How will your career withstand the impact of AI?

New research from The TEFL Academy’s South African Career Resilience Report 2026 reveals that 57% of local respondents have questioned whether their chosen career or qualification will still be valuable because of artificial intelligence - while 84% say AI has already...

Cyber resilience the foundation for Africa’s next phase of digital growth

Building strong cyber resilience will be the key to sustaining the current remarkable growth of Africa’s digital economy, according to a new white paper from Mastercard. The report – Africa’s Digital Defence Race - highlights that between 2016 and 2025, mobile money...

Underfunding a leading cause of AI failures for SA firms

South African organisations whose AI ambitions outrun their budgets are seven times more likely to say AI has fallen short, according to preliminary results from DayOne’s State of AI Delivery in South Africa survey. Of the more than 170 employees, founders, managers...

Revenue to hit $1bn as quantum breakthroughs advance

Worldwide, quantum computing revenue is projected to total $1,1-billion in 2027, according to Gartner. “Nations and businesses have scaled spending in quantum literacy, patents, partnerships, and early use-case exploration,” says Gaurav Gupta, vice-president analyst...

Samsung leads global smartphone recovery

According to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker , global smartphone shipments increased 7,8% year over year to 289,4-million units in the first quarter of 2024 (1Q24). While the industry is not...

Robust growth forecast for AI in healthcare

The global AI in healthcare market is expected to reach $187,7-billion by 2030, registering a CAGR of 38,5% from 2024 to 2030, according to a new report by Grand View Research. AI acts as a transformative force in healthcare systems shifting them from reactive to...

Covid drives digital wallet uptake

The adoption of digital wallets in the Middle East and Africa has been growing steadily over the last number of years and this has been accelerated as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. With merchants now prioritising online and in-store payments, there is now an...

IBM unveils on-chip accelerated AI processor

IBM has unveiled details of the upcoming new IBM Telum Processor, designed to bring deep learning inference to enterprise workloads to help address fraud in realtime. Announced at the annual Hot Chips conference, Telum is IBM's first processor that contains on-chip...

Key technologies drive innovation through trust, growth and change

Engineering trust, accelerating growth and sculpting change are the three overarching trends on the Gartner Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, 2021 that will drive organisations to explore emerging technologies such as nonfungible tokens (NFT), sovereign cloud,...

SA’s women entrepreneurs bridge the digital divide

Despite having to contend with gender disparities, women entrepreneurs in South Africa are bridging the digital divide and have adopted and integrated digital solutions into their businesses on a scale comparable to their male counterparts. According to new research...

Learning losses due to Covid-19 cause for concern

The Department of Basic Education is concerned about the learning losses the sector has incurred particularly since the pandemic began last year. Lost school days leads to foregone learning (learning losses) - recent from around the world even before the pandemic has...

Signed Apple II manual goes for $787k

An Apple II manual signed by Apple co-founder Steve Jobs has been sold for more than three-quarters of a million dollars. RR Auction netted a massive $787 484.00 for the 196-page manual, which was signed by Jobs and Mike Markkula, an early investor in Apple and its...

Ransomware increases 10-fold

Threat intelligence from the first half of 2021 demonstrates a significant increase in the volume and sophistication of attacks targeting individuals, organisations, and increasingly critical infrastructure. The expanding attack surface of hybrid workers and learners,...

Solid growth ahead for GRC solutions

Worldwide revenues for governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) software experienced healthy growth in 2020, growing 8,2% year over year, despite concerns of a market downturn resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic. At the same time, the pandemic highlighted the need for...

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New MD for Stanchion

Stanchion Payment Solutions has appointed Deon van Biljon as its new managing director with effect from 17 June as the organisation positions itself for renewed growth in the payment services market. Current MD Graham Williams will turn his focus to building the...

How to measure the success of ESN

The enthusiastic uptake and popularity of social networks such as Facebook and Twitter – which now reportedly accounts for 20% of all online activity – has convinced many companies to try and replicate that same level of success and reach with enterprise social...

Infor reports Q4 double digit growth

May marked the end of an exciting fiscal year for Infor, a leading provider of business application software serving more than 70 000 customers. Based on preliminary financial results, Infor expects its fiscal 2013 Q4 software license fees and subscription revenues to...

