Generative AI meets everyday life
Smart homes and connected cars have generated plenty of hype over the past 15 years, but the progress we have made in this time is undeniable. Smart speakers, digital cameras and efficient LED lighting are just some of the smart home features that have rapidly become...
Omnichannel communication, automation help businesses have better conversations
South Africa’s business communications landscape is undergoing a major transformation, driven by the proliferation of digital channels and the rise in use of technology to deliver improved customer experience (CX). By Rob Lith, chief commercial officer at Telviva At a...
Data, analytics, AI vital to bridging Africa’s insurance protection gap
The global insurance industry faces a $1,8-trillion protection gap – the difference between insured and uninsured losses across health, life, crop and catastrophe coverage. In Africa, this divide is even more pronounced. Insurance penetration remains below 3% of GDP...
Agentic AI heralds a new dawn for business
The world has gone mad with artificial intelligence (AI)…or has it? This question aptly captures the uncertainty many feel as AI triggers seismic shifts across the digital economy, writes SAICTA member Jason Lottering. AI dominates headlines daily. Yet much of what...
Outdated payroll and HR systems open your business to fraud
“If it’s not broken, why fix it?” is how many organisations justify sticking with outdated payroll and HR systems. But in the modern workplace, where employee data is highly sensitive and fraud is becoming increasingly sophisticated, relying on legacy systems can...
KZN programme hits 100% employment
In a milestone moment for youth empowerment and job creation, 50 young people from KwaZulu-Natal have graduated from the province’s flagship KZN Job Creation Partnership Initiative with an unprecedented 100% employment placement rate. Every graduate has already...
NTT Data partners with Google Cloud
NTT Data has announced a global partnership with Google Cloud to drive industry-specific cloud and AI solutions. According to Gartner, worldwide end-user spending on public cloud services is forecast to reach $723-billion in 2025, up from $595,7-billion in 2024. The...
Absa adds Home Affairs services to banking app
Absa has joined the Department of Home Affairs initiative to bring Smart ID and Passport services to the Absa Banking App for the bank’s clients. The collaboration is an overhaul of the existing pilot project that has been in existence since 2016. Absa was part of the...
Take control with the SCAM framework
With cybercrime surging across Africa and sophisticated scams targeting everyone from job seekers to business executives, the need for fraud awareness has never been more critical. South Africa is amongst the most targeted countries on the continent when it comes to...
African Development Bank backs AI training for Agenda 2063
The African Development Bank is supporting a new artificial intelligence (AI) training initiative to advance the implementation of Africa’s continental development blueprint, Agenda 2063: The Africa We Want. Through its joint secretariat support office (JSSO), the...
Scrum Master (CH1159) – Western Cape Kuils River
Our client, in the Payments and Lending industry, is seeking a Scrum Master who will be responsible for the facilitation of workflows within one or two software development teams to ensure that they deliver on their respective commitments and responsibilities in order...
Data Engineer at Parvana Recruitment
This is a remote position.About our client:Our client develops and supports software and data solutions across a variety of industries. They want you to get ahead of the market and stay there. They offer a combination of plug and play products that can be integrated...