What businesses must do about AARTO
The Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (AARTO) Act officially came into force in 62 municipalities on 1 July, and will extend to a further 151 municipalities later this year. The demerit point system will follow in 2027. For businesses operating...
ISPA wants Internet blocking to be part of a clear framework
ISPA has released a position paper on Internet blocking. It details the technical challenges inherent in requiring Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to block end users from accessing Internet content while reminding all of us that we live in a democracy that respects...
AI entrepreneur wins Mr Price’s R1m Bindzu Youth Fund prize
The Mr Price Foundation has awarded its R1-million top Bindzu Youth Fund prize to Gauteng entrepreneur Kamogelo Selepe, founder of AI-powered marketing technology business ArcaneEdge, following a national entrepreneurship programme that attracted 1 692 applications...
Intel aims to enable AI from chip to system
Intel has unveiled new development that address customers’ chip-to-systems-level AI needs with solutions tailored to address their specific industry challenges. The new offerings include: New rackscale AI infrastructure: Intel announced rackscale AI infrastructure for...
Anthropic widens Project Glasswing reach
Anthropic is expanding Project Glasswing, its collaborative effort to secure the world’s most important software. In early April, about 50 initial partners had access to Claude Mythos Preview, and since then, they’ve been deploying the model to scan their codebases...
Memory prices and conflict stymie MEA smartphone shipments
Mobile shipments in the Middle East and Africa declined 7% YoY in the first quarter of 2026, according to Counterpoint’s Market Monitor, marking the region’s first quarter of decline after a strong 2025. The decline was due to increasing prices from the memory crisis,...
Divergence of global growth now a key FX market driver
Currency movements are increasingly being influenced not only by interest rate expectations, but also by the relative pace of economic growth across leading economies, according to new research from JustMarkets. With the US expanding faster than the Eurozone, the UK...
Without a scalable AI strategy, CFOs could fall behind
Chief financial officers (CFOs) must stop treating AI as a collection of tools and use cases as they develop systems that allow AI to be productive at scale, according to Gartner. “If CFOs are feeling stuck in the piloting phase of AI, it’s likely because they’ve...
WLAN market maintains double-digit growth
First quarter WLAN revenues were driven by a 14% growth in unit shipments and an average selling price that is starting to creep up, according to Dell’Oro Group. “Several vendors have increased WLAN list prices to compensate for increasing costs of memory components...
AMD partners with OQC, JPMorganChase on quantum-AI data centre
OQC, JPMorganChase and AMD have announced a research collaboration leveraging a new and dedicated quantum-AI data centre, built by OQC in London. JPMorganChase researchers will test near-term quantum and hybrid quantum-classical computing applications via a secure...
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Red Hat build of Podman Desktop debuts
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Obsidian Systems partners with BlueFlag Security
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Solid8 Technologies announces Ping distributorship
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Building Africa’s talent pipeline for the next fintech wave
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Cybersecurity awareness is a behavioural discipline, not an IT project
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Unilever and Google Cloud partner on consumer goods
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Winning companies are investing in people alongside AI
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Why telcos must become techcos
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How an MBA can accelerate your tech career
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Informatica Developer
Qualifications Typically 5–8+ years of relevant ETL/Informatica development experience. Strong hands-on experience with Informatica PowerCenter and Informatica IICS. Proficiency in SQL and experience with relational databases such as Oracle, SQL Server and Teradata....
Informatica Developer – Remote Remote
Qualifications Typically 5–8+ years of relevant ETL/Informatica development experience. Strong hands-on experience with Informatica PowerCenter and Informatica IICS. Proficiency in SQL and experience with relational databases such as Oracle, SQL Server and Teradata....
Senior Backend Software Developer (Node.js/JavaScript/TypeScript) (PTA)
ENVIRONMENT:A growing South African ICT solutions business, specialising in technology services for the Retail and Healthcare sectors, is seeking a Senior Backend Software Developer to join its Pretoria-based development team. The company builds and supports...
Senior Backend Software Developer (Node.js/JavaScript/TypeScript) (PTA) – Gauteng Arcadia
ENVIRONMENT:A growing South African ICT solutions business, specialising in technology services for the Retail and Healthcare sectors, is seeking a Senior Backend Software Developer to join its Pretoria-based development team. The company builds and supports...
Senior SQL Developer (JHB)
ENVIRONMENT:DESIGN, develop, implement, and maintain all application systems and associated technologies, with a strong focus on SQL database development as the next Senior SQL Developer wanted by a cutting-edge FinTech company. You will be responsible for ensuring...
Senior SQL Developer (JHB) – Gauteng Johannesburg
ENVIRONMENT:DESIGN, develop, implement, and maintain all application systems and associated technologies, with a strong focus on SQL database development as the next Senior SQL Developer wanted by a cutting-edge FinTech company. You will be responsible for ensuring...
Infrastructure Architect
The purpose of a cloud infrastructure role is to design, implement, and maintain the cloud infrastructure of an organization. Cloud infrastructure refers to the hardware and software components such as servers, storage, networks, and virtualization software that are...
Infrastructure Architect – Gauteng Braamfontein
The purpose of a cloud infrastructure role is to design, implement, and maintain the cloud infrastructure of an organization. Cloud infrastructure refers to the hardware and software components such as servers, storage, networks, and virtualization software that are...
Celonis Developer
Qualifications Proven experience working with the Celonis EMS platform. Strong SQL skills and experience in data modeling. Knowledge of ETL processes and data integration techniques. Experience integrating data from SAP and other enterprise systems. Understanding of...
Celonis Developer – Remote Remote
Qualifications Proven experience working with the Celonis EMS platform. Strong SQL skills and experience in data modeling. Knowledge of ETL processes and data integration techniques. Experience integrating data from SAP and other enterprise systems. Understanding of...
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