Even without data centres, Africa faces water bankruptcy

A new United Nations (UN) report says the world has moved past a water crisis into water bankruptcy - and Africa's utility numbers already show what that looks like. Water Security & Infrastructure Volume 2026 from ESI Africa maps the shift from water crisis to...

How technology is changing decision-making in mining

The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), and particularly AI, is no longer a pipedream in South African mining - technology is already influencing how decisions are made, how risks are managed, and how value is created. It’s a critical period for the local mining...

AMD launches full-stack compute for agentic AI

AMD has launched its next-generation AI infrastructure and physical AI portfolio, led by AMD Helios rackscale solutions now in production and set to be be deployed by at gigawatt scale. At its Advancing AI 2026 event yesterday, AMD chair and CEO Dr Lisa Su said: “The...

Does SA have what it takes to stay off the FATF greylist?

On 24 October 2025, the Financial Action Task Force removed South Africa from its list of jurisdictions under increased monitoring, 32 months after being placed there in February 2023. The reforms that got it off the list were real: new legislation, better beneficial...

IBM delivers new quantum processors, software, algorithms

At the annual Quantum Developer Conference, IBM unveiled fundamental progress on its path to delivering both quantum advantage by the end of 2026 and fault-tolerant quantum computing by 2029. “There are many pillars to bringing truly useful quantum computing to the...

MTN grows customers, adds AI learning

MTN has issued a quarterly update for the period ended 30 September 2025. It boasts 300-million customers and has enjoyed strong broad-based performance across the markets it operates in, led by MTN Nigeria and MTN Ghana. MTN Nigeria has restored positive retained...

AI-driven personalisation will make workplace apps adaptive

By 2028, more than 20% of digital workplace applications will use AI-driven personalization algorithms to generate adaptive experiences for the worker, according to Gartner. Digital workers satisfied with work applications are nearly three times more likely to report...

Climate Change Act comes into effect

President Cyril Ramaphosa, has proclaimed the Climate Change Act, 2024 (Act No. 22 of 2024) (the Act), with the notice published in the Government Gazette on 17 March 2025. The Act is intended to enable the development of an effective climate change response and a...

Sustainability key for data centre growth

Data centres can be likened to an ecosystem of computing facilities that contain many facets required to store and handle data. IDTechEx's latest report, "Sustainability for Data Centres 2025-2035: Green Technologies, Market Forecasts, and Players", unpacks efforts...

Spend on edge computing to approach $380bn

Global spending on edge computing solutions accounts for nearly $261-billion in 2025 and is projected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 13,8%, reaching $380-billion by 2028. This is according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) forecast...

New entrant Smart Hands Africa bridges skills gap with ITArmi JV

IT industry veteran Anton Jacobsz has launched a new IT services company, Smart Hands Africa, to meet rising demand for skilled IT professionals across the African continent. As part of its establishment, Smart Hands Africa has also announced a strategic joint venture...

Sea levels rose unexpectedly high in 2024

Global sea level rose faster than expected in 2024, mostly because of ocean water expanding as it warms, or thermal expansion. According to a NASA-led analysis, last year’s rate of rise was 0,59cm per year, compared to the expected rate of 0,43cm per year. “The rise...

MTN invests R29,9-billion in network capacity

MTN has reported a strong underlying operational and financial performance for the period ended 31 December 2024, despite earnings being down. Group service revenue decreased by 15,4% on a reported basis to R177,8-billion, but increased by 13,8% in constant currency;...

Big tech’s impact on quantum computing

In the last few months, three of the world's largest tech giants made waves with their announcements in quantum computing. But what will the impact of Microsoft's Majorana 1, Google's Willow, and Amazon's Ocelot be once the dust has settled, and is it just big tech...

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Root helps Andela to deliver healthcare cover to SA technologists

Root, a Cape Town-based startup building infrastructure for the digital insurance economy, is partnering with Andela, the global network for remote technologists, and financial services company Momentum Health Solutions to offer healthcare options to Andela’s talent...

