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...

CFOS play an outsize role as AI scales enterprise-wide

As AI becomes more integrated into enterprise operations and decision-making, chief financial officers (CFOs) are taking on a larger role in shaping enterprise priorities around AI, helping turn strategy into execution, and determining how investments and capital...

In Scotland, NASA scientists search for clues about Mars’ past

This summer, NASA scientists headed to the Scottish Highlands to follow up on last year’s announcement of potential biosignatures on Mars and prepare for future research. The rocks and cliffs of Scotland’s Stoer formation offer a combination difficult to find on...

WhatsApp and its role in elections

With a record number of elections taking place around the world this year, analysts are growing wary of the risk of misinformation through popular social media platforms. In India's 2019 election, misinformation grew more personalised, with WhatsApp raising the red...

Digital twins could be key to using old mines for clean energy

Mark Swinnerton aims to fight climate change by transforming abandoned mines into storage tanks of renewable energy. The CEO of startup Green Gravity is prototyping his ambitious vision in a warehouse 60 miles south of Sydney, Australia, and simulating it in Nvidia...

More than 3 500 cryptocurrencies emerged last year

Data analyzed by Crypto Parrot indicates that there were 3 531 new cryptocurrencies added to the Coinmarketcap.com database between March 2020 and March 2021. The number represents a growth of 67,94% from March last year when the figure stood at 5 197. As of March...

IFS Cloud offers integration on a single platform

Kathy Gibson reports – IFS is expanding its market reach with the launch today of its new cloud offering. Companies are all facing the need to accelerate their digital transformation journeys, says Darren Roos, CEO of IFS. Cloud technology is the only way to do this...

Strong rebound for economic transactions in February 2021

The lifting of lockdown restrictions in February 2021 gave the South African economy a much-needed boost after the dismal performance in January 2021, according to the latest BankservAfrica Economic Transaction Index (BETI). "Economic transactions in February...

One year on, what South Africans think about living with Covid-19

Although infection rates seem to be declining and vaccines are slowly being rolled out in the country, most South Africans fear the arrival of a third wave of Covid-19, further lockdowns, job losses and the social problems that will bring. A survey by gig technology...

Device sales set to improve, but not to 2019 levels

Global spending on IT devices such as PCs, tablets and mobile phones plunged by 8% year-on-year (YoY) to $653-billion in 2020. This figure is expected to recover to $705-billion in 2021, still $7-billion less than before the pandemic, according to data presented by...

Bans on threat intelligence sharing increase risk

Two-thirds (69% in META) of threat intelligence (TI) analysts are involved in professional communities, but 44% of all those working in IT and cybersecurity roles are not allowed to share threat intelligence artifacts discovered through those communities. This is...

Employers, workers don’t have the same view of future work

Digital technology has done much to help life carry on as near to normal as possible during the pandemic. Video conversations with customers and colleagues are now taken for granted, while cloud-based document-sharing apps allow ongoing co-operation and collaboration....

MTN grew subscribers during 2020

MTN increased its subscribers increased by 28,8 million to 279,6-million during the financial year ended 31 December 2020. The group has 280-million customers in 21 markets. During the year, group service revenue grew by 19,9%. EBITDA (before once-off items) grew by...

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Intermediate .Net Developer: BLC at Blue Label Telecoms

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