Younger investors reshape market trends
The World Economic Forum’s Global Retail Investor Outlook 2024 confirms a sustained shift towards younger retail investors. Spanning 13 economies, including South Africa, the research finds that 30% of Gen Z start investing in early adulthood – compared to 9% of Gen X...
AI startup speeds disease research
About 15% of the world’s population — more than 1-billion people — are affected by neurological disorders, from commonly known diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s to hundreds of lesser-known, rare conditions. BrainStorm Therapeutics, a San Diego-based startup,...
GenAI startups raise record sums
Startup funding has been subdued in 2023 with $224-billion in total venture capital funding (as of 8 December 2023) falling 65% since 2021 when startups raised a record $655-billion. But the story is very different for Generative AI (GenAI) startups, which have raised...
Intel demonstrates next-generation transistor scaling
Intel has unveiled technical breakthroughs that maintain a pipeline for the company's future process roadmap, underscoring the continuation and evolution of Moore's Law. At the 2023 IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), Intel researchers showcased...
AMD showcases AI solutions from data centre to PCs
At its Advancing AI event this week, AMD was joined by Microsoft, Meta, Oracle, Dell Technologies, HPE, Lenovo, Supermicro, Arista, Broadcom and Cisco to showcase how they are working with AMD to deliver advanced AI solutions spanning from cloud to enterprise and PCs....
Africa’s Top 100 business opportunities to watch in 2024
Despite rising food and fuel costs, weakening currencies, climate change effects, security threats, political instability, rolling power cuts, infrastructure limitations, and several economic and social challenges, Africa will be one of the fastest-growing global...
Key actions for I&O leaders to navigate economic headwinds
In the face of continued economic headwinds, only 12% of infrastructure and operations (I&O) leaders rate their function's performance as exceeding CIO expectations, according to a new Gartner survey. "I&O leaders must support senior leadership by proactively...
Security violations by staff do as much harm as hacking
Employee violations of an organisation's information security policies are as dangerous as external hacker attacks according to a recent study from Kaspersky. In the last two years, 19% of cyber incidents in businesses in South Africa occurred due to employees...
An analysis of Black Friday trends
During the Black Friday period of 2023, with campaigns spanning multiple sectors, including health and beauty, retail, food and beverage, home improvement, and fashion and clothing, we saw a varied set of trends, writes Graeme Stiles, MD of Algorithm Agency....
Biometrics redefines the security and user experience
As the demand for heightened security and seamless user experiences continues to grow across various sectors, advanced biometric technologies are poised to redefine the authentication and identity verification processes, according to GlobalData. From ensuring secure...
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Surveillance evolves as cameras get a brain
Advanced new facial recognition technology is giving ordinary surveillance systems the ability to learn, analyse what cameras see, conduct market research and even proactively mitigate risk. Video surveillance systems are an important step towards enhanced security,...
Syrex delivers perimeter security of the future
The partnership between Syrex and Check Point Software Technologies has gone from strength-to-strength over the past three years with the South African ICT solutions provider using it to provide local clients with a unique approach to next-generation firewalls. "At...
SilverBridge leave policy empowers employees
Since implementing its innovative discretionary time off (DTO) leave policy in January last year, SilverBridge Holdings has reported an overwhelming positive reception from staff resulting in employees better balancing their work and personal lives. Ruth Wotela,...
IoT and the opportunity for Africa
William Mzimba, chief officer of the Vodacom Business Group, shares his views on how IoT will help bridge the digital divide in Africa Digital adoption throughout the Africa continent has been a raging topic for years. More so when faced with stats detailing the...
22seven adds cryptocurrency tracking
Users of money management app 22seven are now able to link and track more than 1 800 cryptocurrencies in rands, via the app, a first for South Africa. In line with its aim of showing all their money in one place, 22seven now enables users to link their cryptocurrency...
Huawei partners to boost ICT skills development
There is critical shortage of skilled ICT professionals in Sub-Saharan Africa which hampers the growth of a thriving ICT sector and drive economic growth. To address this skills shortage, Huawei has launched an ICT Talent Ecosystem Program for Sub-Sahara Africa at...
Teraco says SACS cable to boost African connectivity
Teraco, Africa's largest vendor neutral colocation data centre provider has said that clients currently making use of its data centres in Cape Town and Johannesburg are set to benefit from the cross connection to the South Atlantic Cable System (SACS) - Africa's first...
Revenue, profit growth for AYO
JSE-listed AYO Technology Solutions Limited (AYO) has posted revenue and profit growth for the financial year ended 31 August 2018. Revenue increased by 33% from R478-million to R639-million, with profit before tax up by 390% from R40-million to R196-million. Total...
Oracle honours partners for cloud business transformation
Oracle yesterday hosted its Oracle Partner Executive Forum, which takes place in six countries across the continent, as far afield as Senegal through to Kenya, throughout November. The Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) event provides Oracle's premier solution partners with...
Dell EMC advances VMware hybrid cloud
Dell EMC has announced key portfolio enhancements and integrations with VMware designed to help customers further automate operations of their modern data centre and hybrid cloud environments. "Organisations that digitally transform with a software-defined and...
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