Let’s get started with technology! – Part 2

By guest writer Lemuel Longwe.  Lemuel is a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) with more than 10 years working experience in different industries, including airports, banking, external & internal auditing, information communications technology, management consulting and not-for-profit. “Let’s Get Started with Technology” will help... ...more

Let’s get started with technology!

By guest writer Lemuel Longwe.  Lemuel is a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) with more than 10 years working experience in different industries, including airports, banking, external & internal auditing, information communications technology, management consulting and not-for-profit. A lot has been happening in the... ...more

Finance industry employers should facilitate work/life balance for females

Here’s an eye opening statistic: of all the candidates featured in the United States’ Treasury and Risk’s 100 Most Influential people in Finance for 2011, only 15 were female. The situation is not vastly different in South Africa: while it’s not difficult to find... ...more

IT employers often not perceived as female-friendly

Technicians, developers, programmers – even the words themselves have a distinctly masculine ring. However, the reality is that women are just as adept in these jobs as these male counterparts. Why, then, does the IT industry continue to attract so few females? South Africa’s... ...more

Web addressess get major shake-up

The Internet is due for the biggest revolution since its launch: it’s farewell to generic top level domains – like .com, .net and .co.za – and hello to brand domain names. This means that internet surfers should get ready to start typing web addresses... ...more

Where are the women engineers?

Here’s a startling statistic: in a recent survey of the engineering industry conducted by Network Recruitment, only 9% of 1 100 respondents were female. This figure can be extrapolated to the rest of he industry with a fair degree of accuracy. The dearth of... ...more