‘A defining opportunity for Africa to leapfrog into the AI era’

The transition from legacy 2G/3G networks to 4G and 5G will act as critical infrastructure for Africa's participation in the AI economy, according to the latest Ericsson Mobility Report: Sub-Saharan Africa, which says AI and uplink-heavy applications are set to...

The growing importance of AI sovereignty

A new global study by the IBM Institute for Business Value finds that as enterprises embed AI deeper into core business operations, most surveyed organisations remain locked into AI systems they cannot easily change - reinforcing the growing importance of AI...

The glue that holds the Sagrada Familia towers together

The construction of the Sagrada Familia’s central towers marks the most complex structural challenge in the basilica’s history. It is also a novel and unexpected use of superglue. An advanced Loctite solution from Henkel has been instrumental in raising the dramatic...

Why don’t cancer medicines work the same for everyone?

By Susanna Ray - Cancer treatment has become more precise over time, as doctors first classified the disease by where it began in the body and, more recently, by the mutations found inside cancer cells to help find the right drugs to treat it. But why can two people...

Security, affordability will shape a new era for energy

Energy security and affordability have moved to the forefront in many regions as the global energy transition has entered a more turbulent, complex phase, shaped as much by infrastructure realities and geopolitical risk as by decarbonisation ambitions. Drawing on...

AMD, OpenAI to deploy 6 gigawatts of AMD GPUs

AMD and OpenAI have announced a 6 gigawatt agreement to power OpenAI’s next-generation AI infrastructure across multiple generations of AMD Instinct GPUs. The first 1 gigawatt deployment of AMD Instinct MI450 GPUs is set to begin in the second half of 2026. Under the...

In 16 seconds, Google earns the same as an average US worker

According to data presented by AltIndex.com, it takes just 16 seconds for Google (Alphabet), the top earner in the GAFAM (Google Alphabet, Apple, Facebook Meta, Amazon, and Microsoft) group, to make what the average US worker earns in a year. The GAFAM group has seen...

How India’s new satellite will see the Earth

When NASA and the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) new Earth satellite NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) launches in coming months, it will capture images of Earth’s surface so detailed they will show how much small plots of land and ice are...

January brings PMI decline

The seasonally adjusted Absa Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) started the year on the back foot, declining by 0.9 points to 45.3 points in January 2025. This is the third consecutive contraction and the lowest level since August 2024. This suggests that the loss of...

Platformisation key to reducing security complexity

New global research from the IBM Institute for Business Value (IBV) and Palo Alto Networks has found that surveyed organisations are facing security complexity challenges as they juggle an average of 83 different security solutions from 29 vendors. It also shows that...

DeepSeek-R1 now live with Nvidia NIM

DeepSeek-R1, an open model with reasoning capabilities, is now available as an Nvidia NIM microservice preview. Instead of offering direct responses, reasoning models like DeepSeek-R1 perform multiple inference passes over a query, conducting chain-of-thought,...

Services, beyond mobile drive positive results for Vodacom

Vodacom Group revenue grew 1,6% to R39,5-billion for the quarter ended 31 December 2024, impacted by a stronger rand. Group service revenue growth accelerated to 11,6% on a normalised basis, while South Africa service revenue growth improved to 3,2%, supported by...

Kaspersky detects wedding invitation stealer

Kaspersky Global Research and Analysis Team detected a new malicious campaign targeting Android users. It uses fake wedding invitations to lure victims into installing a malicious application that was labelled by Kaspersky as the Tria Stealer. It forwards content from...

ISPA calls for age verification debate

ISPA, South Africa’s official internet industry representative body, is calling for local debate around the growing global issue of age verification on the Internet. With a myriad of online threats being faced by minors and vulnerable persons that include sexual...

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Document management an easy win in mining digitalisation

Mining is the cornerstone of South Africa's economy. In FY2021 the sector contributed R985,3-billion to the country's GDP while creating and/or sustaining roughly 2,3-million direct and indirect jobs. It is thus essential to have digitally-driven health and safety...

SDS diversifies with command and control centre

SDS Protection has installed an integrated command and control centre as part of an expansion strategy that will see the company diversify into new market segments and deliver a broader range of intelligence-based security and off-site monitoring solutions. The...

