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...

Multichoice rejects Canal+ offer, notes share purchase

Multichoice has rejected an acquisition offer from Groupe Canal+, while disclosing that the French company has been buying up shares in the group. In the first of two separate SENS announcements this morning, Multichoice points out that Groupe Canal+ has acquired an...

Public employment programme delivers positive stimulus

New research indicates that the largest component of South Africa's Presidential Employment Stimulus (PES) programme is beneficial to economic growth as it also has an indirect positive effect on non-programme employment and wages. The study, commissioned by the...

Tesla overtakes Samsung’s market cap

It took electronic vehicle manufacturer Tesla at least four times fewer years to amass a higher market capitalisation than South Korea's electronic giant Samsung, according to data calculated and analysed by Finbold. By 23 March 2021, Tesla was only 18 years old with...

Acer believed to have been hit by ransomware

Acer is believed to have been compromised by the REvil/Sodinokibi ransomware group. The notorious ransomware group is on a spree, with at least nine victims in two weeks, says Candid Wuest, Acronis vice-president of cyber protection research. The list of victims is...

Hybrid cloud key for accelerating the digital journey

Kathy Gibson reports – Despite cloud being mainstream for at least the last eight years, only 20% of workloads have moved to the public cloud. One of the reasons for this is that moving to the public cloud is not always the cheapest option, says Mostafa Zafer,...

Constrained supply chains still impact manufacturers

Global restrictions implemented to curb the spread of Covid-19 have had a direct impact on manufacturing supply chains. Constraints are still evident across many manufacturing subsectors a year after the country first went into hard lockdown, according to the Q1 Absa...

The danger within: threats lurk in users’ devices

There is a common misconception that the most dangerous threats to encounter on modern users' digital journeys are likely to appear during Internet surfing. The reality however, based on the most recent analysis of cyberattacks in South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria...

Fake vaccine, test results and certificates abound

The global roll-out of Covid-19 vaccinations is underway - but so far only around 1% of the world's population have received their full course of injections. There will always be people who don't want to wait for their official vaccination, or for an official negative...

Security and risk management trends for 2021

Security and risk management leaders must address eight top trends to enable rapid reinvention in their organisations, as Covid-19 accelerates digital business transformation and challenges traditional cybersecurity practices. Peter Firstbrook, research vice-president...

Investec supports MetroFibre’s network expansion

Investec has taken the lead role in arranging R2,5-billion in debt funding for MetroFibre Networx, a Gauteng-based fibre infrastructure provider. The financing will be used to extend its fibre connectivity into underserviced homes and businesses. Wayne Edwards,...

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