In 2027, AI could account for 20% of all business tech spend

In the coming year, CIOs and CISOs will face growing pressure to realise returns on their AI investments in infrastructure, security, digital sovereignty, and emerging technologies, according to Forrester’s 2027 technology and security predictions. Additionally, with...

Banks expect to hand decisions to AI – even if they can’t explain them

Banks are racing toward a future where AI no longer merely informs key credit, treasury, and risk decisions – it makes them autonomously. Yet AI governance is not keeping pace with adoption, according to new AI risk research by FT Longitude, SAS and Microsoft. Even as...

Mankind’s first journey to another star set for 2029 launch

Plans are underway for mankind’s first journey to another star – a trip that is expected to take about 80 000 years. The Fermi Explorer Mission, a nonprofit organisation, hopes to set off for Alpha Centauri by 2029. The more than 40-trillion kilometre journey is...

IT spend will breach $7trn for the first time in 2027

Worldwide IT spending is expected to reach $7,35-trillion in 2027, up 15% from 2026, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. “Collectively, the market forces are reinforcing spend around AI infrastructure, AI-enabled cloud platforms, and advanced software...

Africa’s Top 100 business opportunities to watch in 2024

Despite rising food and fuel costs, weakening currencies, climate change effects, security threats, political instability, rolling power cuts, infrastructure limitations, and several economic and social challenges, Africa will be one of the fastest-growing global...

Key actions for I&O leaders to navigate economic headwinds

In the face of continued economic headwinds, only 12% of infrastructure and operations (I&O) leaders rate their function's performance as exceeding CIO expectations, according to a new Gartner survey. "I&O leaders must support senior leadership by proactively...

Mustek celebrates 10 years with Huawei

Mustek and Huawei have culminated their 10th year of partnership with a gala event to recognise the role of reseller partners in growing the Huawei brand in South Africa. "Over the last 10 years our partners have grown with us," says Mustek CEO David Kan. "Together we...

State of the cigarette market after the ban

Cigarette prices have decreased sharply from their highly inflated levels during the sales ban, but are substantially higher than their pre-lockdown levels. The average retail price of cigarette brands produced by the multinationals is nearly 5% higher than before the...

Telkom, YahClick sign connectivity agreement

Telkom Consumer and YahClick have signed an agreement which enables individual and business consumers to make high quality voice calls and access broadband data packages from anywhere in South Africa using a satellite connection. For Phase 1, Telkom will commence with...

Black Friday, Cyber Monday 2020 were online hits

Online transactions on Black Friday and Cyber Monday 2020 fared slightly better than in previous years as more South Africans chose to do their bargain hunting from the web. 3D-Secure, BankservAfrica's online card authentication service (i.e. transactions that require...

Oliver Fortuin is new group CEO at Seacom

Byron Clatterbuck, who joined Seacom in 2012 as its chief commercial officer and became group CEO in February 2015, has resigned and will be ending his tenure with the company on 31 March 2021. Pieter Uys, chairperson of Seacom, comments: "Mr Clatterbuck has been...

Transactions flat in November, signalling a bleak December

The BankservAfrica Economic Transactions Index (BETI) fell flat in November 2020, suggesting lower economic growth for Q4 2020, which may lead to reduced spending over the December holiday break. "The BETI was 121.8 in November 2020, which represents a 0,1% monthly...

Strong growth for PCD sales in MEA

The Middle East and Africa (MEA) personal computing devices (PCD) market, which is made up of desktops, notebooks, workstations, and tablets, saw shipments increase an impressive 23,5% year on year during Q3 2020, according to industry analysis conducted by...

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Intermediate Java Developer – Gauteng Johannesburg

Join a team of passionate, friendly, diverse software engineers and play a key role in the design, development, and deployment of industry-changing end-to-end software solutions. On Offer: Project exposure across multiple industries.Learning & development...

Scrum Master at Accenture

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The role holder will be responsible to bridge the gap between Business and IT to ensure delivery of business benefits in solutions and operations. Understanding the business needs, and through a structured process documenting and validating them in the Requirements...

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ENVIRONMENT:YOUR keen eye for beautiful digital visuals as a Front End Developer coupled with your expertise in React, is sought by cutting-edge Communication Solutions Platform to join its team. You will create the user-facing portion of applications using React...

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We want to employ front end software developers for our client that can work from the software design stage through to implementation phase of a project using the latest technologies and methods. Candidates are required to have a 3 - 10-year track record in...

Scrum Master at Accenture – Gauteng Midrand

As a Scrum Master, you will help teams from our clients with their Agile way of working, more specifically help Scrum teams to thrive. This key position will put you in a central and challenging position, which offers a great opportunity to be highly visible within...

Software Developer (C#.NET) (CH937) – Western Cape Kuils River

Our client, in the Payments and Lending industry, has an opening for a skilled Software Developer to join their diverse team of C# developers. We are looking for an individual that takes pride in what they do, is customer focused and takes ownership and...

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