Artisan training numbers in downward spiral
As on-going retrenchments in the mining industry continue, artisan training appears to be in a downward spiral, according to at least one private artisan training company. Sean Jones, a co-founder and director of Artisan Training Institute (ATI), says bookings for...IT still the job to have
IT is still one of the industries that is booming for employees and job seekers. This is one of the findings from CareerJunction’s 2014 annual job review, which found that IT saw an increase of 37% in job openings during 2014. IT came in behind the motor industry,...Digital finance set to surge in SA
Digital finance services will become increasingly tailored to the digital channel and will play a significantly larger role in 2015, as more and more South Africans look outside of mainstream financial institutions to meet their financial needs. This is according to...SA start-up gets R20m UK investment
South African e-commerce start-up Parcelninja, which provides cloud-based warehousing and delivery solutions in South Africa, has attracted a R20-million investment from C5 Holdings. C5 Holdings is the parent company of C5 Capital, the London-based specialist data and...Protecting personal data in the cloud
IBM researchers have announced plans for a cloud-based technology that has the potential to help consumers better protect online personal data, including date of birth, home address and credit card numbers. The technology, called Identity Mixer, uses a cryptographic...