Fraud still rising as digital crime evolves
As the world marks International Fraud Awareness Week (16–22 November, 2025), Forvis Mazars South Africa warns that despite more sophisticated compliance systems, occupational fraud and corruption in sub-Saharan Africa remain at alarmingly high levels - and are...
First pan-African quantum challenge launched
The Africa Quantum Consortium (AQC) has launched Hack the Horizon: the Pan-African Quantum Challenge, an initiative designed to assemble and activate the continent’s sovereign quantum ecosystem. Registration for the continent-wide challenge, which unites Africa’s top...
SA’s small businesses are resilient
mall businesses continue to display resilience in challenging times, with 83% growing their revenue over the past year and 90% optimistic about their future growth. This is according to new research from Xero, shown in its 2025 State of Small Business Report. Despite...
BETI reaches its lowest level in 2025
The BankservAfrica Economic Transactions Index (BETI), measuring the value of all electronic transactions cleared through BankservAfrica on a monthly basis at seasonally adjusted real prices, slipped back in April 2025. Despite global setbacks, positive factors are...
Cell C recognised for network improvement
Cell C says it has made solid progress on its strategic roadmap, as it has been recognised by Kantar as a Top 30 Most Valuable South African Brand and by AskAfrika for best-in-class customer service. In addition, Cell C has been named as South Africa’s number one for...
The hidden security risks behind employee web activity
Enterprise reliance on browsers is growing, and so are the associated risks stemming from dangerous employee web behaviour. According to Andrius Buinovskis, a cybersecurity expert at NordLayer, some employee activity that may go undetected by security teams can result...
Fibre, 5G and fixed wireless access gain ground
“Future-proof” technologies like fibre and 5G are steadily expanding their footprint in OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) countries. Fibre now represents 44.6% of all fixed broadband connections across the OECD, with four countries exceeding...
Nature, wellness, food drive tourists to Africa
The Mastercard Economics Institute (MEI) has released its annual Travel Trends 2025 report, revealing the latest consumer spending insights and motivation when it comes to travel. Cross-border movement is often influenced by the most pressing economic factors of the...
Uptick in unemployment rate
The official unemployment rate was 32,9% in the first quarter of 2025. According to the Quarterly Labout Force Survey for Q1: 2025, there was a decrease of 291 000 in the number of employed people to 16,8-million from 17,1-million in Q4: 2024, while there was an...
Partnering with LEO operators benefits telcos and underserved customers
Airtel Africa is the latest in the line of telecoms operators partnering with LEO (low-earth orbit) operator Starlink to expand its reach and services. The deal was facilitated by parent company Bharti Airtel, which struck its own agreement with Starlink in India in...
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Zoho unveils unified communications platform
Zoho has unveiled its unified communications platform, Trident, as well as strengthened collaboration technologies to offer businesses easier ways to communicate across channels, reduce tool-ambiguity, and improve an organisation's overall digital adoption....
GIBB partners with YES initiative to drive youth employability
GIBB, multi-disciplinary engineering consulting companies with a presence across African, has partnered with government's Youth Employment Service (YES) initiative to drive future employability amongst South Africa's youth. Introduced in 2018, the YES initiative is a...
Is ChatGPT AI the next Superman or humanity’s kryptonite?
Now that the dust of innovation has settled on the hype around ChatGPT, it may be a good time to unpack the full implications of this technology. While it helps sleep-deprived college students ace term papers and gives copywriters a creative boost, it has a...
Kyocera MA2000w MFP and PA2000w printers a good fit for compact workspaces
With speeds of up to 20ppm, Kyocera's PA2000w and MA2000w personal printers are the perfect choice for the home office and small-to-medium sized business. Compact and lightweight in design, they are easy to place and use from anywhere, making them ideal for hybrid...
SARS is not taking prisoners when it comes to penalties
The South African Revenue Service (SARS) is being strict on the implementation of penalties, and more frequent penalties are being levied due to more leeway being given to SARS. By Reinert van Rensburg, attorney and tax practitioner at Leap Group This is not a problem...
