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Technology - particularly artificial intelligence (AI) – plays a critical role in enhancing agricultural productivity and reducing poverty across the continent. This is one of the findings from a white paper highlighting the trends shaping the agricultural landscape...
AI, IoT drive smart agriculture growth
The global smart agriculture market size is estimated to reach $54,71-billion by 2030, registering a CAGR of 13,9% from 2025 to 2030, according to a new report by Grand View Research. The major factors driving the growth of the agtech industry are the increasing use...
Huawei tackles AI with homegrown data centres
Kathy Gibson reports - To extend artificial intelligence (AI) cloud adoption, Huawei is operating no fewer than three data centres in South Africa, the latest being a new facility in Johannesburg – built entirely on its own hardware, including CPUs and GPUs, and...
AI and its role in improving business
Kathy Gibson reports - Artificial intelligence (AI) is not just reshaping technology, but is being used to empower people and communities around the world. Indeed, the technology holds both potential and peril, says Arthur Goldstuck, MD of World Wide Worx. It's been...
Energy transition momentum slows as global volatility rises
The global energy transition to a more equitable, secure and sustainable energy system is still progressing but has lost momentum in the face of increasing uncertainty worldwide, according to a new World Economic Forum report. While 107 of the 120 countries...
Bright future ahead for AI-powered electric grid
The electric grid and the utilities managing it have an important role to play in the next industrial revolution that's being driven by AI and accelerated computing. This is the word from Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang, speaking at the annual meeting of the...
OpenAI founder sets up new AI company
A new company, Safe SuperIntelligence, has been formed with the aim of producing superintelligence, a machine that is more intelligent than humans, in a safe way. Formed by ex-OpenAI founder and chief scientist Ilya Sutskever, Daniel Gross and Daniel Levy, Safe...
Namibia embarks on a galactic journey
In a bid to propel Namibia into the limelight of African space technology, Eos Capital - managers of the Namibia Infrastructure Development and Investment Fund (NIDIF) - have given the green light for the Namibia Space Port project. The project will be spearheaded by...
ChatGPT may be popular – but widespread usage eludes it
The release of OpenAI's ChatGPT marked a turning point for the AI industry. The chatbot, which became the fastest-growing app in history with 100-million users in just two months, turned artificial intelligence into one of the biggest stories of 2023. It also drew a...
Intel SoC accelerates EV innovation
The high purchase price of an electric vehicle (EV) remains one of the biggest barriers for potential buyers on a global scale. EVs are currently more expensive to build than traditional gasoline-powered cars, primarily because of the high costs associated with...
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Thousands of MEA students gain Cisco certification
The Cisco Networking Academy (NetAcad) has had a 27% increase in the number of students trained across the Middle East and Africa (MEA), over a one-year period. A total of 378 900 students in the region were trained in FY20, compared to 297 800 students in FY19. Since...
Pivotal Data deploys extensible cloud for contact centre
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Fujitsu accelerates advanced workloads with Nvidia GPU-powered Server Primergy GX2460 M1
Fujitsu is fuelling global data-driven transformation by making NVidia GPU-accelerated computing for advanced AI workloads accessible to mainstream customers. The expansion of its Nvidia GPU-driven Primergy GX server portfolio delivers high-speed performance for...
New Zealand Stock Exchange DDoS attacks a security wake-up call
At the end of August, a series of cyberattacks on the New Zealand Stock Exchange over five consecutive days forced it to halt trading for a number of hours for four out of those five days. The attacks raised questions about the stock exchange's security, as well as...
Nokia automates 4G/5G network slicing in RAN, transport and core domains
Nokia believes it is the first vendor to offer extreme automation of 4G and 5G network slicing across all network domains, including RAN, transport and core. The company has introduced new network management, controller and orchestration capabilities to its solution,...
Partnering to tackle unemployment through digital skills development
Microsoft South Africa has provided a $150 000 (over R2,5-million) grant to Afrika Tikkun as part of a strategic partnership linked to its Global Skills Initiative to pass on critical digital skills to 25-million people worldwide by the end of the year. In the three...
Hunger: the devastating consequence of Covid-19 in SA
Even before Covid-19 reared its head, millions of South Africans went hungry every day, writes Gillian Le Cordeur, CEO of the Institute of Risk Management South Africa (IRMSA). While efforts to feed the vulnerable have been long-established through organisations like...
FNB rolls out QR code payments on Speedpoint
Consumers shopping across the country will now be able to make QR code payments (Scan to Pay) on all FNB's standalone point of sale terminals (Speedpoint devices). Thokozani Dlamini, FNB merchant services CEO, says given the challenges we are currently facing globally...
Take a long-term approach to people, product, customers
Business success is perceived differently today. Buzzwords like maximisation, venture-backed, growth hacking, and well-conceived exit strategies (like IPOs or acquisitions) define entrepreneurial success in the current age. By Andrew Bourne, region manager: Africa at...
Three trends currently shaping govtech landscape
The Covid-19 pandemic has challenged the majority of countries around the world. While some of the solutions proposed by governments have varied, when it comes to providing social, economic, and medical assistance, those with developed govtech -- a whole-of-government...
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