Steady growth puts digital trade firmly on the map

New experimental estimates show that digital trade is increasing significantly across the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in 2023, underscoring the importance of digital technologies in shaping international trade. Up to now, much of the...

Geopolitics creates inflationary pressures for SA

As the Middle East moves towards a fragile lull in hostilities, the economic shock caused by the conflict – supply chains perturbation, inflation etc - is already spreading to the global economy with oil-importing economies such as South Africa particularly exposed to...

Credit trends diverge as consumers navigate affordability

South African consumers are reshaping how they access and use credit as affordability pressures persist, according to TransUnion’s Q1 2026 South Africa Industry Insights Report. The report’s findings show that credit demand remained resilient, but diverging risk...

Small fibre operators outshine giants in ISPA survey

ISPA's Perception Survey gauges ISPs’ perceptions of fibre network operator (FNO) performance across a range of metrics - and the most recent results reveal smaller FNOs are outshining the established competition. South Africa’s official internet Industry...

Young scientists rise to the challenge at Eskom Expo

This year’s Eskom Expo for Young Scientists International Science Fair (ISF) at Emperor’s Palace saw 319 young scientists from South Africa, Lesotho, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Ireland, India, and Russia showcase and compete against each other with their STEMI research...

Nominations now open for SAICTA Awards

The South African Information and Communication Technology Association (SAICTA) has officially opened nominations for the 2025 SAICTA ICT Awards honouring the leaders, innovators, and rising stars shaping the future of South Africa’s ICT sector. Scheduled for 14...

Global IT spend set for 9,8% growth in 2025

Worldwide IT spending is expected to total $5,61-trillion in 2025, an increase of 9,8% from 2024, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. “While budgets for CIOs are increasing, a significant portion will merely offset price increases within their recurrent...

Stargate puts down $100bn for AI infrastructure

US president Donald Trump has announced a new joint venture, Stargate, that will immediately unlock $100-billion in infrastructure projects to power artificial intelligence (AI). The initial equity funders in Stargate are SoftBank, OpenAI, Oracle, and MGX. SoftBank...

Trump’s AI initiative a wake-up call for investors

US President Donald Trump’s announcement of a $100-billion artificial intelligence (AI) investment venture, with industry leaders such as SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son, OpenAI’s Sam Altman, and Oracle’s Larry Ellison at the helm, confirms that investors should be looking...

Critical minerals group braces for US policy shifts

The Critical Minerals Africa Group (CMAG), the advocacy group seeking to foster deeper relations between Africa and global markets and put Africa at the heart of international discussions surrounding critical minerals policy, is working closely with its members and...

What Trump’s return to the White House means for business travellers

Donald Trump, heralding many changes - including how people travel for business. "Business travel doesn’t happen in a bubble," says Mummy Mafojane, productive operations leader at FCM. "Politics, economics, and global events all play a role in shaping policies that...

Robust growth forecast for distributed cloud networking

The distributed cloud networking market is projected to grow from $4-billion in 2023 to $17-billion by 2028 - a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 34% percent – according to a new report from Dell’Oro Group. This growth is driven by enterprises’ transition to...

Interest in crypto-stealing drainers surges

Dark web threads discussing crypto-drainers – malware designed to swiftly drain cryptocurrency wallets – saw a significant rise in 2024, as revealed by the latest Kaspersky Security Bulletin. Kaspersky also reported a 40% spike in corporate database ads on a prominent...

Microsoft still top brand for phishing

In the fourth quarter, Microsoft retained its position as the most imitated brand, accounting for 32% of all brand phishing attempts, according to the latest Brand Phishing Ranking for Q4 2024 from Check Point Research (CPR). Apple held on to the second position with...

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Liquid Intelligent Technologies partners with Teridion

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Seacom acquires Africell Uganda assets

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IBM, SAP strengthen their partnership

IBM is teaming with SAP (NYSE: SAP) to provide technology and consulting expertise to make it easier for clients to embrace a hybrid cloud approach and move mission-critical workloads from SAP solutions to the cloud for regulated and non-regulated industries. With the...

Improve the customer journey with data-driven Insight

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5G set to be a construction industry game changer

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Five cyber threats to watch out for in 2022

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Flexibility is the key to remote working

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Directors face potential liability for climate change risks

Directors face potential liability if they fail to carry out their fiduciary duties to curb climate change risks and do not make complete disclosures about climate-related risks, write Merlita Kennedy, partner and Tobia Serongoane, associate from Webber Wentzel....

How Africa can leapfrog the world 

The year is 2026 and Africa leads the world with business solutions leveraging the unprecedented power of the metaverse. Europeans, Asians and Americans scramble to tap into the continent’s skills and world-leading technology stacks. By Collin Govender, MD of Altron...

BI Developer / Manager – Remote Remote

Key Responsibilities:BI DevelopmentDesign, build, and maintain advanced BI dashboards and reports.Develop efficient data models and DAX queries for scalable, high-performing solutions.Customize visualizations to suit business and client needs. Data ManagementWork with...

PPC Specialist

PPC SpecialistDrive high-impact paid media campaigns for a fast-growing global fintech with hybrid flexibility in Cape Town.Digital Marketing | R50 000 - R60 000/month | Hybrid (3 days in office) About Our ClientOur client is a high-growth fintech scale-up...

Junior Technical Assistant

Key Responsibilities: Sizing Battery & Power Systems Technical sizing DC- & Solar SolutionsSelection and recommendation of appropriate equipment and technologies to be used for Reserve applicationsSize rectifier systems to customer requirementsSizing battery...

PPC Specialist – Western Cape Cape Town Region

PPC SpecialistDrive high-impact paid media campaigns for a fast-growing global fintech with hybrid flexibility in Cape Town.Digital Marketing | R50 000 - R60 000/month | Hybrid (3 days in office) About Our ClientOur client is a high-growth fintech scale-up...

Junior Technical Assistant – Gauteng Pretoria CBD

Key Responsibilities: Sizing Battery & Power Systems Technical sizing DC- & Solar SolutionsSelection and recommendation of appropriate equipment and technologies to be used for Reserve applicationsSize rectifier systems to customer requirementsSizing battery...

Senior Software Development Engineer

Our client is building software to support their clients' managed cloud infrastructure. The company is seeking a talented and motivated Software Engineer with a strong background in Python web frameworks and experience of Event driven architecture (e.g., Azure Service...

Online Management Systems and Sales Administrator

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Senior Software Development Engineer – Remote Remote

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Business Intelligence (BI) Specialist

We are seeking a Business Intelligence (BI) Specialist responsible for providing end-to-end CRM reporting, dashboards, and workforce management insights to support informed business decision-making. This role will design, develop, and maintain CRM data visualisations,...

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