Top ICT tenders: Postbank looks to digital channels

Top ICT tenders: Postbank looks to digital channels

Postbank wants to modernise its digital banking capability. The post-budget dip continues this week with little on National Treasury’s eTenders Portal to excite the ICT industry. However, activity is likely to climb again towards the end of the month as national and provincial departments prepare to take advantage of new financial allocations available to them…

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Africa: At Women of Impact in Africa Award, South African Anti-Apartheid Activist Urges Young Africans to Push Borders

Africa: At Women of Impact in Africa Award, South African Anti-Apartheid Activist Urges Young Africans to Push Borders

At the Arise News Women of Impact in Africa 2026, revered South African anti-apartheid activist Sophie Williams-De Bruyn called for African youths to take risks and push borders. In her acceptance speech as one of the honourees, she urged the continent’s youth to see themselves as the future, adding that “the future is bright.” Williams-De…

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Africa: At Women of Impact in Africa Award, South African Anti-Apartheid Activist Urges Young Africans to Push Borders

Africa: Middle East War and African Economies

The escalating crisis in the Middle East is no longer a distant geopolitical drama for Africa; it is an economic tremor felt from the ports of Lagos to the markets of Nairobi. For a continent already navigating debt pressures, inflation and currency volatility, instability in a region central to global energy and trade flows could…

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Africa: Why Maternal and Newborn Health Must Be the World’s Most Urgent Priority #IWD2026

Africa: Why Maternal and Newborn Health Must Be the World’s Most Urgent Priority #IWD2026

Women continue to die from complications of pregnancy and childbirth, and this is unacceptable. While Africa has made progress in reducing maternal mortality since 2000, the region still needs a twelve-fold increase in the annual reduction rate to meet the Sustainable Development Goal, according to the estimates from the United Nations Maternal Mortality Estimation Interagency…

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International Job Opportunities for South African Professionals Are Rising, Says Pnet Report

International Job Opportunities for South African Professionals Are Rising, Says Pnet Report

Pnet’s Job Market Trends Report for February includes an analysis of trends in international job opportunities for South African professionals. Based on actual vacancies posted across the company’s platforms, the data shows that the portion of international job ads targeting South African candidates increased from 1.6% in 2021 to 2.2% in 2025. Australia has remained…

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