As economies shift, Africa urged to follow the money

Kathy Gibson reports from the AI Everything Summit in Nairobi – Africa is enjoying a renaissance as it embraces technology and artificial intelligence (AI) to drive its future growth. But there is a danger that the continent will remain a mere consumer of the...

SA holds its own as global AI adoption accelerates

Worldwide adoption of artificial intelligence continued to rise in the first quarter of 2026, according to Microsoft’s Global AI Diffusion Q1 2026 Trends and Insights report from its AI Economy Institute. During the quarter, AI usage increased by 1,5 percentage points...

Enterprise AI hits the wall

Enterprise AI is outgrowing the architecture and infrastructure beneath it as data privacy and sovereignty requirements tighten, according to new research from NTT Data. The latest research finds a widening split between enterprises that are redesigning AI for...

Information integrity passes geopolitics as the top risk

Information integrity risk, caused by the proliferation of AI‑enabled decision-making and uncertain AI transparency requirements, gained the top rank of emerging risks for the first quarter of 2026, according to Gartner. The Gartner Quarterly Emerging Risk...

Apple smartphones capture top spot in China for the first time

A shift of power playing out on the worldwide stage also happened in China, the largest smartphone market. Apple became the leading smartphone company in China for the first time with record high market share of 17,3% in 2023. According to preliminary data from the...

These are the most engaging social media sites

New research has pinpointed the most engaging social media sites, with YouTube coming out on top. The study by web design company DigitalSilk.com analyzed SimilarWeb data to find the most engaging social media sites, by seeing which sites had the highest average visit...

SA property company accepts crypto for rental deposits

Affordable residential and student housing company Quorum Holdings believes it is first in South Africa to accept rental deposits in cryptocurrency, and to allow tenants to potentially benefit from an increase in value. With a growing portfolio expected to reach...

Aurora Australis lights up the southern sky

An image, taken from aboard the International Space Station, shows the aurora australis as it streams across the Earth's atmosphere as the station orbited 271 miles above the southern Indian Ocean between Asia and Antarctica. Named for the Roman goddess of dawn, the...

Robo-advisors to become a $2trn industry by 2023

The robo-advisors market has experienced massive growth during the pandemic, with more investors than ever using these digital platforms for automated, algorithm-driven investment services. Last year, the entire industry hit over $1-trillion value, despite the market...

Anti-vaxxers and the workplace

The Covid-19 vaccine debate has never been hotter. Take it, say the medical professionals and the vaccine believers. No, say the vaccine debaters and naysayers, influenced by social media and complex healthcare concerns. It's a debate that has broken up families and...

2Africa adds cable connections

Four new branches to the 2Africa cable will extend its connectivity to the Seychelles, the Comoros Islands and Angola, as well as bringing a new landing to south-east Nigeria. The 2Africa consortium is comprised of China Mobile International, Facebook, MRN...

Covid has devastating effect on childhood cancer treatment

Drastic Covid-19 preventive measures following the onset of the pandemic in Africa as well as the heightened focus by countries' health workforce on curbing the virus hugely disrupted other essential health services across the region. Although routine services are now...

Financial services in the age of the platform economy

Digitisation is driving the convergence of industries across the globe resulting in traditional financial services groups contending with a range of new competitors. The implications could be dire for financial services organisations that are unwilling to adapt their...

Innovation a big budget item, but marketers lack a clear definition

Chief marketing officers (CMOs) see innovation as the path to growth, with marketing innovation now making up more than 20% of overall marketing budgets, according to Gartner. The annual Gartner CMO Spend Survey 2021 showed that 72% of CMOs have increased investments...

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Trend Micro security predictions for 2014

Global security software vendor Trend Micro has released its security predictions for 2014 which profiles 8 predictions in high level security areas, as well as highlighting emerging security challenges from the Internet of Everything (IoE) and Deep Web and the...

Software AG launches innovation contest

Software AG's University Relations department has announced its first Innovation World 2014 Idea Contest for universities worldwide. The company has invited faculty members and students from universities everywhere to develop a concept describing the idea and a...

Oracle wins award for Ponelopele School

Oracle won first place in the Education/Training/Skills development category in the annual American Chamber of Commerce Stars of Africa 2013 Awards for the Ponelopele Oracle Secondary School. The award was presented at the annual Awards dinner in Sandton on 28...

A fifth of BYOD projects to fail by 2016

Gartner has this week predicted that by 2016, a fifth of enterprise bring your own device (BYOD) projects will have failed as businesses are enforcing mobile device management (MDM) policies that are too restrictive.  The analyst firm claims that many employees are...

Alcatel-Lucent, Injaz partner on education

Alcatel-Lucent accompanies Injaz Egypt and Injaz Al Maghrib in Morocco to support together educational development programmes in Egypt and in Morocco. Injaz organisations aim is to prepare middle schools, high schools and university students to enter the workforce as...

Will PMs survive the agile enterprise?

CEOs are starting to realise that the markets in which their companies operate are changing at an accelerating pace. What worked 10 years ago just doesn’t work anymore, says Jaco Viljoen, IndigoCube. Customers are becoming increasingly demanding and their demands are...

Rifle-Shot appoints new staff members

Rifle-Shot Performance Holdings has made two new appointments to its team. Mike Smith has been appointed implementation consultant and Caroline Carter has been appointed marketing co-ordinator. Rifle-Shot is a 100% South African consulting services and software...

Pilot POS rolls out wiPlatform solution

Pilot Software, a leading developer and implementer of point of sale (POS) software and systems for the hospitality industry, is to streamline their mobile integration process, allowing customers to accept any mobile transaction through a simple API. Pilot has...

AOC, Philips monitors grow in SA

MMD, license partner for monitors of the brand Philips, and AOC further increased their market share in South Africa. Both companies are subsidiaries of the world's leading display manufacturer TPV. As latest figures of analyst firm Context show, the market share for...

Cloud computing benefits SMEs

The availability of cloud computing to everyone has had a significant impact on the ability of small- to medium-sized companies (SMEs) to function like their enterprise counterparts. Using cloud services, SMEs have access to enterprise-grade applications that will...

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"Seeking experienced Agile Project Manager to lead dynamic projects in our bank, ensuring seamless integration and optimization of SAP systems.Join our team to drive innovation and efficiency in financial services." Key Roles and Responsibilities: Must have project...

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