Underfunding a leading cause of AI failures for SA firms

South African organisations whose AI ambitions outrun their budgets are seven times more likely to say AI has fallen short, according to preliminary results from DayOne’s State of AI Delivery in South Africa survey. Of the more than 170 employees, founders, managers...

Revenue to hit $1bn as quantum breakthroughs advance

Worldwide, quantum computing revenue is projected to total $1,1-billion in 2027, according to Gartner. “Nations and businesses have scaled spending in quantum literacy, patents, partnerships, and early use-case exploration,” says Gaurav Gupta, vice-president analyst...

Fuel price shock will hit supply chains hard, driving prices up

South Africa’s latest fuel price increase will put fresh pressure on already strained supply chains, says supply chain industry body SAPICS. The organisation warns that the cost impact is likely to extend far beyond the transport sector and into consumers’ pockets at...

SA must put jobs at the centre of its AI future

South Africans are embracing AI, but turning that appetite into economic opportunity will require trained educators, reliable Internet, affordable access, recognised skills pathways, scaling of existing financing models, and investment in the country’s own languages,...

Milestone reached in connected schools initiative

One year after Ericsson entered a global partnership with UNICEF to support the Giga Initiative's school connectivity mapping efforts, the initiative has reached a major milestone in mapping the location and connectivity status of 1-million schools. Giga - founded by...

Update on registry operator search

The South African Domain Name Authority (ZADNA) recently issued a notice to terminate the 10-year long Registry Operating Agreement for the commercial .za second-level domains, which comes to an end in April 2022. This was followed by a Request for Information (RFI)...

Dell OEM extends to SA entrepreneurs

Dell has launched its OEM (original equipment manufacture) business in South Africa, giving local entrepreneurs the opportunity to make use of the Dell technology, engineering and production lines to develop products and solutions for their specific requirements....

Digital disruption could break enterpreneurs

A new EY report calls for G20 leaders to better support young entrepreneurs through policies that ensure digital disruption enables rather than hinders their business development plans. The report, "Disrupting the disruptors: Disrupting youth entrepreneurship with...

Cheap solar set for African boom

The business case for solar photovoltaics (PV) in Africa is stronger than ever thanks to rapidly declining technology costs, according to a new report released today by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). "Solar PV in Africa: Costs and Markets"...

African consumers embrace online payments

A significant percentage of clients are not likely to be using plastic or cash in certain circumstances within the next decade as online and mobile payment solutions increasingly change buying patterns. This is according to Wendy Pienaar, head of emerging payments at...

Entertainment industry continues to grow

The Internet, video games, television and filmed entertainment segments of sub-Saharan Africa's entertainment and media industry are projected to continue to grow in the following years but the publishing industry is having to work very hard to make any headway,...

IoT deployments become reality

Initial results from the International Data Corporation (IDC) 2016 Global IoT Decision Maker Survey show that the market is pivoting away from proof of concept projects to scalable Internet of Things (IoT) deployments that are incorporating cloud, analytics, and...

SA inflation back into the target range

Statistics South Africa (StatsSA) reported on 21 September that headline inflation decreased from 6% year-on-year (YoY) in July to 5,9% YoY during August. The latest YoY figure (calculating the change over a 12-month period) was below market expectations of 6% YoY and...

What next for HP Inc/Samsung?

There's been remarkably little follow-up news after the bombshell announcement 10 days ago that HP Inc is to acquire Samsung's printer business - but IT-Online has learnt that a lot of behind-the-scenes work has already been accomplished, and the move should take...

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Senior Business Analyst – Gauteng Sandown

SNR BA required for Financial Services Group to collaborate with their stakeholders through individual engagements, business meetings, Agile or JAD sessions, to elicit requirements, for existing business problems and challenges using best practices and proper...

Senior Java Developer – Gauteng Rosebank

Qualifications and ExperienceBSc Information Technology/Computer Science degree or similarMinimum 4 years hands on programming ExperienceExtensive MS SQL Server experienceExperience in using GITExperience in using Soap, XML, HTTP(S), REST, JSONExperience and knowledge...

Intermediate C# Developer at Kwena – Gauteng Pretoria CBD

To be involved in the development of a public facing website based on Microsoft products, including the development of API's (Application Program Interfaces) and message integration functionality. The development will be done using C# within the Microsoft IDE to...

Application Support Technician at MHA Management Holdings Pty Ltd

We are looking for a young and dynamic Application Support Technician with a relevant NQF Level 4 or higher qualification. The ideal individual will be a recent graduate who have obtained at least six months experience in a similar role and who is eager to join a...

Software Developer – C# Angular at RecruiTech

Our client is looking for an enthusiastic software developer to join their team. You will be responsible for design, building code and implementation. Qualifications: MatricBSc (Computer Science or Information Systems)/ BCom (Information Systems)/A National Diploma in...

Business Analyst

Migration Business Analyst - Manage End-To-End Migration Testing Life Cycle for This GLOBAL WEALTH-TECH, INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT PLATFORM-AS-A-SERVICE COMPANY - Cape Town/Johannesburg (HYBRID) - Up to R850K Per Annum This is an incredible opportunity for an Intermediate...

Business Intelligence Developer

The BI Developer is responsible for end to end BI development, support, monitoring, analysis andmaintenance within the BI and Data Warehouse environment/s, as well as general BI functions toassist the BI team in day-to-day operations and ad hoc tasks when required....

Solutions Architect

The purpose is that the solutions architect looks at the existing payments environment and analyses what technologies are available and what software products must be developed or bought to provide the best solution for the problem that needs to be solved. The...

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