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...

Nvidia releases open dataset, models for multilingual speech AI

There are about 7 000 languages in the world, but just a small fraction of them are supported by AI language models. Nvidia is tackling the problem with a new dataset and models that support the development of high-quality speech recognition and translation AI for 25...

Africa sustaining efforts to end mpox outbreaks

One year since the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared mpox a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC), African countries have scaled up response measures and made significant progress to curb the spread of the virus. Coordinated action between...

IT distribution revenues remain stable

Distributor revenues inched up from the previous quarter to $20,2-billion in the third quarter of 2024 (3Q24), according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) North America Distribution Tracker. Year-over-year growth was down a fraction of a percent with...

Robotics industry set to bounce back

The global demand for robotics has been shifting back and forth over the past few years with the pandemic-driven sales boom followed by stagnation in 2024. However, after a year of stagnant sales, the entire industry is set to witness a significant recovery – with...

As delinquencies grow, lenders look to alternative credit data for help

As visibility into consumer risk provided by traditional credit data shifts, financial institutions worldwide are expanding their use of alternative data throughout the consumer lending journey, according to Lexis Nexis’ inaugural Global Consumer Lending Confidence...

Strong outlook for global sensor market

The global sensor market is well established, with hundreds of millions of sensors produced yearly. Yet the market remains in flux, with trends in future mobility, edge computing, AI, and digital healthcare continuously evolving and reshaping sensor technology...

Telematics credited with big drop in road incidents

Commercial transport operators in South Africa have reported a 78% reduction in road incidents - from 1 313 last year to 286 this year – according to the third annual Webfleet Road Safety Report 2024. Enhanced driver training, increased adoption of telematics, and...

Fintech users under threat from malicious Telegram campaign

Kaspersky’s Global Research and Analysis team (GReAT) has uncovered a malicious global campaign in which attackers used Telegram to deliver Trojan spyware, potentially targeting individuals and businesses in the fintech and trading industries in multiple countries...

iStore adds Apple Intelligence training

Apple Intelligence - a personal intelligence system for iPhone, iPad, and Mac – is now available. Apple Intelligence integrates generative models into iPhone, iPad, and Mac, offering context-aware, personalised assistance across apps and tasks. It includes features...

Collaboration key for Africa’s clean energy progress

Energy access is undeniably one of the most crucial components of modern living. Reliable energy supply ensures that economies are growing by supporting critical industries like mining, manufacturing, agriculture, healthcare and education, while improving the lives of...

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First Distribution takes Citrix CSP into Africa

First Distribution (FD), the leading pan-African distributor for Cybersecurity, Datacentre, Enterprise, Networking and Cloud solutions, has expanded its Citrix footprint beyond South Africa with its appointment as a Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) distribution partner...

Omnisient wins African startup award

Omnisient has been recognised by US-based Startup City as one of Africa's Top Ten Startups, having recently also won Best Brand Award from the World Marketing Congress, and achieving a second round of funding in July 2021. Based in San Francisco, Startup City aims to...

Ukheshe partners with African tech unicorn

Fintech enablement partner Ukheshe Technologies has announced a new partnership with Chipper, one of Africa's most valuable startups, to enhance and accelerate the rollout out of Chipper's digital payment offerings. These include free and unlimited P2P payments across...

Disruptive behaviour can cost your career

The past year has been tough. People are struggling. Organisations are battling. And tensions are high. In July 2021 this boiling pot of frustration, stress and anxiety exploded, and South Africa faced extensive damage as looters swept across the country. For many, it...

Frogfoot expands in the Western Cape

Frogfoot, a licensed open-access infrastructure provider, has announced its acquisition of the Link Africa Western Cape FTTH network. "We are very excited about the acquisition of the Link Africa network in the Western Cape," says Abraham van der Merwe, CEO of...

Evolution of payments drives a contactless society

While people have been paying for goods and services for millennia, the arrival of the internet in the 1990s became a major turning point for the payments sector. Since then, digital innovation has evolved payments solutions at breakneck speeds. Everything from...

Tarsus On Demand takes Microsoft cloud honours

Tarsus On Demand has once again walked off with the Top Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) Indirect Provider of the Year award from Microsoft. This is the company's fourth consecutive win in the hotly contested category. Every year, Microsoft celebrates its South African...

Paratus to open Zambia data centre

Paratus Group's brand-new data centre opens in Lusaka, Zambia on 1 October 2021. Offering colocation services, 24/7 quality connections for local and multinational businesses, together with a highly sophisticated range of digital and aligned services, Paratus Zambia...

Get your workspace post-Covid ready

As we move into a new era, and people slowly return to the office, organisations are questioning traditional ideas on how work should be done, the role of the office and what the workspace should look like. Global real estate company JLL's 2021 Top 10 Global CRE...

AI Specialist – Gauteng Modderfontein AH

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Full Stack Java Developer (Advanced) at Sabenza IT & Recruitment

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BSc ENGINEER - SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER - DO-178 and DO-252Salary: R 120K - 135k TCTC p/mTHE CLIENT, situated in the Cape Town suburb of Westlake, South Africa, designs, develops and manufactures cutting edge, state of the art, satellite communications solutions for...

Snr. Project Manager – Western Cape Cape Town

BSc ENGINEER - SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER - DO-178 and DO-252Salary: R 120K - 135k TCTC p/mTHE CLIENT, situated in the Cape Town suburb of Westlake, South Africa, designs, develops and manufactures cutting edge, state of the art, satellite communications solutions for...

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Senior Back-End Developer at Sabenza IT & Recruitment

We're looking for a Senior Back-End Developer who thrives in building production-grade, cloud-native applications. You will play a crucial role in the design, development, deployment, and operation of scalable systems, with a strong focus on cloud technologies and...

Junior Full-Stack Developer at Find the Gap

Are you passionate about building scalable web applications and working across both frontend and backend technologies? Join our team and make an impact in a dynamic, fast-paced environment! Position: Junior Full-Stack DeveloperSalary: R20k - R50k (based on...

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