Can AI help to boost African economies?
Kathy Gibson reports from Gitex Africa 2024 – As the world’s economies become increasingly digital, artificial intelligence (AI) is expected to play a major role in boosting GDPs around the globe. Lavina Ramkissoon, UN University Centre of Policy Research, points out...
AI and a question of ethics
Kathy Gibson reports from Gitex Africa Morocco 2024 - When it comes to using artificial intelligence (AI), ethics is a key issue, and organisations are advised start formulating clear policies around trusted and responsible AI. Rohan Patel, senior vice-president:...
Digital transformation acceleration comes with trade-offs
With highly distributed architectures and a broader threat landscape resulting from an ongoing digitisation of previously physical experiences, organisations are turning to a variety of solutions to help manage complexity and address widening IT skills gaps. However,...
SAP Africa sets up Africa’s first AppHaus
SA Africa has revealed plans to set up its first African AppHaus in Cape Town. The SAP AppHaus Network is a community of SAP partners that are united in the belief that innovation requires a creative environment, a multi-disciplinary team of designers, domain experts,...
CMOs should look beyond digital for differentiation
Marketing teams that are effective at scaled judgment and empathetic influence are more likely to report revenue growth, according to Gartner, In fact, marketing teams who implemented these skills were 11% more likely to report organisational revenue growth in 2021....
Regional displacement tracking scales up
More than 8-million people are internally displaced in Ukraine due to the war, and a further 6,5-million have fled to safety across international borders. In response, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) is scaling up the use of its Displacement...
Government sector increasingly targeted by cybercriminals
Research based on the analysis of incidents reported to customers of Kaspersky Managed Detection and Response (MDR) has revealed that the share of critical incidents experienced by organisations increased from one-in-ten (9%) in 2020, to one-in-seven (14%) in 2021....
Marketing budgets on the increase
Marketing budgets have climbed to 9,5% of total company revenue in 2022, an increase from 6,4% in 2021, according to Gartner. But while marketing budgets are increasing this year, they still lag pre-pandemic spending levels. The annual Gartner 2022 CMO Spend and...
African entrepreneurs set for take-off
African business leaders are expecting the entrepreneurial spirit to take off across the continent over the next three years on the back of an improved environment for business and greater political stability, according to new research from World Mobile. The study...
Holistic care central in employee benefits post-pandemic
One of the key insights to come out of the 2022 Sanlam Benchmark Survey - an annual body of research into the state of retirement funds and retirees in South Africa - is the emergence of a new "currency" in South Africa: post-pandemic job security. As many as...
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Pay equality challenge tests SA employers
Major changes to the way that South African labour laws and regulations treat the concept of pay equality could cause upheaval for employers who have not taken the necessary steps to prepare for them. Failure to comply could have negative consequences for a...
InnJoo One available on takealot
Subsequent to the launch, South Africa’s newest smartphone provider, InnJoo Technology has announced that the InnJoo “One” is available from online retailer takealot.com, ready for shipping today. InnJoo One comes in two colors, black and gold, and is now available in...
Is your WiFi policy POPI compliant?
In today’s digitally driven, information saturated world, data privacy is a massive issue. One only needs to look at recent high profile cases of corporate cybercrime (Sony, AshleyMadison.com) to grasp the scope of the challenge, says Craig Lowe, MD for execMobile. On...
Ericsson, SK Telecom collaborate on 5G
Ericsson and SK Telecom have signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) to collaborate on the development of a 5G core network that deploys network slicing technology. The development, which leverages Ericsson’s Regional Cloud Lab and Ericsson HDS 8000, is planned to be ready by...
The anatomy of an APT
With the rise in advanced persistent threats (APTs) we’ve seen over the past few years, has risen a myth that these threats are all about malware. This is not the case. A huge percentage of successful APT attacks have used legitimate log-in credentials to accomplish...
Stage set for growth in Tanzania
Tanzania has tremendous untapped potential. According to the World Bank, the economy is set to grow by an estimated 7.2% this year and the government’s significant investment in the national fibre optic cable increases business and citizen access to technology...
Cyberoam to reward sales personnel
Cyberoam, a leading global provider of network security appliances, has announced a cash incentive offer - Cyberoam Sales Bonansa - for its South Africa channel partners. The offer is targeted towards sales representatives who are Cyberoam account managers within its...
Whistle-blowers: victims or villains?
For the past number of years South Africa has been placed in the spotlight when it comes to matters such as crime and corruption, and most of the surveys dealing with this scourge have a consistent message that this situation is not improving. Once again, the...
Sage launches Magento extension
Sage has announced that its payments division, Sage Payment Solutions, has launched a new extension for Magento, one of the largest e-commerce platforms in the world, powering more than 240 000 sites globally. This extension allows Magento customers to integrate...
Trend Micro Security works with Windows 10
Trend Micro continues to focus on making everyone’s digital lives easier and safer. To offer consumers optimal protection, the global leader in security software today announced Trend Micro Security 10 – a security and privacy solution fully compatible with Microsoft Windows 10, which was launched last week.
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