Africa moves from AI ambition to action

AI has moved from potential to proven economic value and while ambition setting is near universal across economies, execution speed is the differentiator, according to Boston Consulting Group’s The AI Maturity Matrix 2026: AI Is Transforming How Economies Develop and...

The shocking reality facing jobseekers

Of the 867 706 people who registered looking for entry-level work in retail, restaurants and quick-service outlets over a 13-month period, just 6 566 were appointed - approximately one in every 132 – and between them, they sent nearly five million applications. The...

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The South African Weather Service gave the clearest sign yet on 1 September: this El Niño is on course to become the strongest event in living memory, with sea surface temperatures already tracking past 3°C above normal. A national outlook can't say which town or...

MeerKAT and Webb measure farthest fast radio burst

First discovered in 2007, fast radio bursts are enigmatic, millisecond-long flashes of radio emission from the distant universe. Their origin remains uncertain, particularly since most are seen once and never again. Now, astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space...

SA’s online retail market is booming

Kathy Gibson reports - In 2023, the online retail market was worth R71-billion, making up 6,15% of the total R1,1-trillion retail market. "At the current rate, this means online retail will reach 10% of the total retail market by the end of 2025," says Arthur...

Financial industry still plagued by ransomware attacks

Although the global number of ransomware attacks dropped by 36% to 317,6-million in 2023, the financial industry is still plagued by malicious software which can significantly disrupt business operations and cause reputational and financial damage. And, according to...

Eskom Expo finds exceptional talent among young scientists

The Covid-19 pandemic has severely affected South African society and the economy, yet it did not deter the country's young scientists from producing excellent research results in a nationwide competition over a wide range of subjects which has just been concluded....

New vehicle sales recovery continues

The new vehicle market continued to recover some momentum during September following the disruptions experienced in the economy during July. Building on August sales successes, September sales continued to capture reassuring consumer demand and provided some...

Prizes up for grabs in the nurdle clean-up competition

Following the resurgence of plastic nurdle pollution across South African beaches, Litter4Tokens, in partnership with Lifesaving South Africa, and the Centre of Regenerative Design and Collaboration (CRDC), has launched the Litter4Tokens Nurdle SA Clean-Up...

Vaccines, reopened borders drive tourism recovery

International tourism enjoyed signs of rebound in June and July 2021 as some destinations eased travel restrictions and the global vaccination rollout advanced in many parts of the world. According to the latest edition of the UNWTO World Tourism Barometer, an...

2021 Arctic summer sea ice drops to 12th-lowest on record

Sea ice in the Arctic appeared to have hit its annual minimum extent on 16 September, after waning in the 2021 Northern Hemisphere spring and summer. The summertime extent is the 12th-lowest in the satellite record, according to scientists at the...

War for talent heats up with employees spoilt for choice

With employees having more job opportunities to choose from, 91% of human resources (HR) leaders are increasingly concerned about employee turnover in the coming months. This is according to a survey of 572 HR leaders in July 2021 by Gartner, while a Gartner survey of...

AI to enjoy increased investment

One-third of technology and service provider organisations with artificial intelligence (AI) technology plans said they would invest $1-million or more into these technologies in the next two years, according to a new survey from Gartner. The vast majority of survey...

Hyper-automation will drive big data spend

European spending on big data and business analytics (BDA) solutions is forecast to reach $50-billion this year, an increase of 7% over 2020, according to a new update to the Worldwide Big Data and Analytics Spending Guide from International Data Corporation (IDC)....

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VMware announces Fusion 6

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