Women are being shut out of Web3

Web3 companies – those developing radical new applications involving the metaverse, blockchain technologies, and cryptocurrencies that are set to transform many global industries – are on the cutting edge of shaping the future of the digital world. But in...

Tourists are travelling back to SA’s biggest cities

The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has revealed positive signs of recovery for the South African travel and tourism sector, with travellers heading back to its major cities. The report, researched in partnership with Oxford Economics, analysed key...
What to expect from the upcoming budget

What to expect from the upcoming budget

Kathy Gibson reports – Amid bearish predictions about economic growth, most (59%) of South African CEOs expect local GDP growth to decline this year. Among the challenges businesses are grappling with are structural issues, while electricity supply is having a...

SA leads the African move to cloud

Kathy Gibson reports – South African companies expect to massively increase their investment in cloud this year. Seventy-three percent of South African respondents in the “Cloud in Africa” study released today by World Wide Worx in conjunction with...

SA employees still wary of AI, robots in the workplace

With the rise in popularity of artificial intelligence (AI) – especially with the recent launch of the ChatGPT bot – there are concerns among employees in the Middle East, Turkiye and Africa region with regard to robots and automation systems used by...

AI tops Google search trends in 2022

Google Search trends show that interest in “artificial intelligence” reached a record in 2022 in South Africa and across the world and is peaking again in January 2023, with top searches including “ai generator” (Number 3), “ai art”...