Visa opens first Innovation Studio in Africa

Visa has opened a new Innovation Studio in Nairobi, its first dedicated innovation site in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The facility will serve the sub-Saharan Africa region and joins a network of innovation centres operated by Visa since 2016, in cities including Dubai,...

Vodacom’s wearable devices set to boost mineworker safety

Health and safety in South Africa's mining industry has steadily improved over the past 15 years. In 2007, the industry recorded over 200 deaths and while that number has been significantly reduced with 72 fatalities reported last December, the ultimate goal, of...

Lenovo will hire 12 000 R&D professionals

Lenovo plans to build on its recent commitment to double investment in R&D, and will hire 12 000 R&D professionals around the world over the next three years. This is the word from Lenovo's chairman and CEO, Yuanqing Yang, who has also set out the company's...

AURA and FNB partner to keep customers safe

FNB banking customers can now access instant emergency response services, anywhere, anytime via the FNB banking app. Powered by South Africa's leading security and medical response marketplace, AURA, the in-app panic button, GuardMe, is available to all FNB customers...

Obsidian, EDB enter African partnership

Obsidian Systems has partnered with EDB, a multinational provider of software and services based on the PostgreSQL open source database, to deliver EDB solutions and support to the African market. "This new partnership with Obsidian Systems represents our shared...

The future of unified communications starts today

The strides made in our industry over the past few years have drastically changed what is possible for business communication, but have also changed what's expected as a baseline to remain competitive and efficient. By Tim Wood, executive head: IS and IT at Vox...

Local companies complete the cloud puzzle for digital transformation

The cloud infrastructure market is likely to be the battleground of the immediate future. Globally, the cloud is booming with the combined public cloud infrastructure as a service (IaaS) and platform as a service (PaaS) segments forecast to have revenues of...

Data backup a good start , but not enough to protect critical data

Data protection is certainly more important than ever before, due to proliferating cyber-crime and an expanded attack surface in which work-from-anywhere (WFA) employees are accessing - and using - enterprise data anywhere and everywhere. By John Ward, principal and...

Solutions Architect at Parvana Recruitment – Western Cape Cape Town

About our client:An international and highly regarded organisation dedicated to "doing good" for society, they are renowned for their ethics, upliftment programs and while their tech environment is leading edge, this organisation is ideal for someone who wants to make...

OT Security Architect at Sabenza IT & Recruitment

We are seeking a highly experienced OT Security Architect to strengthen our security architecture capacity, with a specific focus on operational technology (OT) environments across the enterprise. The successful candidate will assist in reducing the backlog of...

Intermediate Full Stack Developer

Our client is seeking an Intermediate Full Stack Developer with a focus on mobile development for a hybrid position based in Johannesburg. Key Requirements 3+ years' experience overall.BSc/ BTech/ [URL Removed]React Native/ReactJsREST/ GraphQL...

Intermediate Full Stack Developer – Gauteng Johannesburg Region

Our client is seeking an Intermediate Full Stack Developer with a focus on mobile development for a hybrid position based in Johannesburg. Key Requirements 3+ years' experience overall.BSc/ BTech/ [URL Removed]React Native/ReactJsREST/ GraphQL...

Data Analyst (JHB Hybrid)

ENVIRONMENT:A Community Upliftment Programme in Joburg seeks a Data Analyst with excellent knowledge of and ability to work with SQL databases who will play a key role in supporting data-driven decision-making and programme improvement. You will focus on enabling...

Scrum Master

We're on the lookout for a Scrum Master with 5 years of hands-on experience guiding agile teams through the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). This role is for one of our Clients, a leading establishment that's recognised as a Top South African company....

Data Analyst (JHB Hybrid) – Gauteng Dunkeld

ENVIRONMENT:A Community Upliftment Programme in Joburg seeks a Data Analyst with excellent knowledge of and ability to work with SQL databases who will play a key role in supporting data-driven decision-making and programme improvement. You will focus on enabling...

Scrum Master – Western Cape Cape Town Region

We're on the lookout for a Scrum Master with 5 years of hands-on experience guiding agile teams through the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). This role is for one of our Clients, a leading establishment that's recognised as a Top South African company....

IT Support Tech at NTT Motor Group

We have an exciting opportunity for an End User Support Engineer to join the team based in Pretoria.This position is responsible for maintaining and proactively managing the infrastructure and supporting the end user within the various dealerships....

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