Revenue to hit $1bn as quantum breakthroughs advance

Worldwide, quantum computing revenue is projected to total $1,1-billion in 2027, according to Gartner. “Nations and businesses have scaled spending in quantum literacy, patents, partnerships, and early use-case exploration,” says Gaurav Gupta, vice-president analyst...

Fuel price shock will hit supply chains hard, driving prices up

South Africa’s latest fuel price increase will put fresh pressure on already strained supply chains, says supply chain industry body SAPICS. The organisation warns that the cost impact is likely to extend far beyond the transport sector and into consumers’ pockets at...

SA must put jobs at the centre of its AI future

South Africans are embracing AI, but turning that appetite into economic opportunity will require trained educators, reliable Internet, affordable access, recognised skills pathways, scaling of existing financing models, and investment in the country’s own languages,...

SA’s data centre boom starts to raise questions

South Africa’s rapidly expanding data centre sector is highlighting a fundamental gap in how the country plans and regulates major digital infrastructure: there is no comprehensive public record of how many facilities are operating, where they are located, or how much...

Weather-related hazards risk R20bn of CT transport infrastructure

Severe weather events can wreak havoc in urban environments, and the City of Cape Town (CoCT) is no exception. In a paper publicshed in the Journal of the South African Institution of Civil Engineering, the University of Cape Town (UCT) researchers quantified the...

‘Protracted winter’ forecast for quantum computing

Quantum computing is emerging from the realm of theory into practical applications and has the potential to be revolutionary in cryptography, drug development, financial modeling and much more - and has attracted numerous big tech players such as Alphabet, IBM, Intel,...

More than 5bn personal records leaked in Q1

More than 5-billion data records have already been leaked in 2021, according to Atlas VPN findings. One of the reasons for such a high number is the Compilation of Many Breaches (COMB), which compromised about 3,27-billion data records on its own. February was the...

Sanral warns of tender scam

The South African National Roads Agency (Sanral) has been made aware of a scam inviting members of the public to tender on its contracts. Sanral asserts the invitation to tender is fraudulent and did not legitimately emanate from Sanral. "The invitations to tender are...

African social media platform set to launch

MyCountry MyWorld is set to launch MY! a social media platform for Africans by Africans in May 2021. "Having developed the app over a period of two years, with a series of tests; we are now confident that the app is ready to be released to the world," says co- founder...

Lockdown drives rapid rise in cloud security spending

Channel sales of software-as-a-service (SaaS) cybersecurity products stood out in the first three months of 2021, with network and endpoint security revenues picking up at the start of April. The Context Weekly Revenue Trend Index compares current performance against...

SA’s user among those most likely to quit social media

Americans are the most likely to quit social media, according to research by Reboot Online. The company used analytics tools Ahrefs to establish which countries citizens are most likely to quit social media based on key online searches indicating their clear intention...

Africa and the green growth opportunity

Sounding a note of optimism at the European Union-Africa Green Investment Forum on Friday, African Development Bank president Dr Akinwumi Adesina reminded global audiences of the continent's vast opportunities for green growth. "Africa is a huge market offering...

FedEx opens high-tech facility in Joburg

FedEx Express has launched its new Southern Africa hub in Johannesburg, near the OR Tambo International Airport. The facility, which consolidates three facilities into a single location, boosts operational efficiencies to meet growing customer demand across the...

NLC launches innovation hub

The need for a better, faster, more user-friendly, innovative and efficient way of meeting beneficiaries' needs is behind the National Lotteries Commission's (NLC's) launch of a new digital innovation hub. Thabang Charlotte Mampane, commissioner of the NLC, comments:...

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Android Developer – Gauteng Johannesburg North

Psybergate is an IT company that builds bespoke software solutions and provides highly skilled resources to its clients.We are looking for a Android Developer to join our financial services client based in Sandton for a 8-months contract role.What you will be doing:...

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Key Responsibilities: Plan and execute assembly, integration, and verification of complicated systems, both in the laboratory and in the field.Responsible for systems engineering over multiple lifecycle phases with a strong ability to address the specialty engineering...

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Role:You will be a part of the Technology and Operations Team as a Cyber Security Engineer, to ensure that our client maintain a sound Cyber posture and protect our clients customer and employee information, you will do this by maintaining the Cyber Road map....

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