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...

Is talent debt depleting your institutional knowledge?

Organisations cutting costs through workforce reduction to weather tough conditions may be trading a visible saving for an invisible liability that will cost them far more later, warns Advaita Naidoo, Africa MD at executive search firm Jack Hammer Global. “Globally,...

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...

Cisco to acquire Splunk

Cisco intends to acquire Splunk for $157 per share in cash, representing approximately $28-billion in equity value. When the acquisition closes, Splunk president and CEO Gary Steele will join Cisco's executive leadership team reporting to chair and CEO Chuck Robbins....

Disruptive startups spearhead gaming revolution

The gaming arena is constantly evolving, thanks to the cutting-edge technological trends driven by innovative startups. These entrepreneurial ventures are harnessing the emerging technologies like AI, AR/VR, and smartphones to pioneer avant-garde business models and...

Remote work gives short-term boost to cybersecurity

The worldwide cybersecurity market increased 9,7% year on year in Q1 2020, as investment was boosted at the end of the quarter by organisations securing new remote workers in the early stages of lockdown in response to Covid-19. According to Canalys, total investment...

Social investors needed for Covid-19 research

The Covid-19 pandemic is an unprecedented crisis in South Africa which has resulted in an unparalleled response from all sectors in society including the state, non-governmental organisations NGOs), social investors, foundations, companies, funders, individuals and...

Trade finance during the pandemic is crucial

The heads of multilateral development banks and the World Trade Organisation (WTO) have issued this statement on supporting trade finance during the Covid-19 crisis The Covid-19 pandemic has provoked the deepest economic downturn of our lifetimes. In addition to the...

Female-led startups set to shine

Female-led startups are an overlooked asset class which is overperforming. According to Crunchbase 2019, female founders create 152% more revenue per dollar of capital invested on their male counterparts despite receiving 50% less venture capital funding. In addition,...

CMOs optimistic about post-Covid budgets

While companies have cut back on marketing budgets due to Covid-19, 73% of chief marketing officers (CMOs) expect the pandemic's negative impact to be short lived, with a positive outlook for business performance in the 18-24 months. According to Gartner's CMO Spend...

Draconian lockdown forces hard choices

The negative effects of South Africa's hard lockdown continue to reverberate through the economy and broader society, writes Chris Hattingh, project manager at the Free Market Foundation. The latest flashpoint has been in the taxi industry, specifically in Gauteng,...

Hubble continues to enrich our knowledge of space

In 1609, visionary Italian scientist Galileo Galilei turned the newly invented optical device of his day — the telescope — to view the heavens. His observations conclusively showed that there were celestial bodies (the moons of Jupiter) that did not revolve around the...

Successful CEOs have technology in their DNA

CEOs and executive leadership positions should be filled by people with technology career backgrounds, such as app or software development, if businesses are to be more successful. This is the word from almost three-quarters (71%) of business leaders across EMEA,...

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Senior BI Developer – Western Cape Cape Town

As a Business Intelligence (BI) Developer, your primary responsibility will be to ensure the compliance of BI solutions with architectural principles, work collaboratively across various business functions, and provide guidance on best practices. You will play a key...

Junior IT Developer – Eastern Cape Gqebera

Qualifications required? Diploma of 1 to 3 years / NQF level 6Skills and experience required? Up to 3 years' Experience? Technical, specialist or analytical skills acquired through tertiary education orthe equivalent experience? Analytical skills and ability to pay...

Senior Business Analyst at RecruiTech – Western Cape Century City

An exciting opportunity to join a well-known software development house. Our client is seeking a talented and experienced Senior Business Analyst/ Project Manager (Hybrid) with strong expertise in Microsoft Modern Workplace technologies to lead and drive projects...

IT Project Manager(Software) – Eastern Cape Gqebera

SUMMARY:The primary purpose of this role is to play the lead role in planning, executing, monitoring, controlling, and closing projects. This position is accountable for the entire project scope, and the success or failure of the project. The IT Project Manager is the...

Intermediate IT Developer (Gqeberha / Johannesburg)

Job Function:The responsibility of this role is to support the software development process within the organisation by providing technical insights and ideas throughout the SDLC and producing neat, semi-complex and accurate code and queries, according to the agreed...

Support Technician

Key Responsibilities: Ensure that contracted customer Service Level Agreement are met (resolved)To ensure that calls logged are followed up / escalated, serviced, and resolved withinthe agreed SLA.To ensure that calls are logged retrospectively if no call was logged...

IT Developer (Intermediate)

Key performance areas? Shows appetite and aptitude for owning responsibility of technical decisions forone or many projects.? Aptly manages team demands on his/her time as well as on-time deliveryaccording to specified deadlines.? Demonstrates interest in improving...

Senior Business Analyst at RecruiTech

An exciting opportunity to join a well-known software development house. Our client is seeking a talented and experienced Senior Business Analyst/ Project Manager (Hybrid) with strong expertise in Microsoft Modern Workplace technologies to lead and drive projects...

DevOps Engineer

We are looking to hire a well-versed Intermediate DevOps Developer with experience in CI/CD Pipelines, Docker, Kubernetes OpenShift and Monitoring Solutions. Desired Skills: DevOps Azure DevOps SSRS SSAS SSIS Kafka Kubernetes Desired Work Experience: 2 to 5 years...

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