Microsoft to equip 1m SA youth with AI, cybersecurity skills
Kathy Gibson reports from the Microsoft AI Tour – Microsoft will train one million young South Africans in useful digital skills within the next 12 months. Lillian Barnard, president of Microsoft Africa, today told delegates at the Microsoft AI Tour in Sandton that...
Tech industry struggles to meet net zero targets
In 2024, the average global temperature exceeded the 1.5 degrees Celsius threshold above pre-industrial levels for the first time - and companies around the world are being urged to speed up their net zero efforts to curtail the impact of worsening climate conditions....
Convergence Partners Investments rebrands, appoints new CEO
Convergence Partners Investments, the deep tech investor started by Andile Ngcaba in 2003, has rebranded to Solcon Capital. Under the new brand, Solcon will focus on international deep tech investments in generative artificial intelligence (AI) and large language...
Generative AI could expand by 10-times by 2028
The popularity of ChatGPT has spawned an array of startups and kicked off a race by major technology providers to compete for mindshare. Revenues of generative artificial intelligence (AI) technology offerings are forecast to reach $3,7-billion in 2023 and expand to...
Enterprise, industrial metaverses exceed expectation
Companies that have already deployed industrial metaverse use cases are seeing more reported benefits than those still in the planning phase expect, most notably in capital expenditure reduction (15%), sustainability (10%) and safety improvement (9%). This is...
IT leads prepare for possibility of grid failure
CIOs and IT leaders are under pressure to prepare their organisations for the possibility of extended load shedding or a complete grid failure, however few would be able to sustain business as usual through extended power outages. This emerged during a high-level...
Telkom considers acquisition bid
Telkom has confirmed that it has received an unsolicited non-binding indicative letter from the Afrifund Investments for the acquisition of a controlling stake in Telkom. Afrifund Investments is a consortium led by former Telkom CEO Sipho Maseko, comprising Axian...
Retirement trends shift as life expectancy increases
Life expectancy increased from an average of 48 to 73 years between 1950 and 2019 and the United Nations forecasts further increases, estimating that global average life expectancy will reach about 81 years by 2100. Longer lifespans are causing individuals,...
Intel expands market opportunities
IDC has issued a study providing a look at the steps Intel is taking to reposition the company to provide solutions that supply larger, higher-growth markets. The industry research firm's analysis shows Intel has increased its serviceable addressable market (SAM) by...
FedEx deploys zero-tailpipe emission EVs
FedEx Express has deployed the first 10 electric vehicles (EVs) in South Africa as part of its goal to transform its entire global pickup and delivery fleet to zero-emission electric vehicles by 2040. To achieve this, FedEx Express will purchase 50% of its new...
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Hybrid business accelerator opens in Atlantis
An innovative business accelerator that seeks to thrust youth living in Atlantis, in the Western Cape, into economic inclusion, has opened. Symbiosis Innovation and Accelerator Centre (Symbiosis), the re-purposed former South African Manufacturing Technology...
No more excuses for not moving into the cloud
With Microsoft recently making the big announcement that it will be opening cloud data centres in South Africa next year, there has never been a better time for small businesses to take the plunge and take their business into the cloud. Not only will it dramatically...
Infrastructure Africa encourages African unity
Intra-African trade sits at around 11% and if Africa could boost its regional integration levels, it would boost its economic growth plans. There is power in numbers and collaboration on infrastructure projects between African nations would be to the benefit of Africa...
Blockchain’s African potential goes beyond finance
Blockchain, the digital ledger that underpins cryptocurrency bitcoin, is a software platform for digital assets. It’s a clever piece of distributed database technology that is waging a silent revolution that could take it way beyond its financial roots to radically...
What does the future hold for HR?
The current unemployment rate in South Africa is 27,7% - that’s almost a third of the population. A large portion of the unemployed are in fact graduates, with an overwhelming 60% of graduates remaining unemployed, or being employed in a career that is not in their...
Turrito Networks extends SME portfolio with Redstor
MicroMega Group company, Turrito Networks is extending its cloud services portfolio for SMEs, by becoming a strategic partner for global enterprise cloud backup provider, Redstor. The partnership comes at a time when SMEs are becoming increasingly vulnerable to...
Growing a franchise in a tough environment
Modern day businesses in South Africa are dealing with a number of challenges that all contribute to consumers having less money to spend: rising living costs, currency instability and general economic uncertainty, writes Abigail Makhubele, business development...
Ericsson reaches gigabit milestones
Ericsson and its customers have demonstrated near-gigabit speeds on commercial networks in Europe and the US in recent weeks. These achievements mean commercial gigabit speeds have the potential to become reality for many mobile broadband users in the near future,...
Archer’s IMIChatBot adds mobile chats
Archer Digital has launched IMIChatBot, designed to put customer frustration on hold by eliminating the need for lengthy telephone conversations with endless streams of customer care agents. The cloud-based application was purpose-built to enable contact centres to...
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