International tourism up in 2019

International tourist arrivals grew 4% from January to June 2019, compared to the same period last year, according to the latest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer published ahead of the 23rd World Tourism Organization General Assembly. Growth was led by the Middle East...

Luno shows sterling growth

South African cryptocurrency exchange Luno now has 3-million customers (wallets) spanning 40 countries. Marius Reitz, Luno’s GM: Africa, says, that despite bitcoin’s volatility, cryptocurrency trades continue to rise. “In the last month, more than...
Trickle-down effect drives sophisticated cyber-threats

Trickle-down effect drives sophisticated cyber-threats

By Kathy Gibson – The cyber-threat industry is a massive – and profitable – one and it’s getting more sophisticated thanks to a trickle-down effect of advanced nation state tools being made available to serious organised crime groups,...

AI increases skills gap, time to retrain staff

In the next three years, as many as 120-million workers in the world’s 12 largest economies may need to be retrained or reskilled as a result of AI and intelligent automation. This is among the findings from a new IBM Institute for Business Value (IBV) study,...

Algorithm-guided selling set to debut

Nearly 51% of sales organisations have already deployed or plan to deploy algorithmic-guided selling in the next five years, according to Gartner. Intended to augment more traditional sales tools, such as sales playbooks, algorithmic-guided selling uses sales data to...

Applications invited for AlphaCode Explore

Registrations for the AlphaCode Explore programme are now open. A joint initiative of The Explore Data Science Academy (EDSA) and Rand Merchant Investment Holdings (RMI) fintech division, AlphaCode, the 12-month programme is aimed at honing the ideas and skills of 20...