How to raise funds, then scale your African start-up

Kathy Gibson reports from Everything AI and Gitex Kenya in Nairobi – For many African start-ups, their biggest challenge is not coming up with solutions or creating systems that work – it is in scaling them effectively. Once the excitement of the initial idea and...

African startups look to new investors

Kathy Gibson reports from AI Everything and Gitex Kenya in Nairobi – Africa’s exciting and innovative start-ups are attracting interest from investors in the Middle East, Europe and Asia. Investors from these regions are arguably more aligned to the continent’s...

Pilot to production: the challenge of African developers

Kathy Gibson reports from the AI Everything Summit in Nairobi – Africa has no shortage of ideas, use cases and innovation when it comes to developing AI applications. But having a great idea, or an elegant algorithm, doesn’t necessarily translate into a bankable...

As economies shift, Africa urged to follow the money

Kathy Gibson reports from the AI Everything Summit in Nairobi – Africa is enjoying a renaissance as it embraces technology and artificial intelligence (AI) to drive its future growth. But there is a danger that the continent will remain a mere consumer of the...

Trend Micro teams up with McLaren Racing

Cybersecurity company Trend Micro has been named an official partner of the McLaren Formula 1 team for the remainder of the 2025 season and beyond, helping them by safeguarding operational systems and sensitive data. “It is fantastic to have Trend join the McLaren...

Emirates taps SA tech talent for IT careers

The Emirates Group is inviting interested local IT professionals to attend recruitment information sessions in Johannesburg and Cape Town on 27 and 28 September. More than 200 future-focused tech roles are available, spanning software engineering and technical...

Financial services an enduring DDoS target

Financial services organisations in Africa are continuing to fall victim to Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, according to Netscout’s 1H2024 DDoS Threat Intelligence Report (TIR). The report highlights Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa in particular as being...

Humanoids, AI agents expected in 2025

Nvidia experts across accelerated computing, data science and research predict multimodal models will speed industry innovation and efficiency. From boardroom to break room, generative AI took this year by storm, stirring discussion across industries about how to best...

Get ready for bigger, bolder attacks in 2025

While threat actors continue to rely on many "classic" tactics that have existed for decades, our threat predictions for the coming year largely focus on cybercriminals embracing bigger, bolder, and - from their perspectives - better attacks. From...

Nokia, du in first MEA commercial 5G standalone cloud RAN deployment

Nokia and du have deployed the first commercial 5G Cloud RAN solution in the Middle East and Africa region, in Abu Dhabi, supporting the UAE’s evolving digital requirements and advanced use cases, including AI, machine learning, and industry-specific applications in...

Africa Investment Forum 2024 garners $29,2bn in deals

The Africa Investment Forum 2024 Markets Days recorded a total of $29,2-billion in new investor interests after three days of boardroom discussions in Rabat, Morocco. The Chair of the Africa Investment Forum, President of the African Development Bank, Dr Akinwumi...

Qualcomm sets new growth targets

Qualcomm has outlined significant opportunities for growth and diversification at its 2024 Investor Day. The company’s position at the edge is driving access to an expanded total addressable market (TAM) of approximately $900-billion by 2030, with more than 50-billion...

AI key to creating jobs for African youth

Artificial intelligence (AI) innovation can play a key role in addressing Africa’s persistent youth unemployment challenges and shaping a more prosperous future for the continent’s workforce. This is among the findings of new report from Caribou Digital, in...

Developing economies to benefit from improved global trade

Global trade is set to reach a record $33-trillion in 2024, according to the latest Global Trade Update by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD). This $1-trillion increase, reflecting 3,3% annual growth, highlights resilience in global trade. Developing economies,...

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Certification provides assurance

The South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) conducts a range of tests against South African National Standards (SANS), as well as customer specific requirements and/or testing against compulsory specifications that may be issued for certain product categories. The...

Tech becomes competitive advantage for schools

Technology is constantly evolving and students expect more from their educational experiences. Investing in digital technology certainly gives schools a competitive advantage and appeals to the younger generation, especially now that distance and blended learning have...

What 2021 taught us about tech and how 2022 may follow

There can be no doubt that collectively we have all been through a unique couple of years in living memory. Although it has been a traumatic, stressful last two years for many people personally and professionally, Covid-19 and the resulting lockdowns have had an...

2022 an opportunity for financial services metamorphosis

For financial services firms and insurers, the customer relationship is built on trust earned over many years. In turn, these businesses have to be able to trust their foundational IT systems to deliver the requisite uptime, performance, and security. By Monica Sasso,...

How to find the story in business data and then action it

Data literacy is a journey and is key to an organisation’s data strategy, writes Rene McGregor, head of consulting at Insight Consulting. While it is widely accepted that data is the lifeblood of our increasingly digital world, not all organisations are able to...

Software development trends help improve the shopping experience

Trends in software development are ever changing, so by integrating modern technologies and using new development methodologies, businesses easily can pinpoint where their efforts should be directed. Discovering emerging trends in e-commerce and software development...

Nokia Core Networks business chooses AMD EPYC processors

Nokia hasannounced that its Core Networks business is using 3rd Gen AMD EPYC processors to power the servers that deliver Nokia Core cloud-native software products, expanding the server-chip choices available to Nokia communication service provider (CSPs) customers in...

Huawei debuts cost-effective new smartphone

Huawei has launched the Huawei nova Y9a smartphone in South Africa. The device's camera includes a 64MP main camera, an 8MP ultra-wide angle camera, a 2MP depth camera and a 2MP macro camera. These four cameras work together to create professional looking photographs...

What does Data Privacy Day mean for your organisation

Data Privacy Day occurs annually on 28 January and is observed in many countries from North America to Europe as well as Africa. The purpose is focused on raising awareness about data privacy and best practices for data protection. By Jonathan Nguyen-Duy,...

How to protect your data online

Today (28 January) is Data Privacy Day and the conclusion of the first-ever International Data Privacy Week. The goal of Data Privacy Week is to spread awareness about online privacy and educate users on managing their personal information. The day also encourages...

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BI Specialist (Microsoft Stack & Power BI) – Western Cape Cape Town

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SQL Developer at QES

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