Mastercard and Flowcart secure social commerce card payments in East Africa
Mastercard has entered a strategic collaboration with Flowcart to embed secure, seamless card payments directly within social and conversational commerce journeys. Initially launching in Kenya, the collaboration will expand across East Africa and into key high-growth...
Visa helps banks stop A2A fraud
Visa has launched an enhanced version of A2A Protect, delivering real-time risk insights that help banks stop account-to-account fraud before money leaves customer accounts. The expanded solution introduces a new unified fraud score - Visa’s first in-market...
Deep emissions cuts possible at Secunda coal-to-liquids complex
The role of the Secunda coal-based liquid fuels and chemicals production complex within South Africa’s energy transition is heavily debated. Sasol has estimated that a rapid and unplanned shutdown of operations at Secunda could reduce the country’s gross domestic...
IBM comes closer to fault-tolerant quantum computing
In another milestone towards fault-tolerant quantum computing, IBM has successfully joined and cooled down two cryogenic modules into a single environment. The new architecture is designed to scale into the modular, shared, and ultra-cold system required to link...
Get governance right before scaling AI
As finance teams begin to deploy AI agents, chief financial officers (CFOs) face a critical decision between focusing on immediate returns or prioritising governance and oversight. The risks and opportunities of AI agents are fundamentally different from previous...
Popular cloud platforms exploited in phishing attacks
New Kaspersky research into phishing activity leveraging legitimate cloud platforms has revealed over 390 000 such attacks have been carried out in the last 12-months alone. These campaigns leverage trusted services such as Cloudflare Workers, Vercel, Netlify, GitHub...
Semiconductor ceramics market to reach $16,7bn by 2033
The global semiconductor ceramics market size is expected to reach $16,7-billion by 2033, expanding at a CAGR of 6,5% from 2025 to 2033. The market is driven by increasing investments in semiconductor fabrication facilities and the rising demand for AI,...
NTT Data in strategic alliance with Palo Alto Networks
NTT Data and Palo Alto Networks have announced a multi-year strategic alliance designed to help organisations securely adopt AI, modernize cybersecurity, simplify complex technology environments and build cyber resilience for the AI era. It is Palo Alto Networks first...
Cell C adds 1,3m subscribers, resets balance sheet
Cell C Holdings reports that it added about 1,3-million subscribers’ year-on-year, grew wholesale service revenue by around 20%, and materially strengthened its balance sheet through the restructuring completed for the full year ended 31 May 2026. This is the first...
Comsol enters wholesale 5G home broadband market
Fixed wireless connectivity and private network operator Comsol is entering the home broadband market as a wholesale provider of 5G infrastructure. The move is backed by two new shareholders: Platform Investment Partners, which has made 10 founder-stage fibre...
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Is SA’s cybersecurity lagging AI adoption?
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Why most AI projects fail after launch
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Micros SA is a new Oracle NetSuite reseller
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SA set to experience first Amazon Prime Day
Prime Day, Amazon’s flagship annual global shopping event exclusive to Prime members, is taking place for the first time in South Africa from 23 to 29 June. Anyone can sign up to Amazon Prime for a 30-day free trial or join Prime billed monthly at R59/month or...
Xero unveils new AI-powered tools
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SOTRU bridges the gap to stop supplier fraud
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Cancer gaming app aims to transform health education
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NEC XON named as Fortinet’s most certified partner
NEC XON has been named Fortinet’s Most Certified Partner of the Year, recognising one of the most highly skilled Fortinet practices in the market. The accolade is based on 83 Fortinet certifications held by 24 engineers, spanning the full Fortinet Security Fabric...
Vumacam helps recover hijacked vehicle in Alexandra
A hijacked vehicle was successfully recovered in Alexandra following a swift, coordinated response supported by Vumacam Proof and local law enforcement teams. The incident began when an eyewitness, who was stuck in traffic, captured video footage of a reported...
Senior Full Stack Developer (C#.NET, .NET Core, EF Core, React) (JHB On-site) – Gauteng Johannesburg
ENVIRONMENT:THE coding expertise of a Senior Full Stack Developer, who moves fast, thinks independently, and sees AI as a superpower, is sought by a dynamic provider of cutting-edge Job Management Software Solutions in Joburg. You'll be shaping a small Engineering...
Data Engineer – Gauteng Johannesburg
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My client based in Tygerfalls, Bellville is currently looking for a Junior Software Developer to join their team on a permanent basis. IT / FINANCE Responsibilities Develop and maintain components of the CRM platform and client-facing portals.Develop and support...
DevOps Engineer (CPT Hybrid) – Western Cape Cape Town
ENVIRONMENT:A DevOps Engineer with a security-first mindset who is passionate about building scalable, reliable systems is wanted to join the team of a cutting-edge global FinTech company committed to delivering funding products to small-to-medium sized businesses....
Junior Software Developer – Western Cape Bellville
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Senior Software Developer at QE Services
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Senior Software Developer at QE Services – Gauteng Waterfall
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Principal Software Engineer – Gauteng Johannesburg
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