Is AI choosing your Xmas gifts this year?
While artificial intelligence (AI) has become a regular part of the business environment, home assistance, and everyday consumer experiences, not many would have expected AI tools to transform holiday shopping. However, a rising number of consumers are now embracing...
Financial sector came under sustained attack in 2026
The 2025 Kaspersky Security Bulletin provides a review of the major cybersecurity trends of the year and offers a look towards the future of cybersecurity, including within the financial sector. According to the report, in 2025, the financial sector navigated a...
Does Africa have the skills to benefit from AI?
Africa stands to reap substantial benefits from artificial intelligence (AI) – but only if organisations are able to skill up in time. This is among the findings from a new SAP report, ‘Africa’s AI Skills Readiness Revealed’, which provides research into how African...
Today is Tax Freedom Day
The Free Market Foundation (FMF) has announced 16 May 2025 as this year’s Tax Freedom Day: the day that hardworking South Africans finally stop toiling to pay their taxes, and start earning for themselves. The FMF has marked this day since 1997 to shine a light on the...
Blue Label mulls separate listing for Cell C
Blue Label is exploring a potential restructure of the group which may facilitate separation and potential future listing of Cell C on the Prime Segment of the Main Board of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE). The proposed restructure, which Blue Label outlined in...
Cash will go on organic growth and acquisitions in 2025
Eighty-seven percent of CFOs are likely, or very likely, to spend on organic growth in 2025, according to a survey by Gartner. The survey involving 110 CFOs, conducted in November 2024, across various industries and regions also revealed that 61% indicated that...
Alarming levels of loneliness among SA’s adolescents
A new study conducted by researchers from the University of Cape Town (UCT) revealed that loneliness is highly prevalent among South African adolescents. The study found that more than 90% of participants experienced either moderate or severe levels of loneliness,...
Energy leaders urge swift action on Africa’s resources
In a call to action at the closing session of the Invest in African Energy Forum in Paris, Energean CEO Mathios Rigas laid out a bold vision to replicate the company’s Mediterranean success across Africa, urging African governments to accelerate decision-making and...
AMD in $10bn collaboration with Humain
AMD and Humani, Saudi Arabia’s new AI enterprise, have announced agreement to build what they believe to be the world’s most open, scalable, resilient, and cost-efficient AI infrastructure, that will power the future of global intelligence through a network of...
ITU commemorates 160 years
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) will commemorate 160 years dedicated to connecting the world on Saturday (17 May) during the annual World Telecommunication and Information Society Day. “For 160 years, ITU has brought the world together to ensure...
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Secure and access data in an anywhere operations world
Organisations across industry sectors face the continuing scourge of being victims of cyberattacks. For any organisation, cyberattacks are not a matter of 'if,' but 'when': A cyberattack is unavoidable. Following the changes the pandemic has brought about in the...
Business continuity requires a holistic approach to resilience
A massive 86% of EMEA businesses have a protection gap between how much data they can afford to lose after an outage and how frequently data is backed up, and 84% plan to increase their data protection budgets this year By Chris Norton, regional director for Africa at...
Why virtual agents make sense to customers and the FD
When it first became clear that various AI-enabled tools would play an important role in customer self-service, most prominently in the shape of chatbots, there was a lot of hope that they'd have a positive impact on company finances. Not only would they provide a...
Load shedding casts a dark shadow over the festive season for retailers
Record levels of load shedding have sliced an estimated R122-billion off potential South African retail sales in 2022, with retailers expected to ring up R1,24-trillion in sales for the full year. Without frequent rolling blackouts, retail sales would have been...
Big data and telematics reinvent road safety
The vast storage and processing capabilities of the big data era have taken vehicle telematics to a new level, allowing drivers and fleet owners to create a far safer driving environment, writes Cliff de Wit, chief technology officer of Netstar. The science of...
Open-source intelligence a new dimension in cybersecurity
When rebels shot down commercial passenger aircraft Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in 2014, amateur online sleuths used social media posts to pinpoint the perpetrators and even the missile system used in the attack. More recently, at the start of the pandemic, a story...
