Shareholders give Alviva buyout the thumbs up

Shareholders give Alviva buyout the thumbs up

The biggest deal in the South African IT industry came a step closer to fruition on Friday when 93% of the eligible shareholders in Alviva voted overwhelmingly in favour of a buyout of the group by Tham Investments and DY Investments 3. In June last year, the...
Bridging the digital divide in civil society a work in progress

Bridging the digital divide in civil society a work in progress

In 2019, the World Bank dubbed South Africa the world’s most unequal country. Since then, people across the country and the African continent continue to face a myriad of daily challenges with a newer form of disparity — the digital divide —...

Africa embraces cloud, more growth forecast in 2023

Kathy Gibson reports – Although Africa has demonstrated pervasive cloud adoption over the last three years, the continent is still growing and maturing. This is according to Arthur Goldstuck, MD of World Wide Worx, presenting the Cloud in Africa 2023 preliminary...
Business holds the key to solving SA challenges

Business holds the key to solving SA challenges

Kathy Gibson reports – As South Africa grapples with the issue of ongoing loadshedding, the private sector is quietly making a difference and going a long way towards solving the issue. This is the word from Michael Jordaan, founder and CEO of Montegray Capital,...
ChatGPT raises red flags by acing MBA exam

ChatGPT raises red flags by acing MBA exam

ChatGPT, the new artificial intelligence chatbot that Microsoft has invested in, is causing consternation on several fronts: it has already been tipped as an efficient malware writer, and in the latest news has not only passed an MBA exam but achieved a pretty good...