Broadband drives economic, social development
Kathy Gibson reports - The deployment and adoption of broadband is critical to economic and social development. This is the word from Mathhew Reed, chief analyst: service provider at Omdia, who points to the World Bank's estimate that a 10 percentage point increase in...
African broadband adoption slips
Kathy Gibson reports - Although broadband adoption in Africa is increasing quickly, the continent is still some way off from achieving many of its connectivity goals. Martin Creaner, director-general of the World Broadband Association, says there is general consensus...
Budget takes plight of ordinary taxpayers into account
In this year's budget speech, Minister of Finance Tito Mboweni steered a course between providing some relief to beleaguered taxpayers after a challenging year while still trying to stick to the government's existing fiscal plans. This is according to Thomas Lobban,...
Mboweni sticks to a realistic path in 2021/22 Budget
South African Finance Minister Tito Mboweni delivered the 2021/22 Budget on Wednesday that treads a pragmatic path between over-spending and too much austerity, as the economy grapples with the impact of Covid-19 and lockdowns. By Wesley Grimm, Joon Chong, Cor...
Budget 2021: a quick view
Minister of Finance Tito Mboweni delivered his Budget Speech 2021 to Parliament on Wednesday 24 February. Lullu Krugel, chief economist for PwC Strategy& Africa; and Dr Christie Viljoen, PwC Strategy& economist, provide an overview of key information relating...
Perseverance snaps first full-colour pic of Mars
The first high-resolution colour image to be sent back by the Hazard Cameras on the underside of NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover, following its landing on 18 February 2021. This follows video from its landing that chronicles major milestones during the final minutes of...
Salaries shrunk in January 2021
The real average and overall salary paid contracted in January 2021 after coming under strain from the pandemic and level 3 lockdown, according to the latest BankservAfrica Take-home Pay Index (BTPI). However, South Africa's real private pensions reached the best...
IDC expects AI market growth to improve in 2021
Worldwide revenues for the artificial intelligence (AI) market, including software, hardware, and services, are forecast to grow 16,4% year over year in 2021 to $327,5-billion, according to the latest release of the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide...
Global government IT spend set to grow 5% in 2021
Worldwide government IT spending is forecast to total $483-billion in 2021, an increase of 5,1% from 2020, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. "Government organizations continue to be challenged with the appropriate level of interventions to respond and...
Telcos should prioritise 5G efficiency and sustainability
5G will be the most transformative communications technology in a generation and enable a universe of new services, including advanced energy management capabilities that will be critical to solving growing energy and sustainability challenges. But new research...
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Sage adds security to payroll solutions
Sage Pastel Payroll & HR software solutions deliver increased business efficiency and cost savings for SME businesses following their integration with secure, online transaction processing services provider Sage Netcash. The result is that the South African SME...
The benefits of upgrading to Windows 8
Now that the Windows 8 operating system is available - it was released to manufacturing in August 2012, and for general use at the end of October 2012 - the question is what benefits will make it worth the consumer’s while to upgrade, says Cindy du Toit, Microsoft...
XDSL provides critical connectivity for G4S
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TAKEALOT.com acquires stake in Mr D
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OTEL relocates VoIP station
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iROKOtv launches app for Nokia Lumia
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Esquire launches new Geeko tablets
Digital and lifestyle distributor, Esquire Technologies – the 2012 African distributor of the Year - has announced that it is to launch the Geeko Junior and Geeko Premium tablets. This is according to Asgar Mahomed, MD of Esquire Technologies, who says the Geeko...
ILM implementation empowers utilities
It boasts the distinction of being the largest producer of electricity in Africa and ranks among the top seven utilities in the world in terms of generation capacity, providing power to more than 4,3-million customers. But what exactly goes into powering a major...
Avoiding virtualisation’s dark side
Uncontrolled virtual machine sprawl can undermine the business case for virtualisation, says Warren Olivier of software vendor Veeam – and IT managers need to deploy new tools to manage much more complex environments. Olivier identifies three major issues in managing...
Printing goes mobile
Mobility is the future of the workforce, as the proliferation of tablets, notebooks and smartphones allows users to work almost seamlessly from anywhere, anytime. However, one aspect of the business environment often remains tied to traditional wired environments –...
Mainframe Application Developer at Accenture – Gauteng Midrand
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Senior Database and Applications Developer – Gauteng Midrand
Requirements The successful candidate will hold a relevant Degree/National Diploma in Information Technology/Computer Science/ Information Systems or equivalent coupled with at least 3-4 years' experience in an ICT applications development, implementation, support and...
Senior Test Analyst (12m Contract) – Gauteng Johannesburg North
We have a 12 month contract for a Senior Test Analyst available at a large banking corporate in Johannesburg to be part of the team that works with other African Countries.The purpose of this role is to identify the target test Items to be evaluated by the test...
Senior Java Developer – Western Cape Cape Town
Senior Java DeveloperJOB DESCRIPTION Support existing and develop new functionality and components.Understand existing product and domain elements and work with business analysts to refine and implement new requirements.Refactor and improve the code to keep the...
Senior Security Specialist at AVBOB – Gauteng Arcadia
Key Performance Areas:Responsible for ensuring availability and performance of the security systems, that supports the system.Assist in the management and support of product integration services with multiple business partners, including real-time web services and...
Mid Software Developer at Accenture
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Senior Database Developer
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Project Manager
RETAIL PROJECT MANAGER Permanent Position (Office based): An experienced Project Manager is currently sought after by a well-established retail marketing company, located in Durbanville, Cape Town. In this role, you will be responsible for planning and overseeing...
Intermediate Web Developer
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Full Stack Java Developer
Min of 5-10 years java experience.Strong back end and front end development skillsStrong SQL skills, especially on MSSQLSolid experience in the following technologies:SOAMicroservicesDockerJavaAngularNodeJSBootstrapSpring...
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