Africans’ loyalty to local brands drops
The 15th annual Brand Africa 100 | Africa’s Best Brands reveals a stark disconnect between rising African optimism and declining brand loyalty. While 68% of Africans express belief in Africa, up from 64% in 2024, only 11% of the Top 100 most admired brands are African...
Cancer centre pushes research boundaries with AI
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, a specialist cancer center, has announced a pioneering partnership with NTT Data and CARPL.ai, a enterprise imaging artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning operations (MLOps) platform. Together, they have designed and...
March sales shock for new vehicles
New vehicle sales seemingly plummeted in March compared to the same month last year, but two major factors conspired against the numbers, according to WesBank. Figures released by naamsa the Automotive Business Council saw the March new vehicle market decline 11,7% to...
Campus NaaS set to boost contracting LAN market
Campus Network as a Service (CNaaS) revenues will double in 2024 in the midst of a LAN equipment market contraction, according to projections from Dell'Oro Group. "Campus NaaS uses cloud-managed equipment to simplify LAN connectivity for enterprises," says Siân...
Young scientists fly the SA flag
Six South African young scientists who presented their innovative research projects at international science fairs in Tunisia and Beijing have returned home triumphant, each securing medals in their respective categories. Keerthana Kishor Nair (Grade 12 at Bryanston...
Nvidia Hopper leads in MLPerf for GenAI
In the latest MLPerf benchmarks, Nvidia TensorRT-LLM boosted the performance of Nvidia Hopper architecture GPUs on the GPT-J LLM nearly 3x over their results just six months ago. Nvidia TensorRT-LLM is software that speeds and simplifies the complex job of inference...
Intel Gaudi 2, 5th Gen Xeon deliver AI performance
MLCommons has published results of the industry-standard MLPerf v4.0 benchmark for inference. The Intel Gaudi 2 AI accelerator remains the only benchmarked alternative to Nvidia H100 for generative AI (GenAI) performance and provides strong performance-per-dollar....
DCC Technologies signs up Epson distribution
DCC Technologies has been appointed as an official distributor for Epson, bringing the company’s wide range of printing solutions to its channel partners across South Africa and the SADC region. Epson's product line includes home and office printers, commercial and...
GenAI lets viewers personalise the Masters Tournament
IBM and the Masters Tournament today announced several new fan features coming to the Masters app and Masters.com digital experience for this year's event. Powered by generative AI (GenAI) capabilities built from IBM's AI and data platform watsonx, fans this year will...
MeerKAT discovers 49 new galaxies in just two hours
The MeerKAT radio telescope in South Africa has enabled the discovery of 49 new gas-rich galaxies. From an observation barely over two hours long, this discovery, also made possible by the services provided by the Inter-University Institute for Data-Intensive...
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SA agent is a globally-recognised hero
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Digital payments may be key to African prosperity
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Are contact centres soft targets for stealing personal data?
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MENA service providers should walk the automation talk
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The rise of nation-state attacks
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ESET launches Safer Kids Online
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Frogfoot Networks looks to expand in complexes
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