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...

Logistics sees surge in African investment

Nearly 62% of global logistics professionals say their companies are planning additional or first-time investments in Africa. This is according to a survey of 830 logistics executives that forms part of the 15th annual Agility Emerging Markets Logistics Index, a...

Almost half of companies won’t track workers’ vaccine status

Almost half (48%) of large global organisations will not track the vaccination status of their employees, according to a Gartner survey of HR leaders in mid-March. Only 8% of survey respondents reported that they will require employees to show proof of vaccination....

High-demand engineering roles absent from draft Critical Skills List

Employers whose business depends on imported engineering skills must submit their comments on the new draft Critical Skills List no later than 16h00 on 31 March 2021. This is the word from Marisa Jacobs, MD of Xpatweb, who says: "Holders of critical skills visas based...

Countries back standards for protecting tourists

More than 100 countries, alongside international organisations and leading business groups have agreed to adopt harmonised standards for assisting tourists caught up in emergency situations. The Committee for the Development of an International Code for the Protection...

SA users aware of online privacy issues

Almost a fifth (18%) of online users in South Africa always give apps and services permission to access their microphone or webcam, according to a global study of 15 000 people conducted by Kaspersky. However, overall awareness of webcam security is promisingly high,...

Data volumes set to grow faster than storage capacity

The amount of data created and replicated experienced unusually high growth in 2020 due to the dramatic increase in the number of people working, learning, and entertaining themselves from home. This is according to the annual DataSphere and StorageSphere forecasts...

EOH expects better earnings

EOH has issued a trading statement, alerting shareholders to a pending improvement in its earnings losses. EOH expects an improvement of between 83% and 86% to the loss per share (LPS) and an improvement of between 83% and 86% to the headline loss per share (HLPS) for...

Sheep found to have been domesticated 2 000 years ago

The transition from hunting to farming - which in south-western Africa took the form of herding of domestic animals - allowed for a more secure food supply that supported human population growth, and in some parts of the world led to the establishment of the first...

Ingenuity helicopter prepares for first flight on Mars

NASA is targeting no earlier than April 8 for the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter to make the first attempt at powered, controlled flight of an aircraft on another planet. Before the 1,8kg rotorcraft can attempt its first flight, however, both it and its team must meet a...

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