Cyber resilience the foundation for Africa’s next phase of digital growth

Building strong cyber resilience will be the key to sustaining the current remarkable growth of Africa’s digital economy, according to a new white paper from Mastercard. The report – Africa’s Digital Defence Race - highlights that between 2016 and 2025, mobile money...

Underfunding a leading cause of AI failures for SA firms

South African organisations whose AI ambitions outrun their budgets are seven times more likely to say AI has fallen short, according to preliminary results from DayOne’s State of AI Delivery in South Africa survey. Of the more than 170 employees, founders, managers...

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...

Clean energy tech advances drive reduced costs

The average cost of adding clean energy technologies to the worlds' power grids will see a continued decline, dropping by 15% to 20% by 2030. This is among the findings from S&P Global Commodity Insights' latest report on the Top 10 Trends in Clean Energy...

Captured CO2 goes into useful products

IDTechEx predicts that by 2044, utilisation of waste CO2 will reach 800Mt to create over 3 000Mt of useful products. By Eve Pope, technology analyst at IDTechEx Revenue generated through carbon dioxide utilisation (CO2U) over the next two decades will be vital to...

Women’s Day phishing scams abound

Kaspersky researchers are reporting on phishing pages purporting to be gift offers for International Women’s Day . The fraudsters exploit users who wish to buy presents for women on International Women’s Day. In 2021 some of them are even offering such gifts for free....

Advancing women still not a business priority

Despite heightened awareness of the challenges facing women in the workplace driven by the Covid-19 pandemic, gender equity is still not a top priority for 70% of global businesses. This is according to business professionals surveyed in new IBM Institute for Business...

Covid-19 reverses women’s workforce gains

Progress for women in work could be back at 2017 levels by the end of 2021 as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. This is according to analysis conducted for PwC's annual Women in Work Index, which measures female economic empowerment across 33 Organisation for...

Covid-19 impacts gender equality, erodes hard-won progress

Covid-19 is eroding the hard-won progress made towards many aspects of parity over recent decades. As the Institute for Fiscal Studies noted that the nature of the economic shock associated with the pandemic has touched many old and deep inequalities, gender...

NASA’s Perseverance takes maiden drive on Mars

NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover performed its first drive on Mars on 4 March, covering 6,5m across the Martian landscape. The drive served as a mobility test that marks just one of many milestones as team members check out and calibrate every system, subsystem,...

Hafnium exploit strikes Microsoft Exchange servers

Following Microsoft's news about Hafnium, IT Security company Sophos has been closely monitoring the issue and is providing regular advice on how organizations should threat hunt and mitigate the attack/potential attack. Microsoft has detected multiple zero-day...

Did comets deliver carbon to rocky planets?

In early 2016, an icy visitor from the edge of our solar system hurtled past Earth. It briefly became visible to stargazers as Comet Catalina before it slingshot past the Sun to disappear forevermore out of the solar system. Among the many observatories that captured...

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Data Engineer with AWS – Gauteng Sandton

Job SummaryApply platform engineering expertise, critical thinking, design thinking and problem solving skills in an agile team environment to produce well-organised, optimised and documented source code that successfully delivers platform features & components of...

SQL Developer (Intermediate) Woodmead (TB) – Gauteng Johannesburg

Develop complex T-SQL queries, Stored Procedures and Triggers. Assist in the design of the relational database architecture for new development projects. Develop new / alter existing SQL objects based off a set of requirements. Troubleshoot SQL objects that fail....

Senior Software Developer at EOH – Gauteng Midrand

Essential functions Support and grow software development capacity within the team. The ideal candidate has to have a full stack experience, and be flexible within the areas of consulting, solutioning, and development. The candidate has to be diverse and sufficiently...

Junior Project Manager at Webrepublic

Over the last decade, Webrepublic has grown from an ambitious startup into Switzerland's leading digital agency. More recently, Webrepublic has launched a subsidiary in South Africa to work hand-in-hand with our HQ in Switzerland. Our team in Cape Town has grown and...

Manager: Information Security Governance, Risk and Compliance

Purpose of the Position:Develop and implement IS and Tech GRC strategy and, manage the end to end governance, risk and compliance function in relation to info sec and provide reports to the CISO and the relevant steering committees.QualificationsUniversity degree in...

Solution Architect

We are currently seeking a highly skilled and experienced Solution Architect to join our dynamic team.As a Solution Architect, you will play a crucial role in designing and implementing innovative solutions that align with our business objectives and technology...

Junior Project Manager at Webrepublic – Western Cape Cape Town Region

Over the last decade, Webrepublic has grown from an ambitious startup into Switzerland's leading digital agency. More recently, Webrepublic has launched a subsidiary in South Africa to work hand-in-hand with our HQ in Switzerland. Our team in Cape Town has grown and...

Solution Architect – Gauteng Johannesburg

We are currently seeking a highly skilled and experienced Solution Architect to join our dynamic team.As a Solution Architect, you will play a crucial role in designing and implementing innovative solutions that align with our business objectives and technology...

SQL Developer

SQL Developer opportunity for a Dynamic Developer..... See details below.Writes SQL interface Develops SQL CodeDevelopment / configuration on the in-house system, VisionInstall, configure, test and maintaining client configurations – on premises, SaaS or hosted...

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