NASA experiments with drones for planetary landings

NASA successfully demonstrated technology designed to help spacecraft autonomously navigate to safe landing sites on the Moon and on other planets. An Alta-X drone equipped with the agency’s Safe and Precise Landing – Integrated Capabilities Evolution (SPLICE)...

Turn vision into reality with the right AI strategy

Kathy Gibson reports from Dell Technologies Forum in Johannesburg - Today's leaders aren't asking whether to adopt AI, they're asking how to turn it into outcomes the business can see. And South African companies can no longer afford to take a wait-and-see attitude to...

Gloomy outlook for global economies as geopolitical tensions worsen

Coface’s latest risk review, Rates Against the Machine, has confirmed what the world dreaded just a few months ago has come to pass – rather than improve, the geopolitical situation has deteriorated once again. This, Coface says, puts upward pressure on commodity...

Banks are still missing the links between fraud and money laundering

Financial institutions are increasingly integrating their fraud and anti-money laundering (AML) systems, but intelligence and governance gaps remain. New fraud and AML convergence research from Datos Insights, commissioned by data and AI leader SAS, finds 86% report...

PC shipments continue strong growth in 2021

Global shipments of traditional PCs, including desktops, notebooks, and workstations, grew 55,2% year over year during the first quarter of 2021 (1Q21). This is according to preliminary results from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Personal...

Semiconductor sales stable in 2020

Worldwide semiconductor revenue totaled $466,2-billion in 2020, an increase of 10,4% from 2019, according to final results by Gartner. "Memory, GPUs and 5G chipsets led semiconductor growth, driven by hyperscale, PC, ultramobile and 5G handset end-market demand, while...

Hunt is on for African Einsteins

The Next Einstein Forum (NEF) has launched the search for 54 of Africa's top young science and technology ambassadors, one from each African country. The selected NEF Ambassadors will join the NEF Fellows Class as young science and technology champions from Africa....

Barclays’ Tech Lab aims to spur innovation

Barclays Africa has launched Tech Lab Africa, a venture programme which promises to change the future of 10 innovative African enterprises. The world of financial services and digital health and wellness is being disrupted by new technologies, agile companies and...

New maths initiative for African students

The University of Chicago and the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) has announced a new partnership to educate and train talented African students at AIMS centres across Africa.Thierry Zomahoun, president and CEO of AIMS and Eric Isaacs, provost of...

NEC buys into SA’s XON

NEC Europe has invested in local company XON, in order to leverage the expertise in the region to provide greater sales coverage in the sub-Sahara African market – and accelerate regional growth for both companies in the telecoms, government, enterprise and energy sectors. The two companies have explored joint sub-Sahara Africa business opportunities for the past 18 months and identified many areas of collaboration.

Gauteng rolls out paperless classes

The Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) today officially launched its technology-enabled teaching and learning programme to Grade 12 learners in the Gauteng province. The programme, commonly known as “the paperless classroom”, entails the usage of interactive boards, mobile devices such as tablets, and laptops with complete Internet connectivity to conduct teaching and learning.

Ancient scroll gives up its secrets

For the first time, advanced technologies have made it possible to read parts of a Torah scroll that is at least 1 500 years old, which was excavated in 1970 but at some point earlier had been badly burned. The scroll was discovered inside the Holy Ark of the synagogue at Ein Gedi in Israel. High-resolution scanning and University of Kentucky Professor Brent Seales’ virtual unwrapping tool revealed verses from the beginning of the Book of Leviticus.

Cheaters risk exposure as site hacked

Large caches of data stolen from online cheating site AshleyMadison.com have been posted online by an individual or group that claims to have completely compromised the company’s user databases, financial records and other proprietary information. This is according to the KrebsOnSecurity blog, with says the still-unfolding leak could be quite damaging to some 37-million users of the hook-up service, whose slogan is “Life is short. Have an affair.”

Manufacturers urged to embrace IoT

For manufacturers, the Internet of Things (IoT) is bringing the necessary capabilities for connected products, assets and supply chains. Through IoT, manufacturers can leverage a combination of software, sensors and IP-enabled connectivity to change products and...

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Software Engineering Manager

Work from home position We are looking for an experienced software development team lead to join a versatile and creative IT management team. As the development lead you will lead a co-located group of developers and testers constantly striving for quality solutions...

Senior Python Engineer – Western Cape Woodstock

This role can be fully remote. Our client makes online commerce and digital payment acceptance easier and more accessible across all Africa. Based in Cape Town, South Africa, we work with small and largemerchants to provide a complete toolkit to accept, manage and...

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Work from home position We are looking for an experienced software development team lead to join a versatile and creative IT management team. As the development lead you will lead a co-located group of developers and testers constantly striving for quality solutions...

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WORK FROM HOME This position reports to the Data Platform Team LeadYour mission, should you choose to accept it: Develop and support multiple MySQL and Postgres database instances, including cloud based solutionsManage database capacity and usage, and able to...

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Remote work is optional. Our client is looking for an innovative and experienced senior developer to join their team. The developer will lead a project team to deliver on systems and features requested by a Product Owner in an Agile project environment. Architect and...

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WORK FROM HOME This position reports to the Data Platform Team LeadYour mission, should you choose to accept it: Develop and support multiple MySQL and Postgres database instances, including cloud based solutionsManage database capacity and usage, and able to...

Senior .NET Developer – Western Cape Rondebosch

Remote work is optional. Our client is looking for an innovative and experienced senior developer to join their team. The developer will lead a project team to deliver on systems and features requested by a Product Owner in an Agile project environment. Architect and...

Test Automation Specialist

This position reports to the QA Team Lead This role will be responsible for the maintenance and ongoing development of the automation solutions as well as the script coverage that supports the various teams within the company. The Automation Specialist will be...

Software Engineer ( Machine Learning )

This position reports to the respective Engineering Manager for that team. We are looking for an experienced Machine Learning Engineer to join one of our versatile and creative development teams. As a Machine Learning Engineer, your expertise directly translates into...

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