MFA helps to secure online systems
The approach of the New Year is the ideal time to start investigating multifactor authentication (MFA), a layered approach to electronic security that requires two or more credentials to verify identity. South Africa's Internet Service Providers' Association (ISPA)...
Challenges and solutions around cybersecurity talent in Africa
Africa faces a significant challenge when it comes to the availability and distribution of cybersecurity talents and secure IT infrastructures. By Conrad Steyn, chief technology officer and head of engineering: sub-Saharan Africa at Cisco This is important because as...
OpenText names Datacentrix as Regional Partner of the Year for Emerging Markets
OpenText has named Datacentric as Regional Partner of the Year: Emerging Markets. Shakeel Jhazbhay, Datacentrix GM: digital business solutions, comments: "OpenText's Partner Awards acknowledge those vendors, resellers and systems integrators who have developed and...
Only technology can save the tedious, costly insurance industry
Aging insurance companies have a customer experience problem, but hope is on the horizon, writes Wojtek Gudaszewski, founder and chief operating officer of Nsure.com. When new technology disrupts a legacy industry, it's usually consumers who demand and drive the...
Mid-Level Java Engineer (JHB Onsite) – Gauteng Rosebank
ENVIRONMENT:BUILD and implement functional software products that serve user needs as the next Mid-Level Java Engineer wanted to join the team of a dynamic Software Specialist in Joburg. Working in collaboration with other Software Devs, you will help to analyse...
Azure Cloud Developer (AWS Bonus) at Sabenza IT & Recruitment – Western Cape Cape Town
Are you passionate about cloud technologies and infrastructure automation? We're seeking a Cloud Developer with hands-on experience in Microsoft Azure (and ideally AWS) to join our dynamic and fast-growing team. You'll play a key role in architecting, building, and...
Project Manager – Western Cape Cape Town
Our esteemed client based in Cape Town is looking for a Project Manager to oversee property projects from concept to completion, this will involve identifying opportunities, conducting feasibility studies, securing approvals and financing, managing consultants and...
Junior Project Manager
We are seeking a proactive and organized Junior Project Manager to support the planning, execution, and delivery of projects. The ideal candidate must have strong communication skills, attention to detail, and the ability to coordinate tasks and timelines under the...
Software Engineer (UI/UX, C#.NET, React.js)
ENVIRONMENT:A fast-paced global provider of Managed Service and Cloud Solutions seeks the coding talents of a Software Engineer with a focus on User Experience (UX) and Frontend design excellence. In this hands-on role, you will tackle creative, complex and...
Ingres Database Administrator (E2) at Sabenza IT & Recruitment
We are looking for a highly skilled and motivated Ingres Database Administrator (E2) to join our infrastructure team. This is a hands-on technical role that demands deep expertise in Ingres RDBMS administration, performance tuning, and database migration. You will...
L2 Server Technician
We are looking for a highly skilled OT Infrastructure Specialist to manage and support our operational technology (OT) environment at the Mototolo site. This pivotal role requires a hands-on expert who can oversee the entire server infrastructure, from daily support...
Junior Project Manager – Gauteng Roodepoort
We are seeking a proactive and organized Junior Project Manager to support the planning, execution, and delivery of projects. The ideal candidate must have strong communication skills, attention to detail, and the ability to coordinate tasks and timelines under the...
Software Engineer (UI/UX, C#.NET, React.js) – Western Cape Woodstock
ENVIRONMENT:A fast-paced global provider of Managed Service and Cloud Solutions seeks the coding talents of a Software Engineer with a focus on User Experience (UX) and Frontend design excellence. In this hands-on role, you will tackle creative, complex and...
Ingres Database Administrator (E2) at Sabenza IT & Recruitment – Gauteng Pretoria
We are looking for a highly skilled and motivated Ingres Database Administrator (E2) to join our infrastructure team. This is a hands-on technical role that demands deep expertise in Ingres RDBMS administration, performance tuning, and database migration. You will...
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