Agentic AI gains prominence in boardroom discussions
Corporate boardrooms are buzzing with a new artificial intelligence (AI) narrative. There are notable company discussions around agentic AI in 2025, as firms shift from basic automation and generative AI (GenAI) pilots toward autonomous, decision-making AI systems...
Google looks to Africa’s youth for the future
Looking to reaffirm its commitment to Africa – particularly its youth – Google has initiated a number of projects focused on empowering the continent’s next generation through AI, unlocking opportunities and expanding on the innovation capacity of young Africans. New...
Learners invited to code for a greener future
Sifiso EdTech has launched its Innovation Challenge 2024, a nationwide coding and robotics competition designed to inspire creativity, critical thinking and technological innovation among learners across South Africa. This year's theme, "Sustainable Development and...
Vodacom to boost network in KwaZulu-Natal
Vodacom is investing over R800-million this financial year on building new network sites, modernising its mobile networks, full fibre broadband rollout, and energy projects to accelerate its broadband connectivity throughout KwaZulu-Natal - including new sites in deep...
Phil Duff to step down as SA’s Syspro is sold
Syspro, the South African software company that became a global success story, has been sold to private equity investor Advent International for an undisclosed sum. Syspro was founded in September 1978 by brothers Phil and Chris Duff, who spotted a gap in the market...
AI key for effective security
Kathy Gibson reports - Artificial intelligence (AI) has a huge role to play in securing our future. This is the word from Callan Abrahams, principle AI consultant at iOCO, speaking at the Veeam Unplugged event in Johannesburg. “We spend a lot of time talking about the...
Data resilience at the heart of business survival
Kathy Gibson reports – There are four key structural trends in the industry today, shaping the industry and making the role of IT more challenging. The first is explosion of data. “In the digital-first world, every company is a software business,” says Brendan...
Warming could destroy Great Barrier Reef
The Great Barrier Reef is under significant pressure, with warming sea temperatures and mass coral bleaching events threatening to destroy the remarkable ecology, biodiversity and beauty of the world's largest coral reef, according to new research. Led by University...
IBM, WWF harness AI to save endangered species
IBM and the World Wide Fund for Nature - Germany (WWF) are to work together to explore developing a new solution to support the monitoring of keystone species - starting with the critically endangered African forest elephant. Combining IBM's expertise in...
Strong growth forecast for 5G in healthcare
The global 5G in healthcare market is expected to reach $454,7-billion by 2030 - expanding at a CAGR of 40,5% from 2024 to 2030 - according to a new report by Grand View Research, which says the IoT ecosystem is developing and is expected to enable networks to connect...
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Ericsson Spectrum Sharing commercially available
Ericsson has announced that its unique dynamic spectrum sharing solution is commercially available, allowing communications service providers to quickly and cost-effectively launch 5G on a nationwide scale. Ericsson Spectrum Sharing allows both 4G and 5G to be...
Embrace hyper-automation for business growth
Hyper-automation is considered to be one of the most important trends in the ICT sector today. Rousseau Kluever, managing client partner at Decision Inc. Companies looking to increase the momentum of their digital transformation journeys must embrace this if they are...
Don’t bother with testing – it’s fine
What's the point of quality assurance (QA) and testing? Isn't it just another block in the road to product delivery? Doesn't it just add more hours between innovation and delivery? The answer is yes. If it's done with the right intent, testing is going to take time...
TikTok passes 40m daily active users
Data gathered by Learnbonds.com indicates that video-sharing social networking service TikTok had 41,27-million daily active users (DAU) globally in January 2020 across both iOS and Android platforms. This is the all-time-high number of DAU since the app's inception....
Redesigning supply chains to deal with disruption
Recent and ongoing global events such as the novel coronavirus crisis have highlighted the fragility of existing supply chains when they are suddenly and unexpectedly disrupted. Fortune magazine reports that 94% of the Fortune 1000 are experiencing coronavirus supply...
Series-A funding for SA data startup
Omnisient, a Cape Town-based privacy-by-design startup that specialises in secure data sharing for businesses, has landed pre-Series A funding from Nedbank CIB, Investec and Compass Venture Capital. With the vision of democratising data, Omnisient's intersect.ai...
Endeavor entrepreneurs have an economic impact
During his 2020 Budget Speech, Finance Minister Tito Mboweni stated that entrepreneurs will ignite the economy and drive job creation. Proving his words are the 26 entrepreneurs being supported by Endeavor South Africa who, over the past three years, have delivered...
Logicalis gets Microsoft Azure Expert Managed Service Provider status
Logicalis Group has achieved Microsoft Azure Expert Managed Services Provider (MSP) status, one of only 65 firms globally to achieve such accreditation out of more than 60 000 cloud partners. The Azure Expert Managed Service Provider (MSP) program is a global...
The impact of Covid-19 on markets
The spread of coronavirus, Covid-19, beyond China has created fresh uncertainty for the global growth outlook and sparked volatility in financial markets. Outbreaks in South Korea, Iran and Italy have raised concerns that the spread outside of China may be...
Enabling the smart factory
Smart manufacturing practices making use of connected technology hold the power to improve efficiency and optimise factory operations. However, with the increased use of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) comes the threat of a cyber breach. To ensure that its...
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