Africa consortium is comprised of China Mobile International, Facebook, MRN...
Covid has devastating effect on childhood cancer treatment
Drastic Covid-19 preventive measures following the onset of the pandemic in Africa as well as the heightened focus by countries' health workforce on curbing the virus hugely disrupted other essential health services across the region. Although routine services are now...
Financial services in the age of the platform economy
Digitisation is driving the convergence of industries across the globe resulting in traditional financial services groups contending with a range of new competitors. The implications could be dire for financial services organisations that are unwilling to adapt their...
Innovation a big budget item, but marketers lack a clear definition
Chief marketing officers (CMOs) see innovation as the path to growth, with marketing innovation now making up more than 20% of overall marketing budgets, according to Gartner. The annual Gartner CMO Spend Survey 2021 showed that 72% of CMOs have increased investments...
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StudyApps set to revolutionise learning
Digital specialist entrepreneur Laurence Seberini has launched a new venture, StudyApps, that is set to improve the ability of school pupils to retain knowledge. The idea behind StudyApps is that students actually learn better through testing. Seberini has first-hand...
SOA is a strategic enabler
Technology has evolved to a point where, for the first time it’s the business principles and the needs of an organisation that can drive the way in which technology can execute on those needs. It is through service-oriented architecture (SOA) that this relationship...
Mobile ‘network in a box’ bridges divide
Cellular networks have revolutionised the South African communications landscape, providing easy access to telephony, data and a host of other services. However, while cellular connectivity provides excellent coverage for metropolitan areas, access is still sparse in...
Data drives payroll in commerce
The advent of big data and big data analytics is changing business at bedrock level, and this will have an impact on the payroll environment. Business leaders are looking to a combination of in memory business intelligence and big data to empower them to offer what...
PPC solidifies backups with CA ARCserve
PPC has consolidated the management and control of its backups across a highly distributed computing environment using CA ARCserve Management Capacity Licence, from CA Southern Africa. This licence allows PPC to purchase a single licence for its multiple offices and...
In-store competitions are now easier
Mobile and digital marketing company, MobiMedia, recently launched an innovative in-store competition entry mechanism, which offers consumers immediate feedback and prize notifications, whilst providing prize inventory management and distribution details for...
Citrix XenDesktop offers Windows Azure
Citrix has announced it can enable enterprise customers and service providers to deliver high-performance mobile apps and Windows Server-based session desktops from Microsoft’s Windows Azure cloud platform with the recently announced Citrix XenDesktop 7. With the...
Adoption of contactless payments
As South Africa steadily gears up for the widespread adoption of contactless payment systems, a local expert says consumers have plenty of convenience to look forward to. However, adoption is something of a "chicken and egg" challenge, as introducing the technology to...
Paving the way for managed print success
Managed print services (MPS) is a terrific opportunity for resellers to drive revenue and enhance share of customer. To succeed, it needs the support of a visionary and supportive vendor, says Craig Green, OPB channel manager at Bytes Document Solutions. It requires,...
Information security and good governance
In an increasingly regulated world, all companies today have to take a long hard look at the way information resides within their organisations, who has access to it, and more importantly, whether it leaves them open to operational and security risks. These concerns...
Software Developer – KwaZulu-Natal Kloof
An exciting opportunity for an intermediate developer to join a growing company specialising in the utility and energy management space. You will be responsible for building software by writing code, as well as modifying existing code to fix...
Mid Software Developer at Accenture – Gauteng Midrand
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Senior Data Engineer – Remote Remote
The Data Engineer skill is required to enable the data lifecycle within, namely the ability to integrate data between the source system (golden/trusted) and the target database, hence providing good quality data by applying the necessary framework/s and governance to...
Control Systems Engineer – Gauteng Alberton
Electrical / Electronic Degree or Diploma This Dynamic and Rapidly Expanding Consulting Engineering Organisation in the Oil & Gas and Mining Sectors, require a Junior Control Systems Engineer to do the following : Background in process plant engineering and...
Mid/Senior Level C# Developer – Remote Remote
Are you an experienced developer looking to join a dynamic team in the heart of Sandton? We are seeking a skilled developer with 3-5 years of experience in C# to join an innovative fintech company. If you're passionate about writing clean code, have a strong...
Java Blaze Developer
Are you a seasoned FICO Blaze Developer with a passion for Java-based FICO Blaze Advisor versions 7.x? Do you thrive on the intricacies of Rules Harvesting, Rules Inventory Management Strategies, and Rules Services Design? If you have 8+ years of extensive Blaze...
Scrum Master at Accenture
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At iOCO, we're dedicated to driving innovation, fostering business agility, and ensuring digital resilience for our clients. We're currently looking for a skilled and experienced Systems Developer to join our dynamic team. In this role, you'll play a pivotal part in...
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ENVIRONMENT:JOIN an energetic team as its next Software Engineer where you will be fully responsible for all the systems required to support the groups of a leading eCommerce platform's delivery network as well as the unique challenges that come with logistics and...
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