Partnering to increase food production

The African Development Bank has called on global partners to join hands to lift 1-billion people worldwide out of hunger and is leading the way by investing $24-billion in African agriculture over the next 10 years in the largest such effort ever. “We are not...
August sees record growth for take-home pay

August sees record growth for take-home pay

The back-dated salary payments in the public sector continued to spur the increase in BankservAfrica’s Take-home Pay Index for August, with real salaries showing improvements on both an annual and monthly basis. According to Shergeran Naidoo, head: stakeholder...

Cybersecurity top priority for business

Cybersecurity is the most important emerging technology for businesses globally. According to GlobalData’s latest report, “Global Emerging Technology Trends Survey 2018”, based on a survey of more than 1 500 companies, cybersecurity was identified as...

SA’s $2,4bn 5G-IoT opportunity

Operators in South Africa who leverage 5G-IoT use cases to tap into the full business potential of industry digitalisation can benefit from revenues of $2,4-billion in 2026. According to a new Ericsson report, “The guide to capturing the 5G industry...

Are we able to avoid climate change?

Despite potentially game-changing shifts in energy use and supply patterns during the coming decades, the world may not be able to reach a sufficiently low emissions pathway by 2050 to avoid the worst of climate change. This is because the incentives provided by...

New tools underline AI trust deficit

The unseen dangers inherent in artificial intelligence (AI) are proving the importance of IBM and Google’s diverse approach to this multifaceted problem. This is according to Brad Shimmin, service director at GlobalData, who says: “AI has already changed...