Cyber resilience the foundation for Africa’s next phase of digital growth

Building strong cyber resilience will be the key to sustaining the current remarkable growth of Africa’s digital economy, according to a new white paper from Mastercard. The report – Africa’s Digital Defence Race - highlights that between 2016 and 2025, mobile money...

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...

Building skills and competencies the top HR priority for 2022

Nearly 60% of HR leaders reported that building critical skills and competencies will be their number one priority in 2022, according to a survey by Gartner. The survey found the other top HR priorities for 2022 are organisational design and change management (48%),...

Resellers look forward to better business in 2022

Global IT resellers have mostly prospered during the pandemic and expect even better business performance over the next 12 months - but there remain major opportunities for closer collaboration with distributors on cloud and digital initiatives, according to Context....

Malware costs SMBs up to $99k

According to the global research, Corporate IT Security Risks 2016, conducted by Kaspersky Lab, l Last year one cryptomalware attack cost small and medium businesses up to $99 000 on average, according to the Corporate IT Security Risks 2016 research from Kaspersky...

Volvo tests self-driving truck in Swedish mine

Volvo's fully autonomous truck is the first in the world to be tested in operations deep underground in the Kristineberg Mine. The self-driving truck is part of a development project aimed at improving the transport flow and safety in the mine. The truck will cover a...

Regional tablet sales take a knock

Sluggish demand from consumers across much of the Middle East and Africa (MEA) saw the region's tablet market shrink 13,3% year on year in Q2 2016, according to the latest Middle East and Africa Quarterly Tablet Tracker from International Data Corporation (IDC). The...

UCT still ranked first in Africa

The University of Cape Town (UCT) continues to rank first in South Africa and on the continent, although this is the second year of a drop in places in the overall Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Rankings. This downward movement does not, however, mean that the quality of...

ZACR says org.za suspensions can be fixed

South Africa's ZA Central Registry (ZACR) is tasked with administering second-level domains within the greater .ZA namespace, which includes .org.za. ZACR regularly undertakes technical streamlining as part of its continued and transparent efforts to maintain the...

Auto industry looks to customer service

The old adage which says that the "customer is king" is taking on new significance in the 21st century as product-based marketing is being replaced by an information-led market where savvy consumers demand flexible, personalised, customer-centric service. The retail...

LTE set to dominate M2M

Forecasts show that cellular machine-to-machine (M2M) connections (not including NB-IoT) will reach 733-million globally by 2021. Ovum's latest report, "Cellular Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Forecasts: 2016-21" predicts that total cellular M2M service revenues will reach...

SA avoids technical recession

Statistics South Africa (StatsSA) reported yesterday that the South African economy expanded by 3.3% q-o-q and 0.6% y-o-y during the second quarter of 2016. This was slightly better than economists had expected and warded off the fear of a technical recession - two...

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Solutions Architect

Our client, leaders in the Automotive space has a long-term contract opportunity for a Solutions Architect. This position is based in the Gauteng region with a hybrid approach being on-site and remote. Skills Required: Angular 10, AG GridSpring Framework, AWS...

MANAGER: IT INFRASTRUCTURE at Universal Healthcare

PURPOSE OF THE JOB:To deliver an effective, secure and resilient Group ICT infrastructure that supports the Group's organisational requirements, providing voice and data networks and ICT Server and endpoint environment. Responsible for owning IT service management...

Embedded Software Engineer (Netherlands)

Our client in the High Tech sector requires an Embedded Software Engineer, NetherlandsResponsibilities:Focus is on embedded software design and implementationDeliver technical contributions to all aspects of the development: specification, design, implementation,...

SQL Developer (Mid-Snr) – Gauteng Johannesburg Region

One of our US based clients are looking for a SQL Developer with 5+ years' experience extracting data from a variety of platforms, performing data mapping, data transformation, and loading data to the target system. The position requires strong system and process...

Mobile Developer – Gauteng Midrand

Purpose: To develop functionality for a mobile application based on Microsoft Xamarin product set with React Native knowledge. The mobile application development is compatable with iOS, Android and Huwaei app store requirements. A working knowledge of each app store...

Solutions Architect – Gauteng Midrand

Our client, leaders in the Automotive space has a long-term contract opportunity for a Solutions Architect. This position is based in the Gauteng region with a hybrid approach being on-site and remote. Skills Required: Angular 10, AG GridSpring Framework, AWS...

Intermediate PHP Developer

PHP Developer - Laravel frameworkRemote position Our client is offering an opportunity for an experienced PHP Developer to: Maintain and improve current platformImplement new functionality on platformIntegrate with new financial institutionsRequirements: At least 5...

Software Tester at The Focus Group

Obtain the functional spec from the Business Analyst and formulate and run test cases. Planning and estimation of Test Cycles with Business and Project Management. Planning, Executing and Leading UAT with Business SMEs. Assist other Software Testers where needed....

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