Time to look at the ethics around AI?

Companies around the world are expecting to apply artificial intelligence (AI) within their companies in the next few years, but are lagging in discussions of the ethics around it, according to research from Genesys. More than half of the employers questioned in a...

SA still struggling with ICT skills gap

Despite competitive salaries and efforts to build a skills pipeline, South Africa’s specialised ICT skills gap persists. This is according to speakers at the Digital Skills Summit, co-hosted by the Institute of Information Technology Professionals South Africa...

Tablets drag down MEA PC market

The Middle East and Africa (MEA) personal computing devices (PCD) market, which is made up of desktops, notebooks, workstations, and tablets, declined 9,1% year on year in Q2 2019, according to the latest insights from IDC which says a total of 5,1-million units were...

MTN gets aggressive with fixed LTE

Looking to boost its fixed LTE revenues, MTN has launched two aggressively-priced packages aimed at home users – a fixed LTE-Home Wi-Fi 120GB data deal at R399 per month and 210GB data deal at R599 per month. Customers who sign-up, or upgrade on the MTN Made For...

New African AI initiative at Wits

The Molecular Sciences Institute (MSI) at the University of the Witwatersrand, in partnership with the Cirrus Initiative, has announced plans for a new artificial intelligence (AI) research operation in Africa. Announcing the Cirrus Initiative during the 2019 AI Expo...
Opportunities and pitfalls as data comes to the fore

Opportunities and pitfalls as data comes to the fore

Kathy Gibson is at the World Economic Forum on Africa in Cape Town – With Africa seeking to embrace the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), data in all its forms is going to become a critical resource. A panel of data experts came together this morning to discuss...