AI spending set to boom

AI spending set to boom

Spending on cognitive and artificial intelligence (AI) systems in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) will grow an impressive 31,8% this year. The recently updated “Worldwide Semiannual Cognitive Artificial Intelligence Systems Spending Guide” from...
SA employees have faith …

SA employees have faith …

Most South African employees — 73% of them – believe their business leaders can make a success of their organisations amid the turmoil of digital disruption, political and economic uncertainty and the skills gap. Meanwhile, only 5% of South Africans,...
Financial firms focus on digital

Financial firms focus on digital

Banking and investment services CIOs are increasingly convinced that their old business models and existing value propositions will not be sustainable in the future. This is among the findings from Gartner’s 2018 CIO Agenda Survey, which gathered data from 3 160...
Take-home pay starts to slide

Take-home pay starts to slide

September’s real disposable take-home income declined for the first time in seven months on a year-on-year basis as a higher rate of inflation resulted in disposable salaries declining by over 1,3% during the period. This is according to the latest...
Mega-dino prints in Lesotho

Mega-dino prints in Lesotho

An international team of scientists has discovered evidence of an extremely large carnivorous dinosaur that roamed southern Africa 200-million years ago. At the outset of the Jurassic Period, about 200-million years ago, the largest carnivorous dinosaurs were...
IoT devices to hit 125bn

IoT devices to hit 125bn

The number of connected Internet of Things (IoT) devices worldwide will jump 12% on average annually, from nearly 27-billion in 2017 to 125-billion in 2030, according to new analysis from IHS Markit. In a new free ebook entitled “The Internet of Things: a...