SA talent willing to embrace reskilling amid GenAI advances
Three-quarters of workers around the world believe GenAI will bring some level of disruption to the workplace but, despite uncertain times, they remain confident about their place in the labour market - with more than 90% of South Africans ready to be reskilled. These...
Meta grants look to empower AI-driven organisations
Continuing its commitment to supporting innovative use cases of open-source AI to address critical global challenges, Meta has launched Llama 3.1 Impact Grants. Building on the success of previous grant programmes, the Llama 3.1 Impact Grants will provide up to...
True cost of fraud soars as cybercriminals diversify
As digital transformation continues in financial services and retail, cybercriminals are attacking a wider set of payment methods and driving up the cost of fraud to new highs - with South Africa particularly hard hit. According to the latest LexisNexis True Cost of...
European Investment Bank backs SA vaccine production
The European Investment Bank, in close cooperation with the European Union, is planning to support large-scale investment by South Africa's specialist human vaccine manufacturer Biovac to increase development and manufacturing of vaccines and enable a quicker response...
Wearables see first decline as demand normalises
The global wearables market faced its first-ever decline during the first quarter of 2022 (1Q22) as unit shipments totaled 105,3-million units, down 3% year over year, according to new data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Wearable...
Supply constraints in WLAN market set to worsen
According to a recently published report by Dell'Oro Group, the trusted source for market information about the telecommunications, networks, and data center IT industries. Supply constraints plagued the wireless LAN market in 1Q22, and will likely worsen in 2Q22 as a...
2021 was a breakout year for the cellular IoT module industry
Annual shipments of cellular IoT modules increased by 39% in 2021 to reach 428-million units, according to a new research report from IoT analyst firm Berg Insight. Annual revenues grew faster at 54% to reach $5,3-billion, reflecting strong customer demand in a...
What chief supply chain officers should include in their offset strategies
To ensure future success and achieve competitive advantage, chief supply chain officers (CSCOs) must prepare offset strategies for five key challenges brought about by accelerating change, according to Gartner. Ken Chadwick, vice-president analyst with the Gartner...
Youth urged to be mindful about money
It's no secret that South Africans don't have a great track record when it comes to debt. FNB recently revealed that credit-active middle-income consumers spend, on average, 30% of their income on unsecured credit and 35% on secured credit. To create a future...
UNCDF and IBM partner to address digital skills gap
UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) is working with IBM to address the digital skills gap by delivering digital learning to youth and women, as part of UNCDF's Digital Futures initiative. IBM will support the implementation of Digital Futures through the IBM...
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Dell expands solar-powered Learning Labs
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Samsung printer line wins BLI awards
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The future of skills development
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Load-shedding a reason to move to the cloud
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Avis Fleet Services rolls out Sage ERP X3
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