Preparing youth for the future of work

It is critical to reform secondary education in Africa by enhancing the teaching profession, quality learning and 21st century skills provision, and by embracing innovation and information and communication technology (ICT). This is the view of the Association for the...

Flight Centre set to boost online travel

South African travellers will soon have access to a seamless all-in-one travel shopping experience when Flight Centre Travel Group SA (FCTG) launches a new technology initiative across its network and websites. The new Web-based technology will allow online customers...

Solutions sought for SA’s transport problems

The transport industry in South Africa is plagued with issues like congestion and access to safe and reliable public transport – but entrepreneurs may hold the key to providing solutions geared towards smarter mobility. Ben Pullen, CEO at Generation.e, point to...
Biology inspires new AI algorithms in UJ research

Biology inspires new AI algorithms in UJ research

Researchers at the University of Johannesburg (UJ) have designed artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms based on biological processes that could improve AI functionality. In recent years, bio-inspired algorithms have received increasing attention by the research...

AI augmentation to drive $2,9trn in business value

In 2021, artificial intelligence (AI) augmentation will create $2,9-trillion of business value and 6,2-billion hours of worker productivity globally, according to Gartner. Gartner defines augmented intelligence as a human-centered partnership model of people and AI...

Global decline for smartphone sales

Worldwide smartphones shipments declined 2,3% year over year in the second quarter of 2019 (2Q19) for the strongest quarterly performance since 2Q18. According to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker,...