New battery factory drives industrialisation, job creation

Kathy Gibson reports - Actom has opened a new assembly line for locally-assembled LiFePO₄ battery energy storage systems (BESS). Yesterday, the company also announced that is expanding manufacturing capacity for its high voltage equipment. These moves are significant...

Herotel brings Amazon’s Leo satellite services to SA

Kathy Gibson reports – Herotel has signed a distribution agreement with Amazon to bring its Leo Constellation satellite service to South Africa. Set to go live in 2027, South Africa will be among one of the first countries in the world to connect to the low earth...

Social media the top culprit as deepfake fraud grows

Deepfake attacks are growing, and costing people more. Scial media is the main culprit

Muse highlights privacy, copyright issues in AI training

Copyright and privacy issues under the spotlight as Meta withdraws Muse feature

Apple to drive big growth in foldable smartphones

Worldwide foldable smartphone shipments are forecast to grow 10% year-on-year (YoY) in 2025 to 20,6-million units, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. The new foldable iPhone from Apple, alongside Samsung’s...

IBM and Pearson collaborate on AI-powered learning tools

IBM and Pearson have announced a global partnership to build new personalised learning products powered by AI for businesses, public organisations and educational institutions. Recent research from Pearson found that inefficient career transitions and skills...

New hacktivist threat poses global risks

Newly-emerged hacktivist group DieNet has claimed responsibility for more than 60 distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks in just two months, including its most recent and widely reported action: the global disruption of X (formerly Twitter). The DieNet group...

SA traders urged to guard against deepfake scams

Last week, the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) issued an urgent warning about sophisticated scams targeting traders. Fraudsters are now using deepfake videos to impersonate well-known business leaders, officials, and brokers to lure South Africans into fake...

Huawei to power SA’s first grid-forming system

Huawei Digital Power Sub-Saharan Africa has been selected as the exclusive original equipment manufacturer (OEM) partner for the Palabora Mining Company (PMC) solar and battery energy storage system (BESS) project, a flagship initiative led by the Mzansi Energy...

Telco-powered credit score enables better access to finance

TransUnion Africa, in partnership with MTN and its digital platform business, Chenosis, has launched TransUnion Telco Data Score, a new credit scoring solution that uses mobile phone call data records to help South Africans with limited or no formal credit history...

Lenovo and F1 in AI pilot

Formula 1 and Lenovo have announced a successful trial of Lenovo’s AI-powered ThinkPad X9 Aura Edition laptop at the Event Technical Centre (ETC), showcasing the possibilities the new era of intelligent computing can have in motorsport operations. As part of a...

Tech helps reunite users with unclaimed benefits

An estimated R90 billion in unclaimed assets lies dormant across South Africa, belonging to millions of individuals who remain unaware that these funds are rightfully theirs. Since the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) brought the issue to light in its 2022...

FNB scoops brand accolades

FNB has been recognised as the top performing financial institution across three categories at the 15th Brand Africa 100 South Africa’s Best Brands awards, being named the Most Admired Financial Services Brand, Most Admired Banking Brand and Most Admired African Brand...

Proba-3 mission creates artificial solar eclipse

The European Space Agency’s Proba-3 mission has unveiled its first images of the Sun’s outer atmosphere – the solar corona. The mission’s two satellites, able to fly as a single spacecraft thanks to a suite of onboard positioning technologies, have succeeded in...

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Coaxle buys into iX

Coaxle, the integrated data and insights company of which Lightstone is a member, has acquired a 50% interest in iX, a provider of digital solutions primarily to the retail automotive industry. The acquisition will strengthen the synergies between iX and long-standing...

Diabetes care transformed by made-in-SA chatbot

South African diabetes technology company Guidepost has developed an innovative chatbot that is transforming the lives of thousands of South Africans with diabetes. By connecting them to a personal diabetes nurse educator, Guidepost is bridging the gap in diabetes...

Management buyout at Interconnect Systems

Privately held network infrastructure company Interconnect has announced that its executive team has bought out the share of the company held by its remaining co-founder, Tai van Aswegen. The transaction will be effective on 31 March 2023. "The management buyout is...

