AI spend grows 47% – and more is expected

Worldwide spending on AI is forecast to total $2,59-trillion in 2026 - a 47% increase year-over-year - according to Gartner. “Through the next several years, the need for capacity will make AI infrastructure - including AI-optimised IaaS, AI-optimised servers, AI...

How to raise funds, then scale your African start-up

Kathy Gibson reports from Everything AI and Gitex Kenya in Nairobi – For many African start-ups, their biggest challenge is not coming up with solutions or creating systems that work – it is in scaling them effectively. Once the excitement of the initial idea and...

African startups look to new investors

Kathy Gibson reports from AI Everything and Gitex Kenya in Nairobi – Africa’s exciting and innovative start-ups are attracting interest from investors in the Middle East, Europe and Asia. Investors from these regions are arguably more aligned to the continent’s...

Pilot to production: the challenge of African developers

Kathy Gibson reports from the AI Everything Summit in Nairobi – Africa has no shortage of ideas, use cases and innovation when it comes to developing AI applications. But having a great idea, or an elegant algorithm, doesn’t necessarily translate into a bankable...

Developing economies to benefit from improved global trade

Global trade is set to reach a record $33-trillion in 2024, according to the latest Global Trade Update by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD). This $1-trillion increase, reflecting 3,3% annual growth, highlights resilience in global trade. Developing economies,...

Election outcome boosts US economic outlook

Business leaders registered a huge shift in positive sentiment about prospects for the US economy and their own organisations in the wake of the recent presidential election, according to the fourth-quarter AICPA & CIMA Economic Outlook Survey. The quarterly...

Global in-app purchase spend set to jump

Last year mobile phone users worldwide spent almost $205-billion on in-app purchases - the highest value in the app market's history. This figure is set to grow by around 12% year-over-year and hit $231-billion in 2023 as millions of people continue spending more...

AMD expands commercial portfolio

AMD has announced its new Ryzen PRO 7040 Series Mobile processors, bringing advanced and power efficient x86 processors to more premium Windows 11 business laptops and mobile workstations. With "Zen 4" architecture, AMD RDNA 3 integrated graphics, AMD PRO...

25 African startups for Google startup fund

Google for Startups (GfS) has announced the 25 African-based startups selected for this year's $4-million Black Founders Fund. The Black Founders Fund, now in its third year, aims to help tackle systemic racial inequality in venture capital (VC) funding by providing...

Juno snaps lightning on Jupiter

NASA's Juno mission observed the glow from a bolt of lightning, in this view of a vortex near Jupiter's north pole. On Earth, lightning bolts originate from water clouds, and happen most frequently near the equator, while on Jupiter lightning likely also occurs in...

Very few customers have used a chatbot recently

Only 8% of customers used a chatbot during their most recent customer service experience, according to a survey by Gartner. Of those, just 25% said they would use that chatbot again in the future. Despite customer service and support leaders' growing focus on...

Mobile computing sales set for double-digit fall

Sales of mobile computing products through European distributors are expected to continue on a downward trajectory in Q2 2023, although the second half of the year should see much improved performance, according to Context. The latest figures for mobile computing...

AMD adds EPYC CPUs, AI features

AMD has announced the products, strategy and ecosystem partners that will shape the future of computing, highlighting the next phase of data centre innovation. At its Data Centre and AI Technology Premiere, AMD was joined on stage with executives from Amazon Web...

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EOH wins Oracle Excellence Award

Oracle has recognised EOH with its 2017 Oracle Excellence Award for Specialised Partner of the Year - EMEA in Platform as a Service (PaaS). EOH is a Platinum level member of Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN). The Oracle Excellence Awards for Specialised Partner of the Year...

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Your company's greatest asset is its data. But to start creating true business value, you need to have the right data strategy in place, says Manfred Gramlich, strategic solutions manager at Hitachi Vantara. You pull up to the curb at the airport and as you exit your...

Digital economy to drive growth

Schneider Electric recently held a meeting in Paris with investors and financial analysts to highlight the group's digital strategy and differentiated offers for 2018. "Schneider Electric is leading the digital transformation of energy management and industrial...

2018: calling in the debts

Wynand Smit, CEO of Inovo, writes that companies find themselves in the unenviable position of having to recoup debts owed to them by consumers to maintain profitability, and this is likely to increase in 2018. Collecting debts can be managed in two ways: the first...

Dell EMC extends partner initiatives

Dell EMC has extended its Future-Proof Storage Loyalty Program. The programme aims to give end user confident when buying storage solutions, while letting partners differentiation with a solution that can facilitate shorter sales cycles and strengthen customer...

Wading through the continuum of app technologies

Trying to wade through the continuum of application technologies sometimes feels like you're strolling through a swamp in an astronaut suit, writes BBD's Mike Geyser. But if you take a step back you'll see a logic to how web, native, and progressive web apps work in...

Tech impacts on contact centres

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Hamlyn Centre to develop new tools

The Hamlyn Centre at Imperial College London today announces the award of a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, to accelerate research into new integrated technology systems for accurately measuring dietary intake. The grant of $1,5-million will fund...

Virtualisation will reshape telecoms

The hype around software-defined networking (SDN) and network function virtualisation (NFV) is growing in the telecoms industry. The hope is that these technologies will enable service providers and network operators to drive down capital expenditure, simplify...

LG outlines plans for 2018

LG plans to continue pursuing an innovative, energy efficient and a premium product market strategy, positioning the company as a technology innovator with a flair for convenience, design and style. The company aims to accelerate premium product strategy by enhancing...

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Our client in Midrand is urgently seeking a highly skilled DevOps Engineer with expertise in Red Hat Linux to join their dynamic team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in DevOps practices, automation, and system administration, with a focus on...

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