Best Western International uses JDA Software

In order to enhance business intelligence and capabilities to drive higher revenue across all channels and segments, Best Western International has selected JDA Software Group, the supply chain company, as its strategic partner to embark upon a comprehensive price...

Managing mobile security in South Africa

From smartphones to tablets, mobile devices continue to cause ongoing concern for IT teams responsible for information security. Sensitive corporate information can be easily transported, leaked, or lost while the BYOD movement has dramatically increased the number of...

Toshiba launches STOR.E CANVIO

Toshiba Gulf FZE has introduced the STOR.E CANVIO, its first portable external hard disk drive (HDD) to offer both up to 2Tb of storage capacity and 10Gb of free subscription to Pogoplug PC cloud storage, enabling users to access their files on the HDD using mobile...

Rising imports puts supply chain at risk

As the demand by South African companies for foreign-produced goods continues to increase, developing a comprehensive importing strategy is critical for local businesses to mitigate the risk against supply chain disruptions. Trade data released by the SA Revenue...

Veeam expands Cloud Provider programme

Veeam Software, innovative provider of backup, replication and virtualisation management solutions for VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V, has expanded its Veeam Cloud Provider (VCP) programme with the addition of Veeam Backup Management Suite. The Veeam Cloud...

Intuate named Hitachi Gold Partner

Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) has appointed local privately owned, broad based IT company, Intuate Group, as a Gold Partner in its TrueNorth partner programme. “As a Gold Partner, Intuate Group essentially acts as an extension of HDS and can market any of our solutions...

Adobe DPS drives 100m digital downloads

Adobe has announced that 100-million digital downloads – including magazines, newspapers, corporate publications and apps, all created with Adobe Digital Publishing Suite (DPS) – have been delivered to readers and customers in just over two years. Today’s top...

Junior IT Administrator

Minimum Requirements:Matric / Grade 12 Relevant IT Qualifications: A+; N+; Security+; MCSA MCSE Experience knowledgeBasic Networking experience on domain networksExperience in Pastel accounting/ Payroll; Vanilla Payroll; CaseWare Working papers software (Highly...

Junior BI Developer

Our client is seeking a talented Junior Business Intelligence Developer who will be responsible for transforming raw data into visually appealing and informative dashboards using Qlik software. This position is ideal for individuals passionate about data...

Data Engineer

Is this you?Are you a pioneering Data Engineer with a flair for innovation and a passion for data quality? Our client is looking for a self-starter, someone who can independently navigate complex data landscapes and drive excellence in data integration and...

Senior Data Engineer – Gauteng Ferndale

Purpose of the Position:The purpose of the Senior Data Engineer for Insights and Reporting role is to design and implement data models and architectures that enable business stakeholders to gain insights from large-scale datasets. This individual will work closely...

Junior IT Administrator – Eastern Cape East London

Minimum Requirements:Matric / Grade 12 Relevant IT Qualifications: A+; N+; Security+; MCSA MCSE Experience knowledgeBasic Networking experience on domain networksExperience in Pastel accounting/ Payroll; Vanilla Payroll; CaseWare Working papers software (Highly...

Junior BI Developer – Remote Remote

Our client is seeking a talented Junior Business Intelligence Developer who will be responsible for transforming raw data into visually appealing and informative dashboards using Qlik software. This position is ideal for individuals passionate about data...

Data Engineer – Gauteng Sandown

Is this you?Are you a pioneering Data Engineer with a flair for innovation and a passion for data quality? Our client is looking for a self-starter, someone who can independently navigate complex data landscapes and drive excellence in data integration and...

iOS Developer (Senior) 2102 TT – Gauteng Pretoria

You will work in a self-organised and agile DevOps development team.The feature team is responsible for the new and further development of applications for the Workspace domain.Together with the DevOps team you are responsible for the specification, development,...

AWS Data Engineer – Gauteng Johannesburg North

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced AWS Data Engineer to join our Global Markets division on a (3-month contract with potential to renew). In this role, you will work closely with our traders, quantitative analysts, and data scientists to design,...

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