Technology is today’s crystal ball for businesses

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently forecast that growth of the global economy will slow to 3,2% this year, down from 6,1% in 2021, and to an even lower 2,9% in 2023. This can be attributed to lasting effects of the pandemic, fallouts from the...

Realise the potential of data for your business

It has become an accepted fact that data is the single most important resource organisations have, with the potential to transform companies, unleash organic growth, and even improve the human condition. And, as consumers begin to voice their expectations for...

AI Achievers are responsible by design

There is a clear incentive to accelerate AI transformation, and rightly so. Statistics show that the proportion of a company’s revenue, “AI-influenced”, more than doubled between 2018 and 2021 and is expected to triple by 2024. By Hina Patel, applied...

Guard against biases and investment mistakes in volatile times

In times of volatility, investors tend to make irrational decisions. A recent example is the Covid crash of March 2020, when many investors – fearing a much deeper correction – sold into a falling market, only to miss out on one of the fastest rebounds in...

Better data means better outcomes: are we perfecting this yet?

There is no doubt that the ‘Data Revolution’, which has accelerated exponentially over the last decade, has caused a fundamental shift in the way we do business across all aspects of the industry. By Jason Dunk, head of data science at Ambledown Financial...