IT spend will breach $7trn for the first time in 2027

Worldwide IT spending is expected to reach $7,35-trillion in 2027, up 15% from 2026, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. “Collectively, the market forces are reinforcing spend around AI infrastructure, AI-enabled cloud platforms, and advanced software...

As African CEOs embrace AI, ROI is still elusive

By Kathy Gibson - African companies are in the middle of learning and adopting artificial intelligence (AI), and adapting to the changes it brings. But they are also looking beyond adoption at how to measure value from their AI investments, says Ladi Asuni, partner...

Africa moves from AI ambition to action

AI has moved from potential to proven economic value and while ambition setting is near universal across economies, execution speed is the differentiator, according to Boston Consulting Group’s The AI Maturity Matrix 2026: AI Is Transforming How Economies Develop and...

The shocking reality facing jobseekers

Of the 867 706 people who registered looking for entry-level work in retail, restaurants and quick-service outlets over a 13-month period, just 6 566 were appointed - approximately one in every 132 – and between them, they sent nearly five million applications. The...

International community urged to avoid two-speed economic recovery

There is a real danger of the world experiencing a two-speed recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic - with Africa lagging behind. Heads of international development institutions held a closed-door session with German Chancellor Angela Merkel last week to discuss the...

Implement strategic planning now to ensure future growth

While many long term plans were put off due to the Covid-19 pandemic, executive leaders should act now in implementing a strategic planning process for future revenue growth, according to Gartner. Organisations must actively prepare to respond to future disruptions...

The consumer outlook for 2016

In its first Consumer Outlook 2016, Standard Bank economist, Zaakirah Ismail analyses the South African consumer from a macroeconomic perspective and presents Standard Bank's consumer outlook for 2016. South Africa has one of the most unequal societies in the world....

SDDC ready for the mainstream

Concerns over the viability and potential advantages of the software-defined data centre (SDDC) are increasingly a thing of the past - IT and business professionals alike now readily acknowledge the significant benefits to be accrued from this dynamic trend. More...

Users urged to not pay the ransom

Every day, all over the world, ordinary people are becoming victims of extortion subjected by ransomware authors whose work is made easy by lack of knowledge. It's no different in South Africa, where companies and average computer users are becoming victims. In the...

MTN, Ericsson pilot LTE-U in Joburg

MTN SA together with Ericsson has successfully trialled LTE-Unlicensed (LTE-U) at MTN's flagship channel store in Morningside, Johannesburg. LTE-U is a mobile technology innovation that enables higher data speeds, which increase network capacity and significantly...

Who are the leaders in analytics, integration?

International Data Corporation (IDC) has published a new vendor assessment profiling a variety of vendors participating in the worldwide business analytics consulting and systems integration services market. The analysis revealed that buyers believe the primary...

Contact lens camera on the cards

Sony has filed a patent for a contact lens that will allow users to record and play back video images. The proposed design would build on both contact lens and smartphone technology, and will be controlled by the user blinking. The abstract from the US patent...

More capacity needed for African goals

A more co-ordinated and strategic approach to developing capacity is needed if Africa is to achieve the ambitious goals as defined by Agenda 2063. This emerged from the Capacity Development Forum (CDF) in Harare, being held as part of the Silver Jubilee of the African...

‘Designer’ cyber threats on the rise

There is a growing trend among cybercriminals to target and even filter out specific countries when designing ransomware and other malicious cyberattacks. This is one of the findings from SophosLabs research that includes information from millions of endpoints...

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Senior Data Engineer

Role Description The role operates within a cross-functional, agile development team working across various technologies.The key responsibilities of this role will focus on creating and maintaining data solutions. This will include development activities such as the...

Analyst Fraud Data at Capitec Bank Ltd – Western Cape Die Boord

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Senior Software Developer – Western Cape Cape Town Region

POSITION PURPOSE The Senior Software Developer will be part of a development team building the MeerKAT and the MeerKAT Extension telescopes Science Data Processors.Senior software developers research, analyse and evaluate requirements for existing or new software...

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Please Note: This is an in-office position on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. You must be open to work on alcohol brands My client is looking for a midlevel Full Stack Developer with 3-4 years' Full Stack or Backend experience and strong proficiency with Node.js, SQL...

Senior Data Engineer – Western Cape Century City

Role Description The role operates within a cross-functional, agile development team working across various technologies.The key responsibilities of this role will focus on creating and maintaining data solutions. This will include development activities such as the...

Systems Analyst at Fourier Recruitment

Examining/maintenance checks current systems Incident/Request management Talking to users (requirements gathering) Liaising with other IT staff Implementing new systems / undertaking system deployments Travel is a key feature of the job as the majority of work is...

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