Hyperautomation the new frontier of competitive advantage
Amid a flurry of fast-tracked digital transformation initiatives over the past few years, hyperautomation has emerged as an essential approach in the drive toward operational efficiency and seamless customer experiences. By Mervyn George, executive advisor: EMEA South...
Gateway licence for Paratus Zambia
Paratus Zambia has been awarded the last available data gateway license in Zambia from the Zambia Information and Communications Technology Authority (ZICTA). Only data license holders can now deploy international gateways, cross-border communications services, and...
Online romance scams surge
Catfishing, sextortion, phishing and other romance scams are big business for fraudsters. Carey van Vlaanderen, CEO of ESET Southern Africa, says knowing how to spot red flags can mean the difference between being deeply in love and knee-deep in debt. Dating sites can...
Lenovo, WEKA to accelerate AI and analytics
Lenovo and WEKA have announced a new global agreement focused on offering solutions for next-generation data management architectures and performance-intensive workloads for delivery in more than 160 markets worldwide. These solutions will accelerate artificial...
Datacentrix clinches two Red Hat partner awards
Datacentrix has won two awards at the Red Hat Annual Awards for 2021, acknowledging the company's cerrtified Premier and Advanced Business Partners for their business success stories, and other sales and service deliveries. Quintin Brussow, solution architect:...
Senior JAVA Developer (Spring) – 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 Senior JAVA Developer (Spring) to join our financial services client based in Sandton for a 6-months contract role.What you...
Senior Full Stack Developer at Sabenza IT & Recruitment – Gauteng Pretoria
Join as a Senior Full Stack Developer!Rev up your career with South Africa's IT Hub!Ready to drive innovation at the heart of one of the world's most iconic brands? The IT Hub South Africa is looking for a Senior Full Stack Java Developer to join our dynamic,...
Junior Technical System Analyst – Remote Remote
Job Summary:Provide high quality application and systems support, understand the nature and business impact of requests and perform the required analysis. Provide second line support for technical and functional solutions Responsibilities:Provide high quality...
Azure Infrastructure and Security Specialist at Sabenza IT & Recruitment
Join our team and work a major player in the Automotive World as an Azure Infrastructure and Security SpecialistCandidate Requirements: Min. 3 years of professional experience in the implementation and support of Microsoft Enterprise IT architectures with a focus on...
Front End Developer React/ React Native (KG)
About the Role:• Design and develop robust, testable, and maintainable software solutions.• Document software, in particular business rules and key technical decisions.• Research and make suggestions on how to improve our existing systems.• Analyse, diagnose and...
Junior Data Scientist
Key ResponsibilitiesDevelop & Innovate: Create statistical models and algorithms using various libraries and abstractions.Analyze & Discover: Conduct exploratory data analysis, wrangle data, and discover new insights from diverse datasets.Collaborate &...
Azure Infrastructure and Security Specialist at Sabenza IT & Recruitment – Gauteng Johannesburg
Join our team and work a major player in the Automotive World as an Azure Infrastructure and Security SpecialistCandidate Requirements: Min. 3 years of professional experience in the implementation and support of Microsoft Enterprise IT architectures with a focus on...
Front End Developer React/ React Native (KG) – Gauteng Pretoria
About the Role:• Design and develop robust, testable, and maintainable software solutions.• Document software, in particular business rules and key technical decisions.• Research and make suggestions on how to improve our existing systems.• Analyse, diagnose and...
Junior Data Scientist – Gauteng Edenburg
Key ResponsibilitiesDevelop & Innovate: Create statistical models and algorithms using various libraries and abstractions.Analyze & Discover: Conduct exploratory data analysis, wrangle data, and discover new insights from diverse datasets.Collaborate &...
Support Engineer – Technical Support (On the road) (JHB)
ENVIRONMENT:A tech-savvy Support Engineer who enjoys solving tech problems is wanted by a dynamic provider of comprehensive IT solutions to join its hands-on team at its Joburg division. You will play a key role in delivering exceptional IT support to clients. You'll...
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