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...

Caution urged as Multichoice/Canal+ saga continues

The Takeover Regulation Panel (TRP) is urging shareholders to exercise caution in responding and/or reacting to the various statements from both Multichoice and Groupe Canal+. Yesterday (5 February), Multichoice released SENS statements about its rejection of a buyout...

Study finds rural childhood positively impacts immune development

Researchers at the University of Cape Town's (UCT) Division of Paediatric Dermatology and Paediatric Allergy have found that early childhood is a window for shaping immune development in allergic and non-allergic South African children. The researchers described the...

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...

Huge growth for co.za domains

South Africa's flagship co.za Internet domain has from March 2020 to February 2021 experienced net growth of about 73 000 domain names, while renewals were 6,5% higher than the previous 12 months. The solid performance by co.za takes its current tally to over 1 300...

Almost half of SA employees look to change jobs

In view of the global Covid-19 pandemic, 44% of employees in South Africa are thinking of shifting to a new job in the next 12-months. According to Kaspersky's "Securing the Future of Work" report, the two biggest drivers that people stated for this career change are...

Massive growth in cyberattacks during pandemic

There's been a 48% surge in cyberattack volumes globally, since March 2020, with sudden increases in cyberattack volumes corresponding to spikes in Covid-19 infection rates in April and October. In sub-Saharan Africa there was a 41% increase in cyberattacks from 2019...

Covid-19 drives mobile money uptake

The GSMA's annual "State of the Industry Report on Mobile Money" reveals a dramatic acceleration in mobile transactions during the Covid-19 pandemic as lockdown restrictions limited access to cash and financial institutions. The report found that the number of...

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