Aug 21, 2017
Artificial intelligence (AI) is going to have a massive impact on our daily lives — from enabling hyper-personalisation to saving huge amounts of time on routine tasks, new tools will fundamentally shift the way we interact with technology. These are among the...
Aug 18, 2017
One of the main reasons that women leave the corporate world to start their own businesses is the idea of having more flexibility to manage family and household responsibilities. In “The Hidden Factors: SA Women in Business” research report by the Sage...
Aug 17, 2017
IBM’s new mainframe computer, the IBM Z, was introduced to South African customers today. Capable of running more than 12-billion encrypted transactions per day, it also features an encryption engine that, for the first time, makes it possible to pervasively...
Aug 16, 2017
The world population will reach 9,8-billion in 2050, up 31% from an estimated 7,5-billion now. Africa’s population will more than double to 2,6-billion and account for more than half (57%) of the global population increase. This is according to projections...
Aug 15, 2017
As global temperatures continue to rise, droughts are expected to become more frequent and severe in many regions during this century. A new study with NASA participation finds that land ecosystems took progressively longer to recover from droughts in the 20th...
Aug 14, 2017
HSBC, the world’s leading trade finance bank, is working with IBM to develop a cognitive intelligence solution combining optical character recognition with advanced robotics to make global trade safer and more efficient for thousands of businesses. HSBC’s Global Trade...
