Mecer's AI products will prioritise processing power over GPUs and NPUs
Mustek's in-house brand Mecer is designing and positioning its desktops and notebooks as complete artificial intelligence (AI) systems.
According to Mustek brand executive Michael Kan, the South African ICT distributor...
Cloud phone demand growing for businesses in South Africa — Cell C
Cell C says demand for hosted PBX and IP telephony services is growing in South Africa as organisations replace legacy phone systems with cloud-based alternatives.
“Hosted PBX and cloud telephony are increasingly adopted as...
Convergence Partners buying Datacentrix
Convergence Partners has announced that its Digital Infrastructure Fund (CPDIF) has entered into a definitive agreement with Alviva Holdings to acquire 100% of the Datacentrix Group.
The 25-year-old Datacentrix provides ICT integration services and...
Does anyone know what the established standard is for securing your server, web app, email service, etc so that it is considered 'POPI compliant'?
Whenever I ask a lawyer - their eyes kinda glaze over and then i remember that these are people that need assistance logging into Facebook...
ICT strategy plagiarised by Eastern Cape government
The Eastern Cape provincial government has withdrawn its ICT strategy plan after it was discovered that it was plagiarised from an international government document.
The Daily Dispatch reported that parts of the "Provincial Digital...
The plan to merge ICASA, .zaDNA, and USAASA
The Ministry of Telecommunications and Postal Services has presented its plan to consolidate the entities responsible for regulating South Africa’s ICT sector.
South Africa lagging behind African countries, thanks to poor government
South Africa is slipping down the global ICT development index at a time when other African countries are making big gains.
South African ICT companies that pay the highest salaries
Over the past financial year, the struggling SABC has paid the highest average staff salaries, followed by Vodacom and Sentech.
South Africa must make more ICT devices – Government
Manufacturing Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) devices and gadgets on the continent will help to bring down the costs of digitising Africa, says Telecommunications and Postal Services Minister Dr Siyabonga Cwele.
South African Communications Ministers – 2007 to 2017
South Africa’s telecommunications and ICT market is suffering because of poor governance by the Department of Communications.
South Africa ICT spend to exceed R287 million
The cost to implement Cabinet’s approved ICT white paper policy recommendations and other ICT expenditure is expected to amount to R287.2m over the medium term, according to Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan.
ICT apprenticeship game changer in the Western Cape
Premier Helen Zille has launched the Western Cape’s Apprenticeship Game Changer, which will include training skilled ICT workers to drive economic growth.
How many people South Africa’s ICT sector employs
ICASA’s first report on the state of the ICT sector in South Africa reveals how many people are employed in the sector.
The state of ICT in South Africa
ICASA has published its first report on the state of the ICT sector in South Africa – offering insight into the local telecoms and communications market.
South Africa’s ICT spend to reach R26 billion
Information and communications technology spending in South Africa is forecast to grow 2.6% year-on-year to R26.6bn in 2016.
Government ICT spending will top R15 billion
Government spending on Information and Communications Technology is projected to top R15bn as pressure mounts to meet national broadband goals, a report has found.
REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL TO PROVIDE INFORMATION, COMMUNICATION AND TECHNOLOGY SERVICES (ICT) TO THE AIDS FOUNDATION OF SOUTH AFRICA (AFSA)
AFSA is a non-governmental organisation that was established in 1988 which aims to mitigate the impacts of HIV and AIDS and poverty through the implementation...
Slow advances in South Africa’s ICT policy
The department of posts and telecommunications is slowly edging closer to completing a white paper on an information and communications technology policy review for South Africa.
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