Tesla decimates global workforce
Elon Musk's Tesla is shedding 14 000 jobs, about 10% of its global workforce. The news comes amid a flagging market and increased competition from China. Hours after Musk made the announcement in a mail to employees, two senior executives resigned from the company....
Inkjet, colour lasers drive regional printer growth
The overall Middle East and Africa (MEA) hardcopy peripherals (HCP) market posted growth in both units and value in FY2023, according to the latest insights from International Data Corporation (IDC). The technology research and consulting firm's Worldwide Quarterly...
Study reveals factors behind weak civil society
There are several deficiencies in the current design of regulatory frameworks for the civil society sector. This is one of the finding from a study commissioned by the National Development Agency (NDA) to analyse the current legislative, policy and regulatory...
Cautious optimism as government moves to strengthen nomination process for senior appointments at SOEs
According to reports, government is planning to intensify the vetting of non-executive directors and other employees at SOEs to improve the quality of appointments. These moves are long overdue and should be welcomed - but with caution, says Parmi Natesan, CEO of the...
Strong growth expected for managed edge services
Managed edge services promises to be a high-growth market as enterprises look to low-latency edge services to address process efficiencies, support new consumer applications, comply with data sovereignty, and deal with security threats. According to a new forecast...
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...
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Trustwave makes threat protection easier
Trustwave has announced new software that helps businesses better defend against the onslaught of security threats putting their confidential data and operations at risk – including advanced persistent threats, targeted malware and other forms of cybercrime – while...
JUMIA celebrates one year in Nigeria
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DiData celebrates 20 years in Luxembourg
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Datacentrix wins two government tenders
The Western Cape Government has appointed Datacentrix, one of South Africa’s leading empowered services-led solution integrators, to help implement an enterprise content management (ECM) strategy within its Department of Health (DoH) facilities across the province....
BPM creates breakthroughs, drives change
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Big data brings challenges, opportunities
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Reconsider outsourcing of software testing
The economic and business drivers that once convinced companies to outsource software testing to external service providers need to be reconsidered, says Ziaan Hattingh, MD of IndigoCube, a company that enables and improves the productivity of the application life...
BYOD is the new IT challenge
The evolution of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) trend has been as profound as it has been rapid. It represents the most visible sign that the boundaries between personal life and work life are blurring, says Perry Hutton, Regional Director – Africa at Fortinet. At the...
Extend video conferencing interoperability
Video conferencing (VC) is without a doubt a valuable asset for today’s business, as it enables face-to-face interactions across geographic boundaries without the need for costly and environmentally unfriendly travel, among other benefits. However, given the sheer...
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ENVIRONMENT:A ridiculously cool web and software development company specialising in developing strategies, as well as conceptualising, implementing and maintaining online campaigns, is looking for a Senior Full Stack Developer to join their remote team. They are a...
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Senior Software Developer
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Senior Front End Developer ( Remote ) – Western Cape Cape Town CBD
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