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...

META ICT spend to top $238bn in 2024

Overall spending on information and communications technology (ICT) across the Middle East, Türkiye, and Africa (META) will top $238-billion this year - an increase of 4,5% over 2023 - according to the latest predictions from International Data Corporation (IDC). The...

$10bn slump expected in IT devices

After reaching a record $730-billion in sales revenue in 2021, the global demand for IT devices including desktop PCs, laptops, tablets, and smartphones has been shifting back and forth - and although the market significantly recovered after a massive 2022 sales...

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...

Users worried about privacy but cling to social platforms

Africa's mobile users are increasingly concerned about the mobile risks and the potential for digital identity theft; however, this is not stopping them from using their favourite messaging platforms and applications. This emerged in new research carried out by...

Top IT challenges are collaboration, cloud, security

CIOs and IT decision makers (ITDMs) are looking to maximise investments and drive innovation after a difficult year which raised the profile of IT leaders. This is among the findings from Cisco's new Accelerating Digital Agility research. Over the past 12 months, CIOs...

Nompumelelo Mokou is DiData’s new MD for southern Africa

Dimension Data has announced the appointment of Nompumelelo Mokou as MD for its southern Africa business, effective 1 April 2021. Mokou joined Dimension Data in 2016 and has most recently headed up its intelligent customer experience business for Middle East and...

Digital capabilities key to SME survival

The majority of small and medium-sized businesses across five countries in the developing world, viewed digital capabilities as the most important survival factor in the current business environment and beyond. This is a key finding of a study recently conducted by...

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