Climate change is redrawing the malaria map in Africa

Malaria is the deadliest climate-sensitive infectious disease. Yet, researchers and public health officials have debated how climate change has shaped its spread. A new Nature study by an international team, including the University of Cape Town (UCT), resolved this...

AI is driving more breaches, at an average cost of $6m

One in four malicious breaches were AI-enabled – a 56% increase over last year – and these breaches cost an average of $6-million, roughly $1-million more than the global breach average of $4,99-million. This is among the findings from IBM's 2026 Cost of a Data Breach...

AI automation is having an impact on entry-level hiring

Nearly a quarter (22%) of CHROs report that at least one business leader in their organisation has stopped hiring for entry-level roles due to AI automation, according to Gartner. The 4Q25 Gartner survey of 110 heads of HR also found that 95% of organisations have...

Africa’s young people want jobs, clean government

Africa’s young people are more optimistic about the future of their countries, economies and the continent than at any point since the pandemic - but they are demanding jobs, cleaner government, safer communities, a stronger political voice and a model of democracy...

ExploreAI Academy partners to train 25 000 African data scientists

South African start-up ExploreAI Academy has partnered with international technology training provider ALX to roll out training programmes in data science and data analytics across the continent. The partnership involves training an initial 25 000 African students...

IEC warns of fake chief electoral officer

The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) is warning the public about the re-emergence of an impostor posing as the chief electoral officer, Sy Mamabolo. The commission first became aware of the impostor in October 2022 and issued a public alert and reported to the...

Top wireless trends for 2019 and beyond

Wireless technology plays a key role in today's communications, and new forms of it will become central to emerging technologies including robots, drones, self-driving vehicles and new medical devices over the next five years. Gartner has identified the top 10...

60% rise in password stealing attacks

The use of malware designed to harvest consumers' digital data - known as password stealers - has seen a significant rise in 2019. According to Kaspersky's data, the number of users, targeted by the stealers, peaked from less than 600 000 in the first half of 2018 to...

MTN builds for a 4IR future

MTN is developing a software-defined wide-area network (SD-WAN) and is re-purposing thousands of sites across the country to harness narrow band internet of things (NB-IoT) as the rollout of turnkey solutions for enterprise customers gathers pace. Giovanni Chiarelli,...

African Development Bank approves $300m TDB facility

The African Development Bank has approved a $300-million support facility for the Eastern and Southern African Trade & Development Bank (TDB). The COMESA regional trade and project finance package consists of a composite funded trade finance and project finance...

This is what a marsquake looks like …

Earth isn't the only place that experiences quakes: Both the Moon and Mars have them as well. NASA sent the first seismometer to the Moon 50 years ago, during the Apollo 11 mission; the agency's InSight lander brought the first seismometer to Mars in late 2018, and...

SA gets its own RPA community

With major South African enterprises fast embracing robotic process automation (RPA) and mid-size and even small businesses set to follow suit, Blue Prism has launched a South African RPA community. Speaking at the first Blue Prism roadshow in South Africa this week,...

Emotion recognition could enhance e-learning experience

There are a number of challenges in computer science education and more needs to be done to cater for the current and upcoming demand for computer science within higher education. Teaching and learning methods exist that directly attempt to address these issues found...

Intel, SAP extend tech partnership

Intel and SAP have announced a multiyear technology partnership focused on optimising Intel's platforms, including Intel Xeon Scalable processors and Intel Optane DC persistent memory, for SAP's end-to-end enterprise software applications, including SAP S/4HANA. The...

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Systems Administrator – Gauteng Johannesburg

ENVIRONMENT:An esteemed distributor of orthopedic, spinal, surgical, vascular, urology, and cardiology products is currently in search of a skilled Systems Administrator to join their team at their Johannesburg premises. As the Systems Administrator, your main...

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Database Administrator (DBA)

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