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...

MeerKAT and Webb measure farthest fast radio burst

First discovered in 2007, fast radio bursts are enigmatic, millisecond-long flashes of radio emission from the distant universe. Their origin remains uncertain, particularly since most are seen once and never again. Now, astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space...

Compute power makes AI work

Kathy Gibson reports from Pinnacle Tech Tour - Artificial intelligence (AI) is the word on everyone's lips, but customers can't get any value from it without the right hardware stack. JP De Villiers, senior account manager at SuperMicro, points out that the vendor has...

Pinnacle takes aim at the enterprise

Kathy Gibson reports from Pinnacle Tech Tour - Pinnacle is growing its enterprise business, with a full range of services and solutions that aim to help resellers address the full datacentre stack. The company has been growing its enterprise product and solution...

Cyberattack defences allow the online world to fight back

In the eye of the online storm that arrived during 2020 with the realities of the global pandemic, service providers and security experts chose not to let cybercriminals win on all fronts, but instead rallied to defend the critical infrastructure of the online world....

DDoS attacks doubled during Covid

Distributed denial of services (DDoS) traffic has more than doubled in volume between January 2020 and May 2021. This is among the findings of Nokia Deepfield's DDoS traffic analysis, which examined service provider network traffic encompassing thousands of routers on...

Temporary dip for mobile PC sales growth

Volume sales for mobile PCs across Europe declined in May, but figures remain substantially higher than 2019 comparatives and demand will stay strong in the second half of the year, according to Context. Although volume sales of notebooks across European distribution...

Nigeria’s Access Bank opens in SA

Access Bank South Africa, which launched yesterday (14 June 2021), expands the Nigeria-based bank's footprint in Africa. Access Bank CEO Herbert Wigwe points out that the SADC region represents the strongest economy on the African continent. "This means Access Bank SA...

Training and skills key to bridging the digital divide

The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) will never happen in South Africa unless literally millions of the country's people can cross the digital divide before it becomes impossibly wide. This is the view of Dr Hasmukh Gajjar, founder of mobiLearn, who believes that...

Why investing in SA’s youth is critical

Every year, South Africa remembers and marks the Soweto youth uprising of 16 June 1976. It is a significant day in the country's calendar because it serves as a reminder of the power and potential of South Africa's young people as the future of the country. Now, 45...

Africa gets $80m in development finance

The G7 DFIs, the IFC, the private sector arm of the African Development Bank, EBRD and the European Investment Bank have committed to investing $80-billion in the private sector over the next five years to support sustainable economic recovery and growth in Africa....

SA workers start returning to the office

Since the easing of the hard lockdown restrictions, thousands of workers have returned to the office in towns and cities across South Africa. New data from IWG shows that visits to its South African centres are up by 25% since the beginning of January. Research by IWG...

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The world needs African solutions

African software has had some qualified global successes, but more often than not these home-grown innovations don’t "take" well in other territories, says Wesley Lynch, CEO of RealmDigital. To overcome this, users need to think broadly. While African solutions are...

Samsung launches VPP portal

Since its introduction, the Samsung VIP Purchase Programme (VPP) has provided professional organisations with access to an exclusive e-commerce portal that has the latest Samsung products available for purchase. “Samsung is committed to providing consumers with the...

CA Technologies’ predictions for 2013

CA Southern Africa has released CA Technologies’ top five IT predictions for 2013: Big data grows up There will be an emergence of big data administrators, who will play a critical role in using new technologies and processing power to take a cold, hard (and useful)...

Mulisource brings dPMR to SA

Local wireless communication specialist Multisource has heralded in a new era of two-way radio communications, with the introduction of digital private mobile radio (dPMR) Mode 3 to South Africa.  Multisource’s launch of dPMR Mode 3 took place at St George Hotel in...

New PPPM tools from TPG Africa

The local project, program and project portfolio management (PPPM) solutions provider TPG Africa, formerly UMT Consulting SA, has introduced a range of freshly designed specialised enterprise PPPM solutions and services. TPG Africa has also developed a unique and...

BI predictions and trends for 2013

Business intelligence (BI) has come a long way over the last several decades, transforming from a back office process to a technology utilised by every enterprise department, says Johan Jurd, MD of InfoBuild, a representative of InformationBuilders in South Africa. ...

Ericsson, Unitel bring 4G to Angola

Ericsson has announced that it has been selected by Unitel, leading provider of telecommunications services in Angola, as key supplier of its next-generation 4G/LTE network. The agreement covers the deployment of new long term evolution (LTE) sites, Ericsson’s Home...

Flexible SLAs key to success

As outsourcing gains momentum in the IT space, particularly in mission critical areas such as the database, a service level agreement (SLA) is essential in order to govern the type and frequency of services offered and the acceptable level of downtime, says Gerrit-Jan...

Securicom advances firewall solution

Securicom has upgraded its robust Managed Firewall solution with an advanced reporting engine to offer businesses tools for enhanced monitoring, management and insight into the status of the firewall and user behaviour. The solution features an online dashboard which...

Securicom offers Zenprise 7.01

South African companies can now access the very latest mobile device management (MDM) features and tools from the industry leader, Zenprise, through trusted cloud security services provider, Securicom.  The company, which provides the Zencloud that enables South...

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Our client is a leading financial institution dedicated to providing innovative and customer-centric banking solutions. With a strong commitment to technological advancement, they are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Data Analyst to join their dynamic team. You...

Junior IT Technician

We have a great opportunity available in Pretoria East for a young, eager IT enthusiast to start their career as an IT Technician. The candidate will need to have solid general exposure to hardware, software, networking and cloud applications. The candidate should...

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My client based in Cape Town (Northern Suburbs) is currently looking for an Analyst Developer (Actuarial Values) to join them on an independent contract basis IT / Finance Responsibilities Build features and applications that exceed the business specifications and...

Specialist Solution Architect

Psybergate is an IT company that builds bespoke software solutions and provides highly skilled resources to its clients.We are looking for a Solution Architect to join our financial services client based in JHB North for a 6-months contract role.What you will be...

Medical Project Manager (Drug Development & Regulatory Processes)

Main purpose of the job:Project manage and support the drug development and regulatory processes workstream of the market shaping outputLocation:Parktown – JohannesburgKey performance areas:Project manage and support the drug development and regulatory processes...

Junior HTML Coder at Accenture – Western Cape Cape Town

About Accenture Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world's leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth, and enhance public...

Senior Business Analyst – Western Cape Cape Town

Minimum Requirements Insurance or Financial Services experience or finance/financial reporting processes andsystemsFinancial accounting / Financial reporting capabilityStrong account reconciliation skillsProblem solving ability.Cost Allocations and Product Fund...

Data Analyst – Gauteng Primrose

Our client is a leading financial institution dedicated to providing innovative and customer-centric banking solutions. With a strong commitment to technological advancement, they are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Data Analyst to join their dynamic team. You...

Junior IT Technician – Gauteng Pretoria North

We have a great opportunity available in Pretoria East for a young, eager IT enthusiast to start their career as an IT Technician. The candidate will need to have solid general exposure to hardware, software, networking and cloud applications. The candidate should...

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