How GenAI could influence SA elections
It's a national election year in South Africa, as well as for many countries around the world. This time round, we are about to witness how generative AI will impact the run up to voting day. Zaheer Ebrahim, solutions architect at Trend Micro MEA, offers some insight...
East coast cable issues hit operators
Seacom has encountered a service-affecting outage on its subsea cable system, beginning on 24 February 2024. The disruption is only on the segment of the cable that runs from Mombasa (Kenya) to Zafarana (Egypt). Initial assessments suggest that the disruption to the...
Gen Z moves local mall culture online
By harnessing the power of social media, Gen Z is driving a new wave of the ecommerce boom. Apps including Facebook, Instagram and TikTok, which tailor content to the user's interests and behaviour, have allowed the new generation of spenders to create a personalised...
Jeff Bezos to take Blue Origin space flight
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos has confirmed that he and his brother Mark will be on board the first human flight into space on Blue Origin’s New Shepard next month. The company is conducting an auction for a seat on the flight, which will blast off on 20 July. Bidding is...
NASA’s InSight Mars lander gets a power boost
The team behind NASA's InSight Mars lander has come up with an innovative way to boost the spacecraft's energy at a time when its power levels have been falling. The lander's robotic arm trickled sand near one solar panel, helping the wind to carry off some of the...
Global smartphone sales jumped 21% in Q1
After a steep decline in 2020, global smartphone sales to end users grew 26% in the first quarter of 2021, according to Gartner. Overall worldwide mobile phone sales to end users grew 22% year over year. "The improvement in consumer outlook, sustained learning and...
Huge growth for public cloud
Cloud Services have become an integral part of business operations for many large companies and in 2020 the industry earned an estimated revenue of over $300-billion globally. According to data presented by TradingPlatforms.com, global public IT cloud services market...
Smart city technology continues fast evolution
A comprehensive new report on smart city technology from Berg Insight has identified five key technology areas: smart street lighting, smart parking, smart waste collection, urban air quality monitoring and smart city surveillance. In 2020, the global installed base...
IPA invites proposals for nurturing Africa’s reading culture
The International Publishers Association (IPA) is accepting proposals for projects to develop reading culture beyond the classroom in Africa, with grants from the $200 000 Africa Publishing Innovation Fund (APIF) on offer to the best ideas. African publishing leans...
Groote Schuur performs SA’s first bowel enteroscopy
A team of academics at the University of Cape Town's (UCT) Division of Medical Gastroenterology have performed South Africa's first successful bowel enteroscopy (endoscopy of the small bowel). The procedure was carried out at Groote Schuur Hospital (GSH) and is set to...
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Solar energy can ease price hikes
Solar energy can help South African companies overcome financial implications of future price hikes. Particularly medium-size businesses can benefit. However, in order for sun-generated energy to become mainstream among the South African private sector, the solar...
Norton encourages users to stay safe online
This year marks the 10th anniversary of Safer Internet Day, which is held to promote safer and more responsible use of online technology, particularly with the increasing accessibility of the Internet on mobile devices, such as tablets and smartphones, mostly amongst...
Free fibre infrastructure for landlords
Local open-access fibre infrastructure provider, Conduct Telecommunications, will at no cost to the landlord connect business premises to the country’s backbone fibre infrastructure. The company plans to expand its current footprint to 100 business precincts across...
Youth development to shape ICT industry
It’s no secret that for the past couple of years students have been performing poorly when it comes to maths and science. While matric results from the class of 2012 show a slight improvement in the pass rate for these two subjects with maths increasing by 7,7% to 54%...
The mobile retail revolution
The 2012 African Mobile Factbook (Blycroft Publishing) revealed a few interesting revelations. Users know that commerce in Africa is steadily becoming dependant on mobile, says Bevan Ducasse, CEO of wiGroup. Some analysts are even predicting that Africa will become...
Key BI trends for the year ahead
When it comes to predicting key areas of focus for IT in 2013, most analysts agree on three areas: big data; the cloud; and mobility, says Gary Allemann, MD at Master Data Management. These trends are driven primarily by business’ desire to improve the customer...
BT enhances Contact portfolio
BT has announced innovative new capabilities for its BT Contact portfolio, designed to make organisations easier to do business with, while removing costs and complexity from their contact centre operations and enabling “omni-channel” customer service. Those...
Pay for goods online using M-Pesa
Consumers in Kenya and Tanzania can now use M-Pesa to pay for a range of online goods and services including airline tickets, says Robin Philip, marketing director for South African payment services provider PayGate. “There is very little e-commerce activity in many...
Softline rebrands as Sage
Softline, a provider of business management software to small and medium sized companies, has announced that after months of planning they will be rebranding, and will be referred to as Sage South Africa, effective immediately. Softline is the holding company for...
New security services from HP
HP has announced a new set of security services that help organisations respond to, remediate and mitigate the impact of security breaches as they occur. Security breaches are increasingly disruptive to organisations and can significantly damage an organisation’s...
Solar Project Manager – Cape Town
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SAP Business Analyst – Eastern Cape
Our client is a Leader in the Automotive industry and is looking for talented SAP Business Analyst to join their growing team. Qualification: Minimum NQF 7 - BSC/BCom/BTech in Information Technology or B. Eng. (Industrial Engineering) or relevant equivalent.Knowledge...
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Psybergate is an IT company that builds bespoke software solutions and provides highly skilled resources to its clients.We are looking for a Senior Software Engineering Manager to join our financial services client based in Sandton.What you will be doing: Oversee the...
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A reputable FMCG company is looking to employ a Data Architect on a 6 months contract with high possibility of extension, They are looking for a highly skilled and experienced Data Architect to join our dynamic team. As a Data Architect, you will be responsible for...
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