As African CEOs embrace AI, ROI is still elusive

By Kathy Gibson - African companies are in the middle of learning and adopting artificial intelligence (AI), and adapting to the changes it brings. But they are also looking beyond adoption at how to measure value from their AI investments, says Ladi Asuni, partner...

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...

Spatial data maps where Super El Niño will hit SA hardest

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...

MSSA to hold online inter-school provincial championships

Mind Sports South Africa (MSSA) will hold the 13th Online Inter-school Provincial Championships on 3 March 2024. An important feature of this championship is that it is open to any learner, whether or not the school is affiliated or not. However, approval from the...

Alternative data market set for 50% CAGR

The global alternative data market size is anticipated to reach $135,72-billion by 2030, according to a new report by Grand View Research. The market is expected to expand at a CAGR of 50,6% from 2024 to 2030. The increasing emphasis on gaining alpha from hedge funds...

SA a favourite target for ransomware attacks

From 2019 to 2020, the number of Kaspersky users encountering targeted ransomware - malware used to extort money from high-profile targets, such as corporations, government agencies, and municipal organisations - increased by 767%. This increase in targeted ransomware...

SpaceX gets go-ahead for lower Starlink orbits

SpaceX has received permission to operate 2 814 Starlink satellites in a lower orbit than originally planes. The FCC has found that the lower orbits won't create significant interference problems for other operations, but will allow them to include more safely...

Trading statement from Altron

Allied Electronics (Altron) has issued a trading statement, notifying shareholders that earning for the 12 months ended 28 February will be substantially different from the comparable period last year. The group notes that a reasonable degree of certainty exists that...

Notebook demand in consumer, education drive PC growth

The Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) traditional PC market, (desktop, notebooks, and workstations) saw impressive growth in 2021Q1 (44,1% YoY), totaling 23,9-million units, according to International Data Corporation (IDC). In another quarter impacted heavily by...

More than 5bn personal records leaked in Q1

More than 5-billion data records have already been leaked in 2021, according to Atlas VPN findings. One of the reasons for such a high number is the Compilation of Many Breaches (COMB), which compromised about 3,27-billion data records on its own. February was the...

Sanral warns of tender scam

The South African National Roads Agency (Sanral) has been made aware of a scam inviting members of the public to tender on its contracts. Sanral asserts the invitation to tender is fraudulent and did not legitimately emanate from Sanral. "The invitations to tender are...

African social media platform set to launch

MyCountry MyWorld is set to launch MY! a social media platform for Africans by Africans in May 2021. "Having developed the app over a period of two years, with a series of tests; we are now confident that the app is ready to be released to the world," says co- founder...

Lockdown drives rapid rise in cloud security spending

Channel sales of software-as-a-service (SaaS) cybersecurity products stood out in the first three months of 2021, with network and endpoint security revenues picking up at the start of April. The Context Weekly Revenue Trend Index compares current performance against...

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