As African CEOs embrace AI, ROI is still elusive

By Kathy Gibson - African companies are in the middle of learning and adopting artificial intelligence (AI), and adapting to the changes it brings. But they are also looking beyond adoption at how to measure value from their AI investments, says Ladi Asuni, partner...

Africa moves from AI ambition to action

AI has moved from potential to proven economic value and while ambition setting is near universal across economies, execution speed is the differentiator, according to Boston Consulting Group’s The AI Maturity Matrix 2026: AI Is Transforming How Economies Develop and...

The shocking reality facing jobseekers

Of the 867 706 people who registered looking for entry-level work in retail, restaurants and quick-service outlets over a 13-month period, just 6 566 were appointed - approximately one in every 132 – and between them, they sent nearly five million applications. The...

Spatial data maps where Super El Niño will hit SA hardest

The South African Weather Service gave the clearest sign yet on 1 September: this El Niño is on course to become the strongest event in living memory, with sea surface temperatures already tracking past 3°C above normal. A national outlook can't say which town or...

Companies pour massive investments into security upskilling

Most then 70% of businesses pay more than $100 000 for additional training annually to keep skills of their cybersecurity employees up to date, a recent global Kaspersky study has revealed. However, the surveyed companies also highlighted that there was a lack of...

The world spent $42,5trn on IT over the last decade

Each year, companies and consumers worldwide spend trillions of dollars on IT, including devices like PCs, tablets, mobile phones, printers, enterprise software, data center systems, and communications services. And, while 2024 is on track to set a new record with...

How govtech can reach full potential

Since the beginning of last year, governments have been pouring investments into e-systems, which can be largely attributed to the Covid-19 pandemic and the outlined need for e-solutions. However, some experts say that despite the increased focus on e-government...

Nedbank, AWS partner to help youth with cloud careers

Nedbank has joined forces with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to provide free cloud computing skills development and job training to unemployed youth through the AWS re/Start programme. AWS re/Start is a free, 12-week training programme, covering fundamental AWS Cloud and...

Dedicated cloud IaaS market set for 100-times growth

Digital transformation (DX) is one of the trends shaping the enterprise world and driving the investments organisations are making to modernise their IT infrastructures and processes. Migration to service-based IT is one of the significant elements of DX initiatives...

Microsoft’s $10bn US Defense cloud contract pulled

The US Defense Department has cancelled a $10-billion cloud computing project with Microsoft. The new version of the JEDI contract will include Amazon and potentially other cloud players as well. When the contract was awarded in 2019, Amazon was widely tipped to win...

How CIOs can advance diversity, equity, inclusion

As part of their leadership responsibilities, CIOs should leverage their influence and technology resources to take an active role in advancing diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, according to Gartner. "The disruption from the pandemic and social...

Scamming intensifies ahead of Black Widow premiere

After a few release date changes due to the pandemic, the world is finally set to experience the long awaited Black Widow movie. With all the restrictions driven by coronavirus, the organisers decided that the premiere of Black Widow will take place simultaneously in...

MS Teams saw 90% growth to 145m daily users

Microsoft Teams surged in popularity as a direct result of the Coronavirus outbreak in 2020. According to data presented by Tradingplatforms.com, the daily active users (DAU) of Microsoft Teams in April 2021 increased by over 93% compared to a similar period in 2020 -...

New approach needed to combat HIV-related stigma in SA

Globally, external HIV-related stigma is a major threat to all HIV prevention, care and treatment interventions - including the recently launched Universal Test and Treat strategy in South Africa and the 90-90-90 targets set by UNAIDS for the global response by 2020...

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DCC offers Dell Inspiron One 23

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Listing data quality issues aids businesses

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Cyberoam achieves ISO certification

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Epson launches new projector range

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Jasco launches DCaaS offerings

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Huawei showcases MediaQ M310 at MWC

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Lenovo announces new Android tablets

Lenovo has announced a lineup of new Android tablets, offering configurations and form factors to match consumer needs for both ultra-portable tablets and multimedia performers.  The portfolio, which also boasts unique connectivity features, will be available in...

The right disk drive for video surveillance

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Properly insuring tech goods

More than 10-million South Africans own at least one technology gadget.  South Africans spending on gadgets has increased dramatically and according to the latest figures from market analytics company, International Data Corporation, overall IT spending in South...

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The role is accountable for developing Architecture within Digital Technology (DT) across the Information Technology (IT) and Operational Technology (OT) domains. The purpose of this role is the selection of new technologies and the effective design of platforms to...

Senior Network Engineer – Gauteng Centurion

Role: Senior Network EngineerLocation: Centurion - role will be hybrid after the first 6 monthsOur client is a leading ICT company who are dedicated to providing innovative ICT solutions to their clients. They are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior...

Integration Developer – Gauteng Johannesburg

We are seeking a talented and experienced Integration Developer to join our team. As an Integration Developer, you will play a key role in designing, implementing, and maintaining integration solutions to enable seamless communication and data exchange between...

IT Asset and Configuration Manager – Gauteng Johannesburg

Our client, a Leading Financial institution is looking for a highly skilled IT Asset and Configuration Manager to join their team.Job PurposeTo consolidate, track and manage physical and contractual aspects of an information technology asset throughout its lifecycles...

IT Project Manager (6-Month Contract) – Western Cape Cape Town

ENVIRONMENT:SUPPORT with the planning, controlling and execution of activities to deliver the SAP S/4 Hana implementation to agreed parameters of cost, timescales and quality as the next IT Project Manager sought by a dynamic Energy Company. You will manage the...

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Well established business is seeking to appoint a Applications Developer & Support.Requirements:The successful candidate will hold a relevant Degree/National Diploma in Information Technology/ComputerScience/ Information Systems or equivalent coupled with at least...

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ENVIRONMENT:JOIN a growing world class Service Desk team of a dynamic Internet Service & Network Specialist seeking its next strong technical & ambitious 1st Line Support Engineer. Your core role will be to provide a single point of contact for customers to...

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