Are feature analysts the new business analysts?

As Agile continues to gain momentum in large enterprises, we continually need to review how we adapt traditional roles to the new paradigm.

23 May 2018

Working at Africa’s software development POWERHOUSE

BBD is South Africa’s oldest, largest and most entertaining independent custom software development company.

15 May 2018

Adding robotic process automation to BBD Group’s technology solutions

BBD Group today announced they have acquired a 30% equity stake in Xpertek Contact, offering IT services ranging from robotic process automation to business intelligence (BI) and location-based marketing.

15 May 2018

Is Kubernetes a must-have skill in 2018?

Open-source technology such as Kubernetes is emerging as the standard for many companies building applications on public clouds - with Amazon Web Services (AWS), Oracle and IBM among the leaders supporting this technology.

28 March 2018

Spring has sprung in the development community

Functional reactive programming (FRP) is not a new idea, but with more frameworks coming into the mainstay and reactive programming more widely adopted, developers need to stay on top of trends.

20 March 2018

Why playing in a regulatory sandbox is a good thing for fintechs and SARB

The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) recently announced their FinTech Programme, to enable them to review and consider the regulatory implications of emerging fintech innovations.

28 February 2018

What is open banking and what does it mean for South Africa?

Imagine if you owned your bank data and could decide who you want to share this data with, thereby gaining access to a broad range of products to suit your needs.

15 February 2018

BBD and Vodacom partner to win Best Mobile App award

For the third year in a row the My Vodacom App won Best Mobile App in Africa at the 2017 Digital Impact Awards Africa.

1 February 2018

Wading through the continuum of web, native and progressive web apps

Trying to wade through the continuum of application technologies sometimes feels like you’re strolling through a swamp in an astronaut suit… But if you take a step back you’ll see a logic to how web, native, and progressive web apps work in different situations.

31 January 2018

Leveraging technology to drive innovative delivery for South Africa’s public services sector

Unlocking possibilities to build a functional society was the theme at this year’s GovTech event and with the spotlight on public service delivery growing ever brighter, new sustainable models need to be explored to enhance current service delivery.

15 November 2017