Turn vision into reality with the right AI strategy

Kathy Gibson reports from Dell Technologies Forum in Johannesburg - Today's leaders aren't asking whether to adopt AI, they're asking how to turn it into outcomes the business can see. And South African companies can no longer afford to take a wait-and-see attitude to...

Gloomy outlook for global economies as geopolitical tensions worsen

Coface’s latest risk review, Rates Against the Machine, has confirmed what the world dreaded just a few months ago has come to pass – rather than improve, the geopolitical situation has deteriorated once again. This, Coface says, puts upward pressure on commodity...

Banks are still missing the links between fraud and money laundering

Financial institutions are increasingly integrating their fraud and anti-money laundering (AML) systems, but intelligence and governance gaps remain. New fraud and AML convergence research from Datos Insights, commissioned by data and AI leader SAS, finds 86% report...

How can SA plug the ICT skills gap?

Kathy Gibson reports from the IITPSA Workforce Conference – While South Africa records the highest unemployment rate in the world, there is still a dire shortage of critical IT skills. Presenting the IITPSA IT Skills Survey, Lehlohonolo  Mokenela, MD of Africa...

Software engineering set to embrace AI practices

Transformational technologies, including AI-augmented software engineering (AIASE), AI coding assistants and platform engineering, will reach mainstream adoption in two to five years, according to the Gartner Hype Cycle for Software Engineering, 2023. “AI-augmented...

Take-home pay, private pensions slowed in October

After three consecutive months of increases, the BankservAfrica Take-home Pay Index (BTPI), which measures the average nominal take-home pay among about 4-million salary earners in South Africa, showed a slight downturn. “The nominal average take-home pay was R15 535...

Covid-themed threats, Powershell malware surge

During the second quarter of 2020, an average of 419 new threats per minute were recorded, while overall new malware samples grew by 11,5%. According to the latest McAfee Threats Report, a significant proliferation in malicious Donoff Microsoft Office documents...

Technology key to reducing inequality

Africacom 2020 - The South African government is ramping up policies aimed at using digital technology to reduce inequality, create opportunities and reap the benefits of ICT for a post pandemic social and economic revival. This was the message from Minister of...

Renewed focus on personal health during lockdowns

According to a new survey in conjunction with Fitbit, people are becoming more conscious of their personal health and activity in the wake of local lockdowns and are placing greater priority on improving their health and wellbeing. While most respondents stated that...

ICT infrastructure key to boosting Africa’s post-pandemic economy

Kathy Gibson reports from the Better Africa Summit at AfricaCom 2020 - While ICT infrastructure is vital for Africa's post-pandemic recovery, it won't achieve anything on its own. This is the word from Paul Michael Scanlan, chief technology officer of Huawei, who...

Sales reps have worst data proficiency in the organisation

Frontline and overlay sellers have the lowest data proficiency in organisations despite their focus on sales data and buyer activity, according to Gartner. The Gartner State of Sales Analytics report reveals that sales reps are considered to have among the worst data...

12-month high for crypto Fear and Greed Index

The crypto Fear and Greed Index has grown by 119,51% year-on year, according to new data from Stock Apps. As of yesterday (9 November) the index was at 90 points, representing an all-time high in the past year. For the Crypto Fear and Greed Index, the value of zero...

Fraudsters target Singles’ Day

Kaspersky researchers have observed significant growth in fraudulent activities around e-commerce during an active sales period in Asian countries - Singles' Day, which occurs tomorrow (November 11). Originally a sale in China, Singles' Day is now relevant to everyone...

How Covid-19 has affected local skills development

Amidst a myriad of change happening across the world at government and socio-economic levels due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Skills Development Corporation (SDC) has shared its views on how these changes have affected the skills development sector in South Africa....

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Junior Integration Developer

SUMMARY:The primary purpose of this role is to be a great developer. You will form part of a larger development team and will regularly engage with your teammates and our clients to design, develop, test, implement and support the solutions that we have in place, and...

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