How can SA plug the ICT skills gap?

Kathy Gibson reports from the IITPSA Workforce Conference – While South Africa records the highest unemployment rate in the world, there is still a dire shortage of critical IT skills. Presenting the IITPSA IT Skills Survey, Lehlohonolo  Mokenela, MD of Africa...

Is talent debt depleting your institutional knowledge?

Organisations cutting costs through workforce reduction to weather tough conditions may be trading a visible saving for an invisible liability that will cost them far more later, warns Advaita Naidoo, Africa MD at executive search firm Jack Hammer Global. “Globally,...

In 2027, AI could account for 20% of all business tech spend

In the coming year, CIOs and CISOs will face growing pressure to realise returns on their AI investments in infrastructure, security, digital sovereignty, and emerging technologies, according to Forrester’s 2027 technology and security predictions. Additionally, with...

Banks expect to hand decisions to AI – even if they can’t explain them

Banks are racing toward a future where AI no longer merely informs key credit, treasury, and risk decisions – it makes them autonomously. Yet AI governance is not keeping pace with adoption, according to new AI risk research by FT Longitude, SAS and Microsoft. Even as...

Social media adoption could bolster African growth

Social media platforms help to accelerate economic growth and opportunity across the continent. This is one of the findings of a study conducted by Genesis Analytics in eight African countries - Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, the DRC, South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, Mauritius,...

1,1m threats now target gamers

In 2020, as countries around the world were forced into lockdown, the number of online gamers skyrocketed. In fact, by the end of March 2020, the number of both active users and concurrent users actively playing games on Steam (the most popular online gaming platform,...

Mobile users top 2bn worldwide

The International Data Corporation (IDC) estimates that 3,2-billion people, or 44% of the world's population, will have access to the Internet in 2016. Of this number, more than 2-billion will be using mobile devices to do so. Growth in Internet access is taking place...

African countries exposed to cyber-crime

Tanzania was the most attacked country in the world in October, taking a massive jump to 78th position on the list of 140 countries examined in November. Namibia, which was in fifth position last month, has replaced Tanzania to become the most-attacked African nation,...

Euro MPLS to reach $14,63bn

With most enterprises now desiring hybrid network deployments, service providers are designing and implementing networks that integrate multiprotocol label switching (MPLS), Internet and Ethernet. MPLS’ inherent compatibility with different access technologies such as...

Security appliance market on the up

According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Security Appliance Tracker, the total security appliance market showed positive growth in both vendor revenue and unit shipments for the third quarter of 2015 (3Q15). Worldwide vendor revenues...

Business inkjets see solid growth

Business inkjet shipments maintained their momentum in the third quarter of 2015 (3Q15) with 2,2-million units shipped and 16,3% year-over-year growth. The overall worldwide hardcopy peripherals market recorded a year-over-year decline of -6.3% in 3Q15, according to...

Asteroid makes Xmas Eve flyby

Asteroid 2003 SD220 will safely fly past Earth today (24 December) at a distance of 6,8-million miles (11-million kilometers). Scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, have generated the highest-resolution images to date of this asteroid...

China leads manufacturing changes in 2016

Innovations in nearly every sector are setting the stage for technology market growth and even more rapid change in 2016. Shifts in global technology manufacturing trends and processes -- with an even greater emphasis on the manufacturing powerhouse of China -- will...

Financial services spend hits $114bn

According to a new IDC Financial Services Insights Perspective, Worldwide Financial Services 3rd Platform IT Spend 2014-2019 – Opportunities Abound, the financial services industry spent $114-billion worldwide on mobility, cloud, and big data and analytics (BDA)...

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Python Developer – Eastern Cape Port Elizabeth

Python DeveloperAre you looking for international exposure but would like to live in SA and have at least one year's Python Developing exp then please send me your cv for a full job spec [Email Address Removed]. If you have not been contacted within 2 weeks, consider...

Senior Software Site Support Engineer

We have opportunities in our Software Engineering division for Senior Software Site Support Engineer who will report to the Functional Manager: Software. You will support engineering, deployment and commissioning activities of the radio telescope in the Karoo. Key...

Support Engineer

The Role: We are recruiting a Support Engineer to join our team in Sasolburg, Free State.Role Objective:Backup ManagementIdentification and implementation of improvementsSkills and Experience: Required Qualification:Grade 12A+/N+Preferred Qualifications:ITIL...

Junior Embedded Software Engineer

Vacancy available for an Embedded Software Developer to join our client's growing team, where you shall be responsible for the design and development of embedded software relating to digital communication systems. As part of the engineering and development team, you...

Senior Test Analyst Engineer (Automation) LWR1896 at Mediro ICT

A company based in Midrand is looking for a Senior Test Analyst Engineer (Automation) to join their team on a long-term contract until Dec 2025. CV to [Email Address Removed] Role-specific knowledge: 5+ years of Experience in Test Automation 8+ years of Experience in...

Developer – C# at Parvana Recruitment

Client Details: Our client aims to make an impact through finding solutions for even the most challenging requirements. Our client started as a three-man operation that was dedicated to developing and supporting a single product. Role Responsibilities: Analysing...

Developer – Java (Intermediate) (1002775) at Parvana Recruitment

Parvana Role: To develop functionality for a JEE (J2EE) based product. The back-end is a service oriented Spring based application. It provides a service layer for different user channels ranging from web, rich clients and batch users integrating via JMS and web...

Web Developer

Web DeveloperSenior Web DeveloperBased in PE or CTAmazing opportunity for a suitably experienced web developer to join a well-established company launching an international website - if your passion is to develop and grow then this is the company for you! For a full...

QA Tester

As a QA Tester, you'll be responsible for testing the quality of our website and mobile applications. You will work with a team to write automated tests that verify that features work as expected, identify bugs in our code base and improve the overall quality of...

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