Building a digital, sustainable bank for the future

Banking, like many other sectors, has responded to rapid change and evolving customer needs by developing a digital strategy. By Takalane Khashane, MD of Iron Mountain South Africa Banks in South Africa are increasingly using new technologies, digital solutions and...

Love is in the office air: should your business care?

Navigating office romance can be challenging. Relationships and romantic entanglements between senior executives and junior staff can introduce unexpected complexities, while inter-office marriages and affairs can introduce toxicity into the working environment. As...

Growing compliance could take a toll on acquiring margins

Banks hoping to navigate the uncertainties of 2023 will be looking to their modernisation efforts as a way to claw back some value. In its 2023 banking outlook, Deloitte has advised banks to "...reassess traditional product, service, and industry boundaries to create...

Ricoh announced as Kofax Partner of the Year

Ricoh has officially been named as the 2022 Partner of the Year for intelligent automation platform developer Kofax. The award recognises Ricoh's commitment to the strategic partnership between the two companies. As a result of the partnership, Ricoh has become an...

Huawei Cloud introduces smart finance solution

Huawei has launched its Huawei Cloud's all-scenario smart finance solution to Africa. The solution, announced at the Huawei Intelligent Finance Summit for Africa 2023, will effectively drive the digitisation and leapfrogging development of African's financial and...

The winners of Kyocera SA’s 15th Annual Service Awards are …

Kyocera Document Solutions South Africa (KDZA) has announced the winners of the 15th annual Service Awards. The annual Service Awards are part of a global initiative to recognise and honour service excellence. The much-anticipated awards attract service engineers...

Channel is critical for safeguarding organisations from cybercrime

As cybercrime accelerates and ransomware continues to pose a significant threat, with 73% of UK & Ireland (UK&I) organisations experiencing at least one attack in the past year and 18% suffering four or more, businesses are feeling more vulnerable than ever....

Business Analyst (Centurion Hybrid)

ENVIRONMENT:A dynamic provider of Integrated Security Solutions in Centurion seeks a highly skilled Business Analyst who will serve to bridge the gap, by acting as a liaison, between the business and the Development team. You will be responsible for understanding the...

Personal Share Portfolio Business Analyst

The purpose of the role is to plan, design, develop and launch Personal Share Portfolios (PSP) and associated business processes across the Investment platform.Key responsibilitiesEnsuring continual appreciation of the broader business context by understanding...

IT Support Technician

Coactivate is looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual who has professional manners and excellent problem-solving skills to fill the role of IT Support Technician. Minimum Requirements Grade 12 / MatricA+ and N+ certifications (or equivalent)Minimum of 2...

Business Analyst (Centurion Hybrid) – Gauteng Centurion

ENVIRONMENT:A dynamic provider of Integrated Security Solutions in Centurion seeks a highly skilled Business Analyst who will serve to bridge the gap, by acting as a liaison, between the business and the Development team. You will be responsible for understanding the...

Personal Share Portfolio Business Analyst – Gauteng Johannesburg

The purpose of the role is to plan, design, develop and launch Personal Share Portfolios (PSP) and associated business processes across the Investment platform.Key responsibilitiesEnsuring continual appreciation of the broader business context by understanding...

IT Support Technician – KwaZulu-Natal Durban

Coactivate is looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual who has professional manners and excellent problem-solving skills to fill the role of IT Support Technician. Minimum Requirements Grade 12 / MatricA+ and N+ certifications (or equivalent)Minimum of 2...

DevOps Engineer at NRF National Research Foundation

Postion Summary: SARAO seeks to appoint a DevOps Engineer, responsible to automates and supports the tools and processes relating to continuous delivery, integration and deployment for software packages, platforms, operating systems and infrastructure in the Compute...

Business Data Analyst

Psybergate is an IT company that builds bespoke software solutions and provides highly skilled resources to its clients.We are looking for a Business Data Analyst tto join our financial services client based in Sandton for a 12-months contract role.We are seeking a...

Business Data Analyst – Remote Remote

Psybergate is an IT company that builds bespoke software solutions and provides highly skilled resources to its clients.We are looking for a Business Data Analyst tto join our financial services client based in Sandton for a 12-months contract role.We are seeking a...

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