Mastercard, Ecobank digitise agricultural value chains in Africa

Mastercard and Ecobank Group have partnered to connect millions of smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa to Mastercard’s Farm Pass – a digital platform that makes it safer and easier for farmers to sell their produce at a fair price. Under the partnership, Ecobank...

Vox Holdings transitions to Vivica Group

Vivica Group, formerly known as Vox Holdings, brings together brands such as Vox, Braintree, Frogfoot and Everlytic into the same stable as high-growth-potential technology companies such as Guardian Eye, qwerti, Stage Zero, Nymbis and HYPA. According to Vivica CEO...

Kaspersky reports 26% growth in B2B sales in Africa in 2021

Kaspersky delivered stable business growth in 2021 and increased its global non-audited International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) revenue to a total of $752-million, representing a 6,5% YOY increase. Following the second year of the pandemic, the company...

Are you ready to catch the boomerang?

Boomerang rehires are on the rise as the skills shortage starts to bite. The key is retaining the employees when they return, writes Diane van Zyl, senior people manager at Altron Karabina. No one would argue that the world of work has changed, quite possibly forever....

South Africans pivot towards ICT skills as employer demand grows

Businesses are competing for a limited pool of IT skills, and the pressure is intensifying as the demand for emerging technologies grows. Margaret Pekelaar, head of people in DevOps Practice Artificial intelligence and automation are rapidly changing the business...

Here’s where hybrid work fails and what you can do about it

Employee turnover has increased by 16% across all sectors in South Africa, indicating a delayed form of the great resignation witnessed elsewhere in the world. By Jolene Castelyn, head of marketing at Ricoh South Africa Old Mutual's reward channel, Remchannel,...

Create a cloud migration strategy for your business

The benefits of cloud are clear: increased agility and efficiency, longer-term hardware efficacy, and greater security are just some of the perks. Why, then, has everyone not yet moved their operations to cloud? "Eliminating traditional infrastructure is a major...

Reimagining employment

The picture of employment within the mining sector has changed. Since 2015, Statistics South Africa has painted direct employment figures with a very different brush - the number of workers directly hired by mines has decreased significantly. While actual hiring...

The impact of hybrid working across the generations

When it comes to the discourse around the way we work in the new era of hybrid working, it has never felt more balanced between the technology that enables it and the culture that defines it. By Lorna Hardie, regional director at VMware SSA As well as investing in the...

Full Stack Developer (Senior) at Parvana Recruitment

About our client:Our client is a global investment advisory firm focusing on long-term value creation through investment strategies. They work with a diverse group of institutional partners and pride themselves on their collaborative, sustainable, inclusive culture...

Senior Data Engineer (6-Month Contract) (JHB Hybrid)

ENVIRONMENT:OUR client, a reputable Foundation with a mission to strengthen the entrepreneurial ecosystem, has an exciting 6-month renewable contract project-based role for an experienced Senior Data Engineer. The project entails building an enterprise data platform...

Systems Analyst

Closing Date: 20 August 2025 DescriptionThe purpose of this job is to analyse, design and enhance systems, in order to obtain optimal results and agreed project delivery level Minimum Experience and Education: BSc or BTech in computer science or equivalentTOGAF...

Senior Web Developer – Gauteng Johannesburg

A company that provides a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) solution for financial institutions, focusing on core banking functionalities, digital banking, and related services, is seeking a dedicated and organized Senior Web Developer to join their dynamic...

Systems Analyst – Gauteng Centurion

Closing Date: 20 August 2025 DescriptionThe purpose of this job is to analyse, design and enhance systems, in order to obtain optimal results and agreed project delivery level Minimum Experience and Education: BSc or BTech in computer science or equivalentTOGAF...

Senior Web Developer

A company that provides a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) solution for financial institutions, focusing on core banking functionalities, digital banking, and related services, is seeking a dedicated and organized Senior Web Developer to join their dynamic...

Technical BA (Governance) (CPT)

ENVIRONMENT:JOIN the global Compliance team of an innovative Independent Asset Management Firm seeking a highly driven & proactive Technical BA to work at the intersection of Technology and Governance (Compliance, Legal, Operational Risk). Your core focus will be...

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