Young scientists fly the SA flag at Turkey science fair
Two South African young scientists will present their scientific research at this year's Buca International Music, Science, Engineering Energy Fair (IMSEF) in Turkey. The Buca IMSEF is an international conference held in Izmir, Turkey annually from 20 to 25 November...
Nedbank Hackathon aims for an inclusive future for SMEs
Financial inclusion is the cornerstone of meaningful and sustainable small business growth in South Africa. For the country's SMEs to successfully expand, create employment opportunities, and further South Africa's economic development, tailored, digitally-advanced...
Leadership changes at Seacom
Seacom has announced a number of significant changes within its executive leadership team. Lucas Malamule Ndala has been appointed as the new group chief financial officer, succeeding Richard Schumacher, who takes on the role of chief wholesale and strategic alliances...
Huawei advocates for accelerating Digital Africa
In his opening keynote for AfricaCom 2023, Africa's largest tech conference, currently underway in Cape Town; Leo Chen, president of Huawei Sub-Saharan Africa laid out how two transformative forces, digitalisation and decarbonisation, are driving humanity towards an...
Online retailers can ensure this Black Friday is their biggest yet
Despite very clear economic challenges weighing down the pockets of most South Africans, there are signs that this year's Black Friday could be an incredibly significant one for the country's online retailers. Local appetite for online shopping has, for instance, kept...
Black Friday boom expected for card-linked instalments
As Black Friday approaches, Africa's first card-linked instalment platform, Float, expects more than a 500% increase on the number of transactions processed last year, and predicts average shopper spend will increase by 30% to over R11 000. Last year, Black Friday...
Platform lets Africa participate in more contracts
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) in Cairo presented an intra-African Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) platform designed to empower African contractors to successfully bid for contracts by allowing for the seamless posting of key...
Kena Health is 2023 App of the Year
MTN has awarded Kena Health the App of the Year for 2023 in its annual MTN Business, App of the Year awards. Kena Health was also named Best Health App solution of 2023. The award of the Best Health App was made in the context of the many challenges faced by the South...
Veeam announces updates to Backup for Salesforce
Veeam Software has launched Veeam Backup for Salesforce v2, available on Salesforce AppExchange. Veeam Backup for Salesforce eliminates the risks of Salesforce data and metadata loss from human, integration, and corruption errors. The newest version from Veeam extends...
Datacentrix retains level one B-BBEE rating for seventh year
Datacentrix has maintained its level one broad-based black economic empowerment (B-BBEE) rating for the seventh consecutive year, achieving a total score of just over 127 out of a possible 130 points on its most recent scorecard. According to Datacentrix chief...
CMC Networks partners with aconnic
CMC Networks has partnered with German network solution provider aconnic, previously emerged from UET United Electronic Technology AG and albis-elcon, to bring network function virtualisation (NFV) to service providers across Africa and the Middle East. CMC Networks...
Social Ecological Systems Technician KZN at NRF National Research Foundation
Postion Summary: SAEON has recently embarked on the establishment of the Expanded Freshwater and Terrestrial Environmental Observation Network (EFTEON). EFTEON is a Research Infrastructure that has been developed under the DSI South African Research Infrastructure...