Phone industry set for massive decline

IDC is forecasting that the European smartphone market will likely fall in value by more than a quarter this year in the aftermath of widespread national lockdowns to combat the spread of coronavirus. Under IDC’s current forecast, in a worst-case scenario the...

AI needs to accelerate to tackle pandemic

Prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, the IDC (International Data Corporation) Worldwide Artificial Intelligence Spending Guide had forecast European artificial intelligence (AI) spending of $10-billion for 2020, and a healthy growth at a 33% CAGR throughout 2023. With the...

Research offers focused Covid-19 analysis

Strategy and investment consulting firm Singular has released its South African Health & Economic crises research to provide decision-makers with a concrete and focused view on how the crises in South Africa could develop over the next weeks and months. Singular...

Workforce transformation in a time of crisis

Kathy Gibson is at the Dell Technologies Harness your Digital Future Virtual Summit – The four pillars of digital transformation are IT transformation, workforce transformation, security transformation and application transformation. This is the word from Walid...
Arctic stratospheric ozone depletion hit record low in March

Arctic stratospheric ozone depletion hit record low in March

Ozone levels above the Arctic reached a record low for March, NASA researchers report. An analysis of satellite observations show that ozone levels reached their lowest point on 12 March, at 205 Dobson units. While such low levels are rare, they are not unprecedented....

SA entrepreneurs innovate in testing

Two South African entrepreneurs have developed a testing kit that promises to significantly speed up the process of identifying positive Covid-19 cases. Allan Gray Orbis Foundation Fellows Daniel Ndima and Dineo Lioma have developed a testing kit that provides results...