Roman telescope aims to travel 1m miles into space

This month could see the launch a new space telescope that aims to travel 1-million miles and record billions of galaxies. The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope could launch from the Kennedy Space Station as early as 30 August aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy. The Roman...

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...

Global conditions to impact semiconductors

Worldwide semiconductor revenue is projected to decline 3,6% in 2023, according to the latest forecast from Gartner, which says that in 2022, the market is on pace to grow 4% and total $618-billion. "The short-term outlook for semiconductor revenue has worsened," says...

AWS leverages Sapphire Rapids to up performance

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced the private preview of Amazon EC2 R7iz instances powered by 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors - codenamed Sapphire Rapids. R7iz instances deliver an all-core turbo frequency up to 3.9 gigahertz and AWS claim up to 20%...

Female leadership at a tipping point

The world needs more women leaders in business, politics and culture, concurred an all-female panel at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting held last week in Davos. We are still a long way off from achieving gender parity in employment - 108 years off, according to...

Global IT spending set to reach $3,8trn

Worldwide IT spending is projected to total $3,76-trillion in 2019, an increase of 3,2%from 2018, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. "Despite uncertainty fuelled by recession rumours, Brexit, and trade wars and tariffs, the likely scenario for IT spending in...

African youth embrace a digital future – but leaders are left behind

If Africa's leaders do not act quickly to move the continent into the 21st century, young people will leave them behind. That is the word from President Cyril Ramaphosa, speaking at last week's World Economic Forum meeting in Davos. Young people are ready for the...

As cyber threats mount, ‘coalition of the willing’ needed

Cybersecurity experts at last week's World Economic Forum Annual Meeting called for a "coalition of the willing" to embrace the Paris Call of 12 November 2018 for Trust and Security in Cyberspace (the Paris Call), a multistakeholder declaration that favours the...

Rwanda reaps global e-commerce benefits

Internet users in emerging markets outnumber those in developed markets by a ratio of 2:1. Yet many emerging markets have struggled to access the benefits of digital commerce. The global market in digital commerce is estimated to reach more than $3-trillion this year,...

Chip shortages, Brexit, unrest dampen PC market

The Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) traditional PC market (desktops, notebooks, and workstations) came in negative in the fourth quarter of 2018, with the market declining by 5,8% YoY and totaling 19,6-million units, according to International Data Corporation...

Absa warns of increased banking risks

Absa has urged customers to always be vigilant against any attempt to dupe them into handing over their "keys to the safe" - card PIN, card CVV, card One Time PIN (OTP), online banking PIN or online banking password - to third parties. The bank explains that there has...

Input on crypto assets policy invited

The Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC), Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA), National Treasury (NT), South African Revenue Service (SARS) and the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) last week released a consultation paper on crypto assets. Commonly referred to as...

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IAM – SOD Project Manager

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IAM – SOD Project Manager – Gauteng Midrand

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Mid level Project Manager

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