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...

Teraco connects to Google’s Joburg cloud region

Teraco will offer connectivity directly through Google Cloud Interconnect at its Isando Campus to the Google Cloud Johannesburg region. This follows Google's announcement last week of the launch of the Google Cloud region in Johannesburg, its first on the African...

Cyber safety should be on the business agenda every day

Safer Internet Day (today, 6 February) is aimed at making both individuals and companies more aware of the ever-more prevalent cyber risks that they could fall foul of. And make no mistake: Cybercrime is a particularly serious threat to South African businesses....

Inflation declines in February

Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) reported on 24 March that consumer price inflation declined from 3,2% y-o-y in January 2021 to 2,9% y-o-y in February. The latest reading was slightly below expectations (3% y-o-y) and the lowest reading in eight months, according to...

Zoom anxiety and how to deal with it

During the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdowns, working from home has taken off, with remote communications taking the place of physical meetings - and this has given rise to a condition that has come to be knows as Zoom anxiety. The widespread adoption of video calling...

Take-home pay bounces back in February 2021

are likely to see a pick-up in monthly economic activity, particularly for informal businesses. "According to the BankservAfrica Take-home Pay Index (BTPI), the average South African salary in nominal terms increased to R15 821 in February 2021, following the R15 608...

Economic environment in 2020 drove fewer credit defaults

The rate at which people defaulted on their loans fell at the end of last year, primarily due to a combination of the impact of payment holidays and lenders tightening their criteria. This is according to Experian's Consumer Default Index (CDI) for quarter 4 (Q4)...

Growth forecast for social software, collaboration markets

The worldwide social software and collaboration market is forecast to total $4,5-billion in 2021, an increase of 17,1% from 2020, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. The need to support remote work during Covid-19, as well as social software integrations...

South African users have poor cybersecurity skills

South Africans lag behind the rest of the world when it comes to cybersecurity skills. New research shows that South Africans have slightly better skills when it comes to knowing how to react to online threats and phishing attacks. They scored 78.6 points out of 100,...

Charting data and analytics trends for 2021

Gartner has identified the top 10 data and analytics (D&A) technology trends for 2021 that can help organisations respond to change, uncertainty and the opportunities they bring in the next year. "The speed at which the Covid-19 pandemic disrupted organizations...

Call for broadband solutions to Covid setbacks

A year into the crucial Decade of Action intended to achieve 17 key Sustainable Development Goals, the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic has resulted in setbacks. In response, the commissioners of the UN Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development has advocated the...

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