AI is on the cards, but step carefully warns IFS

A key focus for artificial intelligence (AI) investment is to increase employee productivity – but success requires a disruption to the current business strategy. This is among the findings from IFS’s global research study into the attitudes and strategies...

Consumers plan to spend big on Black Friday

South African consumers are planning to spend 36% more this year than in 2018 during the Black Friday/Cyber Monday sales. Consumers plan to spend an average of R3 812 during the sales, and 85% of consumers intend to buy something or would consider it if there is a...

Mobile divide is real in emerging economies

As ownership of mobile phones, especially smartphones, spreads rapidly across the globe, there are still notable numbers of people in emerging economies who do not own – or even use someone else’s – mobile phone. A Pew Research Centre survey of 11...

More data set for move to public cloud

Enterprise customers are accelerating their cloud transformation initiatives. According to Veritas Technologies, over the past year alone, there has been a four-fold increase in the amount of data moving from on-premises environments to the two leading public clouds....

Government integrity key to tackling corporate corruption

Government leaders must set a good example to the business community if they want to eliminate corporate corruption, a new study reveals. Financial incentives and criminal punishment will not root out corrupt business practices, but a government culture of honesty,...

ITU looks back on 70 years of TV standards

World Television Day, marked globally on 21 November, recognises the medium as a major source of news, information, education and entertainment. As television broadcasting increases its footprint globally, streaming onto multiple portable devices, TV has become an...