Xero, AWS host global hackathon

SilverBridge developer Tsundzukani Davi Mhlongo won first prize in the customer category award of the annual SilverBridge Awesome Projects campaign.

Riccardo `Fluffypony' Spagni announces a new open source blockchain protocol, Tari, being built to manage digital assets.

Teams of keen young coders are hunkered down in Midrand, using machine learning to solve real world business cases.

Verizon's April Wright outlined a new paradigm for integrating developers with offensive and defensive teams to fight software vulnerabilities.

It is committed to actively developing software development professionals via its school, DevFluence, the company says.

This has seen explosive growth over the last few years as corporates look to boost their testing and QA teams, says Jumping Bean.

The customer will not wait for you to build an app that does what they want; they'll pick a competitor that gives them what they need, says Laura Wier, Practice Head: Business Enablement at DVT.

The learnership will provide training in coding, UX design, UX research, product management and data science, says Umuzi.

Security is everyone's job, but who's responsible when it's in the cloud?

The partnership will enable BBD to grow its own solution effectiveness by leveraging the skills of the IT services company.

The conference took place in Johannesburg last week, and explored the current state of user experience, user-centred design and human-centred design.

We interviewed a few female gamers from across the Middle East and Africa about dispelling some of these myths that exist in the gaming industry.