Senior Application Developer
A leading South African financial services group that provides direct-to-consumer insurance, investment, and value-added solutions is seeking a Senior Application Developer who will translate business requirements into scalable, robust software...
Senior Application Developer – Gauteng Johannesburg
A leading South African financial services group that provides direct-to-consumer insurance, investment, and value-added solutions is seeking a Senior Application Developer who will translate business requirements into scalable, robust software...
Tech giants raise the AI safety bar
The risks associated with artificial intelligence (AI) are back in the spotlight with the news that rogue agents have been responsible for multiple attacks on government sites in Australia and the US. Even the FBI has not been immune to attacks from autonomous agents....
SA’s online gambling market hits R63bn
South Africa's online gambling market is estimated to be worth about R63-billion in 2026, with 84% of gross gambling revenue generated onshore. This is among the findings from the 2027 iGaming Trends report from SoftSwiss, co-authored with WorldGaming and based on a...
Reducing fraud through proactive prevention
Fraud prevention should not end when an investigation is closed - organisations need to use every fraud incident to understand what failed, strengthen controls, and reduce the likelihood of the same weaknesses being exploited again. This was one of the central...
Data governance culture is key to successful AI governance
By 2027, 60% of organisations that fail to address the cultural challenges associated with data and analytics (D&A) governance will fail to govern AI successfully, according to Gartner. In data governance, the research group adds, culture includes the mindsets,...
Profitable but unfundable: Local SME’s ‘bankability gap’
South Africa’s small business funding problem may not be only about a shortage of money, according to new research from Fetola, which shows that many established small businesses are already selling and making a profit, but still lack the financial systems and...
New study reveals the most frustrating AI tools to use
AI tools have gone from being a novelty to something millions of people now use for work, study, and everyday tasks - whether it is writing an email, checking a piece of code, creating an image, or searching for information. But convenience can quickly turn into...
OpenAI promises to do better after Australian breaches
OpenAI has conceded that it bungled its response after it discovered that its models had access Australian government sites. The breaches happened in June, during internal training and evaluation, and were discovered by Open AI in August. But they were only...
Data centre-led infrastructure investment key for Africa’s growth
Africa's digital economy is entering a new phase of growth. Cloud services, digital platforms, connected technologies and artificial intelligence (AI) are transforming how organisations operate, deliver services and create value. Behind this transformation sits an...
AMD to acquire World Labs to advance AI compute
AMD has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire World Labs, an AI model and research lab led by AI pioneer Dr Fei-Fei Li. The acquisition will bring a world-class team of researchers and model experts to AMD, strengthening its ability to develop AI hardware,...
The complexity tax: the cloud cost that survives every budget review
Fragmentation is expensive, writes Oliver Niemandt, GM and head of sales at Cloud On Demand. It is also unowned and unmeasured, which is why it never has to justify itself. For South African organisations heading into next year’s budgets, the cloud conversation is...