Businesses urged to take action as 95% of AI pilot projects fail
A recent MIT report featured in Fortune magazine revealed that 95% of generative-AI pilot projects are failing, resulting in investors pulling back and misrepresenting this as a failure of the technology itself. However, the real failure lies in the way organisations...
Measles vaccine has saved hundreds of thousands of lives
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has underscored the remarkable progress made in the fight against measles over the past 24 years. Since 2000, global measles cases have fallen by 71%, dropping from an estimated 38-million to 11-million in 2024 – with improvements...
What needs to change to empower MSMEs
With high unemployment remaining one of South Africa’s most urgent challenges, the role of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in scaling job creation and stimulating inclusive economic growth has never been more critical. Yet, as Finfind’s SA MSME Access to...
Study offers guidance to improve access to rabies vaccines
A new study published in the journal Vaccine reveals that improvements in the supply chain and delivery of human rabies vaccines in Tanzania and Kenya could significantly reduce preventable deaths and ensure more efficient use of health budgets. The study was...
Channel veteran Gary Pickford leaves Tarsus
By Mark Davison - After more than 24 years in various roles at the group, Gary Pickford, CEO of Tarsus Distribution, has resigned from the company. Group chief financial officer Emile Burger will take up the reins of the company from Pickford. “It is with a heavy...
SA not progressing in cybersecurity readiness
Kathy Gibson reports - Cybersecurity readiness remains alarmingly low in 2025. Organisations are still struggling with many of the basics, compounded by new complexities introduced by AI and an ongoing skills shortages. This is according to Cisco’s 2025 Cybersecurity...
Tariff shocks, AI disruption strain global growth
The global economic outlook has worsened since the start of the year, as rising economic nationalism and tariff volatility fuel uncertainty and risk stalling long-term decision-making, according to a new World Economic Forum report. The latest Chief Economists...
Most banks are exploring GenAI
Improving operating efficiency is the most common reason banks are considering using generative artificial intelligence (GenAI). Banks are also considering using GenAI to improve customer experience and drive business growth. These are among the key finding from a...
Africa’s short-term outlook is resilient
Africa’s economy is projected to increase from 3,3%growth in 2024 to 3,9% in 2025, reaching 45 in 2026, despite mounting geopolitical uncertainties and trade tensions, according to the African Development Bank Group’s flagship 2025 African Economic Outlook report....
Are SA companies creating value?
A new report from Boston Consulting Group (BCG), “2025 Value Creators: After a Decade of Growth, What's Next?”, provides insights into the global equity capital markets and corporate value creation, including a look at companies in South Africa. The report, which has...
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According to Gartner' s IT automation trends for 2022 ,40% of all enterprise workloads will be deployed in cloud infrastructure and platform services, up from 20% in 2020. By Johan Potgieter, cluster industrial software lead at Schneider Electric Moreover, notes the...
New opportunities for long term insurers
The rapid adoption of technology has disrupted traditional business models, with many institutions forced to digitise faster than anticipated. The Covid-19 pandemic also played a key role in accelerating the adoption of technology over face-to-face interaction. By...
Will AI replace software developers?
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Boost customer lifetime value with innovative CX
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Public sector must respond to online threats in real time
Despite its various structural challenges, the South African economy continues to grow. Over time, this resilience and further potential for growth has attracted the attention of global cyber criminals. In this article, Trellix SA country lead Carlo Bolzonello argues...
Payshap to spur chat commerce but pricing complexity will impact uptake
South Africa's long awaited and highly anticipated rapid payment programme (RPP), PayShap, offers huge potential to boost digital payments and, when used in conjunction with technologies such as chat commerce, could serve as a real game changer for businesses. But the...
VMware extends partner program
VMware has announced that the next evolution of the company's flagship VMware Partner Connect program is live worldwide. Partner Connect is a singular, unified program for all partner types that is now more flexible and efficient, provides faster and simpler paths to...
Humans still the number one attack vector
With insider risk on the rise and Gartner predicting that 50% of organisations will have adopted an insider risk program by 2025, J2 Software recognises that enterprise security is only achievable when the cyber strategy is underpinned by the human element. The...
Graig joins Paratus Namibia board as ESG chairperson
Reagon Graig has joined the board of Paratus Namibia Holdings (PNH), a publicly-traded company on the Namibian Stock Exchange. He has been appointed as an independent non-executive director of the company and as chairperson of the environmental, social and governance...
Velocity acquires Stellarise
Velocity Technology Group has acquired 100% of Stellarise, a London-based Managed Services Provider, for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition will add significant new customers, technical support staff and add significant deployment skills in Microsoft Intune and...
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SAP Functional Consultant (Waranty Fundi) at Sabenza IT & Recruitment – Gauteng Pretoria
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