UCT launches African Hub for AI safety, governance debates
The University of Cape Town (UCT) and the Global Centre on AI Governance (GCG) have launched the African Hub on AI Safety, Peace and Security, a platform designed to ensure that African perspectives are at the centre of global artificial intelligence (AI) safety...
Nokia, fibertime roll out fibre to the townships
In collaboration with Nokia – and in line with its goal of connecting 2-million homes by 2028 - fibertime is expanding its fibre broadband access footprint to include an additional 400 000 homes located across South Africa’s underserved communities. As part of the...
Secure USB drives come under attack
Kaspersky found that a secure USB drive was compromised with malicious code injected into its access management software. The drive was developed by a government entity in Southeast Asia to securely store and transfer files between machines in sensitive environments....
EMEA public cloud poised to reach $415bn
The Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) public cloud services (PCS) market, including infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), and software as a service (SaaS), is projected to generate $203-billion in revenue for 2024. That's according to...
International advisory body supports submarine cable resilience
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the United Nations Agency for Digital Technologies, and the International Cable Protection Committee (ICPC), the leading industry organisation promoting submarine cable protection, have formed the International Advisory...
How AI is shaping the future of work and innovation
South Africa's recent 1,4% decrease in the unemployment rate has offered a glimmer of hope, yet the country continues to grapple with persistently low employment levels. By Professor Amit Kumar Mishra, professor at the Engineering and Built Environment Faculty, and...
Interactive video wall market to hit $39,44bn
The global interactive video wall market size is estimated to reach $39,44-billion by 2030, registering to grow at a CAGR of 14% from 2025 to 2030 according to a new report by Grand View Research. Increasing adoption of interactive video walls in educational...
Green spaces play a massive role in cooling cities
As any urban dweller who has lived through a heat wave knows, a shady tree can make all the difference. But what happens when there’s no shade available? A recent study in Nature Communications used NASA satellite data to identify a major gap in global resilience to...
How to make a career of gaming
South African gaming enthusiasts are keen to turn their passion into a career - but most are unaware of the training and job opportunities available to them. This is one of the findings of a new gaming and esports report from HP. “What is resoundingly clear from the...
Study outlines four possible futures for insurance
By 2040, technological innovation driven by customer centricity could pave the way to greater climate resilience and more personalised offerings by the insurance industry. Alternatively, insurance could become a luxury afforded only to the wealthiest few. These are...
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Why colocation is stepping stone to the cloud
Driven by the ongoing global pandemic as well as long-standing loadshedding concerns, increasing numbers of South African organisations have had to enable remote working. By Barry Kemp, head of managed IT at Vox While moving to the cloud is often presented as the...
Designing architecture for holistic integration
The past few years have seen shifts in infrastructure and development models across organisations that are moving away from legacy approaches towards more holistic and integrated development, ops, and investment. As McKinsey points out, the C-Suite, tired of feeling...
Celebrating 22 years with Esquire
Esquire is sharing its 22nd birthday cheer with its reseller partners, promoting a wide range of products. Many successful IT businesses started in a garage, but Esquire had its beginnings on the dining room table of their family home when brothers Mahomed Cassim and...
Product security is critical to cyber security
By Herman Kannenberg, Head of Legal Affairs and Cyber Security, Huawei South Africa - If you follow the news, you'll have noticed that there has been a significant uptick in the number of cybersecurity-related articles and stories lately. This is because cyber-attacks...
In the as-a-service economy, subscription without service just won’t fly
If we think about the past year in business, the subscription and as-a-service (aaS) economy has to be at the top of the trend lists. By Daniel Teixeira, systems engineering manager at Pure Storage However, there is a difference between products on subscription and a...
NBC Olympics selects Dell storage for Tokyo games
NBC Olympics, a division of the NBC Sports Group, has selected Dell Technologies to provide high performance storage systems for its production of the Games of the XXXII Olympiad, taking take place in Tokyo. NBC Olympics will use the Dell EMC PowerScale family of...
Sidestep the embolism, deliver true customer service
Most companies have invested in some form of digital customer experience toolkit or technology solution to gain deeper understanding, improve processes, and streamline engagements. Most have looked at chatbots, analytics, and integration to translate customer...
Choose chat channels wisely or risk losing customers’ trust
Effective cross-generational communication with customers requires an excellent omnichannel strategy and chat is fast becoming the cornerstone for brands around the globe. But chat channels still carry a degree of security hesitancy that companies will need to...
Agile teams need the support of agile infrastructure
Agility is a key term surrounding IT today. In a rapidly shifting world, the ability to adapt, learn quickly and change to meet new requirements is critical to success. By Amit Singh, solution architect at AlphaCodes However, while agile methodology has long been...
Predictions for SA’s payments landscape
The silver lining of the Covid pandemic for many businesses has been the acceleration of online shopping in South Africa. Faced with fewer choices, shoppers adopted new spending habits. They also embraced new payment options, like interest-free buy now pay later...
Senior Data Engineer
Job DescriptionSummaryOur client is seeking a highly experienced Senior Data Engineer to lead the design, development, and optimization of data pipelines, APIs, and data platforms. This role will focus on ETL/ELT processes using Matillion and Snowflake, API...
Business Data Manager at Datonomy Solutions
We are seeking a Business Data Manager to join our team, based in JHB-onsite.This role is responsible for overseeing and ensuring proper data management and governance within Group Finance.Job Responsibilities:Creating & enforcing policies for effective data...
Senior Data Engineer – Western Cape Cape Town
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Business Data Manager at Datonomy Solutions – Gauteng Sandton
We are seeking a Business Data Manager to join our team, based in JHB-onsite.This role is responsible for overseeing and ensuring proper data management and governance within Group Finance.Job Responsibilities:Creating & enforcing policies for effective data...
Angular Developer at Sabenza IT & Recruitment
We are seeking a skilled and passionate Angular (Web Developer) to join our development team. The ideal candidate will have solid experience in Angular and modern web technologies, a good eye for UI/UX, and the ability to build scalable and responsive applications....
Data Analyst (Focus: Cloud) (Senior) at Sabenza IT & Recruitment
Senior Data Analyst (Cloud Focus)Location: Menlyn / Remote Hybrid Work Type: Flexible Resource Assignment (1960 hours annually) Citizenship: South African citizens or permanent residents preferred; applicants with valid work permits also welcome.Join a Global IT...
Integration Analyst
Customer Solution Consultant Location: Cape Town On-Site and willing to travel to customers.- 1 - 2 weeks in Gauteng Our Client is a leading integration and automation platform (iPaaS) helping organizations streamline operations, improve data visibility, and scale...
Angular Developer at Sabenza IT & Recruitment – Gauteng Johannesburg
We are seeking a skilled and passionate Angular (Web Developer) to join our development team. The ideal candidate will have solid experience in Angular and modern web technologies, a good eye for UI/UX, and the ability to build scalable and responsive applications....
Data Analyst (Focus: Cloud) (Senior) at Sabenza IT & Recruitment – Gauteng Johannesburg
Senior Data Analyst (Cloud Focus)Location: Menlyn / Remote Hybrid Work Type: Flexible Resource Assignment (1960 hours annually) Citizenship: South African citizens or permanent residents preferred; applicants with valid work permits also welcome.Join a Global IT...
Integration Analyst – Western Cape Somerset West
Customer Solution Consultant Location: Cape Town On-Site and willing to travel to customers.- 1 - 2 weeks in Gauteng Our Client is a leading integration and automation platform (iPaaS) helping organizations streamline operations, improve data visibility, and scale...
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