Major airlines used in latest email scam
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Google selects top startups for 2025 GFSA
Whittling down more than 400 applicants, 10 South African startups tackling challenges ranging from healthcare to law and agritech have been selected for the 2025 Google for Startups Accelerator (GFSA) programme. The successful applicants have already started the...
Tariff implications larger than 2018 trade war
Expectations for 2025 were for robust US growth and a fragile recovery in other nations. As US president Donald Trump settles into the White House, his unpredictable policies have the power to turbo-charge or upend these assumptions. Investors should prepare to...
Call for Africa to reshape its economic narrative
The Global Africa Business Initiative (GABI) has issued its Unstoppable Africa 2024 Executive Summary, shedding light on transformative strategies and solutions to reshape Africa’s financial narrative and accelerate economic growth. The report highlights GABI’s call...
Buckle up: 2025 is going to be a rough ride
Kathy Gibson reports - We are in for a bumpy ride in 2025, with artificial intelligence (AI) just one of the many global trends influencing the world around us. Indeed, futurist Dion Chang, founder of Flux Trends, describes 2025 as “stepping into the void”. He...
Cybersecurity should be top industry priority for 2025
The German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) has found that an average of more than 2 000 new vulnerabilities are discovered in software every month, of which around 15% are classified as "critical". "In view of this constant threat situation, German...
First Voluntary Carbon Market trades on the JSE
The JSE Ventures Voluntary Carbon Market powered by Xpansiv has facilitated the first trades of carbon credits eligible as offsets against the South African Carbon Tax. A total of 10 000 credits traded at $8.25 per credit, which is equivalent to approximately 80% of...
Digitalisation key to transport industry evolution
The transportation sector is evolving rapidly as a critical enabler of global supply chains and industrial operations. This is a key finding from RS’s latest transportation sector report, “Moving in the Right Direction: Driving an Interconnected World at a Local...
CFOs are broadening their role
Chief financial officers (CFOs) are expected to perform beyond the traditional scope of leading the finance function in 2025, according to a survey by Gartner. The survey of 251 CFOs, taken in October 2024, showed multiple enterprise priorities where CFOs have been...
Unlocking Africa’s hydrocarbon potential
Africa’s oil and gas industry continues to attract investment as new discoveries and frontier basins drive exploration activity across the continent. In 2025, several high-impact projects will shape the sector, offering opportunities for resource development and...
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Check Point, DCC partner on intelligent security solutions
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VMware recognises 2022 Partner Achievement Award winners
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Meet your new weather forecaster: the supercomputer
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Zapper merchants can now take card payments via mobile phone
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Kyalami Schools launches Acer Chromebook lockers to assist remote learners
Acer has partnered with Kyalami Schools Group, a community of schools in northern Johannesburg, to launch a locker campaign that allows students to store and retrieve Acer Chromebook devices. The campaign stemmed from a challenge that arose during the height of the...
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Intermediate Software Developer – Gauteng Pretoria Region
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