Women take top spots in SA entrepreneurship challenge
Female inventors and entrepreneurs were the big winners at the first EDHE Absa Innovation Challenge, a student entrepreneurship initiative across South Africa’s 26 public universities with prize money totalling more than R1-million. Women took the five top spots and...
$1trn and counting as scam losses expose anti-fraud gaps
Scam losses worldwide surpassed $1,03-trillion in 2024, according to the Global Anti-Scam Alliance (GASA). The organisation also found that nearly half of consumers encounter scam attempts at least weekly – and among those who fall victim, only 4% fully recover their...
Rural areas fall further behind in digital connectivity
High-speed broadband access is increasing across Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries, but connectivity gaps between urban and rural areas are widening. This is according to a new OECD report, “Closing Broadband Connectivity Divides...
Chinese innovation thrives on AI chip export controls
The discussion around advanced chips for artificial intelligence (AI), driven by billions in investment, dreams of artificial general intelligence (AGI) and marred by political concerns over security, has entered a stage of intense competition between nations. Nvidia...
$500K crypto heist uses malicious packages
Kaspersky GReAT (Global Research and Analysis Team) experts have discovered open-source packages that download the Quasar backdoor and a stealer designed to exfiltrate cryptocurrency. The malicious packages are intended for the Cursor AI development environment, which...
New CX tech often doesn’t give desired results
Customer service leaders who are effective at vendor and product evaluation activities saw only a 50% increase in the likelihood that they’d achieve their technology goals , according to a survey by Gartner. By contrast, leaders who are effective at organisational...
Europe sets up deep-space optical communication link
The European Space Agency (ESA) has marked a historic milestone by establishing the first time ever optical communication link with a European Ground Segment with a spacecraft in deep space. The link was made with the transmitting and receiving optical ground stations...
Final call for 2025 SAVCA Industry Award nominations
For the seventh consecutive time, the Southern African Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (SAVCA) is set to the transformative power of private capital. The 2025 SAVCA Industry Awards on 7 November will once again set the benchmark for the best in local...
How SMEs can weather tariffs
The confirmation that South Africa will from next month be hit by a 30% export tariff by the US should motivate small business owners to invest in their competitive advantage, and urgently scrutinise their internal operations for efficiencies. This is a significant...
Nvidia’s historic $4trn market cap highlights AI’s key role
Nvidia briefly became the first publicly-traded company in history to reach a market capitalisation of $4-trillion yesterday (9 July), outpacing tech giants Apple and Microsoft, and marking a pivotal moment in the global AI landscape. This milestone underscores Wall...
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MTN Xlerator partners with Payabill
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Are battery-less solar panels a cost-effective solution?
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Load shedding impacts the property market
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AI’s impact on cybersecurity and cybercrime
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Cyber-awareness education a change management initiative
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Principal Technician: Measurement Operations at City of Cape Town – Western Cape Cape Town CBD
ENERGY - Electricity Generation AND Distribution - Measurement PRINCIPAL TECHNICIAN: MEASUREMENT OPERATIONS BASIC SALARY: R 588 221 PER ANNUM - REF NO: NRG 117/25 Requirements: National Diploma in EngineeringECSA Registered as a Professional Engineering...
SAP CO Consultant at Sabenza IT & Recruitment – Gauteng Johannesburg
Exciting Opportunity: SAP Controlling (CO) Consultant | Join a Leading Project Team in GautengAre you an SAP Controlling (CO) expert ready to take on your next challenge? We are looking for a highly skilled SAP CO Consultant to join our dynamic team in Gauteng, where...
IBM DB2 Database Administrator/DB2 DBA/DB2 Engineer (contract)
Maintain and optimize DB2 databases to ensure high performance, availability, and security. Work closely with application and infrastructure teams to support critical business operations. Database Administration: Install, configure and upgrade DB2 database servers and...
Senior Software Engineer at 60 Degrees
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SAP ABAP Consultant at Sabenza IT & Recruitment
Do you dream in ABAP? Do you get a thrill from making RICEFW objects behave exactly the way you want? Do you enjoy the challenge of migrating old-school ECC6 code into the sleek world of S/4 HANA? If so, we're looking for you!We need a SAP ABAP Developer who's ready...
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IBM DB2 Database Administrator/DB2 DBA/DB2 Engineer (contract) – Gauteng Johannesburg
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Senior Software Engineer at 60 Degrees – Western Cape Cape Town CBD
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SAP ABAP Consultant at Sabenza IT & Recruitment – Gauteng Pretoria
Do you dream in ABAP? Do you get a thrill from making RICEFW objects behave exactly the way you want? Do you enjoy the challenge of migrating old-school ECC6 code into the sleek world of S/4 HANA? If so, we're looking for you!We need a SAP ABAP Developer who's ready...
DevOps Engineer (DotNet) – 2290,1433 – Gauteng Pretoria
DevOps Engineer (DotNet) ESSENTIAL SKILLS REQUIREMENTS:Strong experience with C# and .NET Core.Solid understanding of Azure services (App Services, AKS, Key Vault, etc.).Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and Helm charts.Experience with GitHub Actions for...
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