Aug 28, 2024
Kathy Gibson reports – Government is taking the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) seriously, aligning the National Development Plan (NDP) and the Medium-Term Development Plan to the SDGs. The soon-to-be-released Medium-Term Development Plan will outline...
Aug 28, 2024
Kathy Gibson reports – The private sector is making progress on attaining the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), but there are still some significant challenges to overcome. Overall, South Africa has achieved just 17% of its goals, so there is still a...
Aug 28, 2024
Kathy Gibson reports – South Africa needs to keep up with global digitalisation, but the increased use of technology brings some serious challenges that need to be addressed. This is one of the conclusions from the 2024 Voluntary National Review on the...
Aug 28, 2024
IT leaders are preparing their organisations for accelerated generative AI adoption – but C-suite executives’ confidence in their IT team’s ability to deliver basic services is declining. A new IBM Institute for Business Value study of 2 500 of...
Aug 28, 2024
The 25 disruptive technologies to watch on the latest Gartner Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, 2024 fall into four key areas: autonomous AI; developer productivity; total experience; and human-centric security and privacy programmes. “Generative AI (GenAI)...
Aug 28, 2024
South Africa’s HIV epidemic is driven by people who face obstacles in obtaining treatment and struggle to adhere to their daily oral medication or remain in care – and the lack of access to long-acting injectables for HIV treatments compounds this...
