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...

Neuralink ignites corporate interest in brain-machine interfaces

Elon Musk's update on Neuralink's successful brain chip implant recently has once again brought the spotlight on the growing interest in brain-machine interface (BMI) research among corporates. Though still in its nascent stages, as indicated by patent publication...

Shoprite launches cellular network

The Shoprite Group has launched a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO), k'nect mobile, offering competitive rates and several other rewards to customers. k'nect mobile offers flat call and data rates, and no complicated tiers. Airtime, data bundles and rewards only...

Cable theft, vandalism, load shedding add to connectivity woes

Poor Internet connectivity could be due to a number of ongoing issues, including cable theft, vandalism and load shedding, according to Openserve. Many small businesses have become heavily reliant on the internet to be able to conduct their business operations due to...

Covid impacted key customers’ B2B spend

A significant 41% of key customers (or key accounts) indicated that the economic implications of Covid-19 significantly impacted their spend with business-to-business (B2B) sales organisations. A Gartner survey of 618 B2B key customers, conducted from November through...

6G myths exploded

6G communications, expected to be widely deployed by 2030, is set to become one of the largest technology investments ever. A new IDTechEx report, "6G Communications Market, Devices, Materials 2021-2041", predicts 6G communications may be more thing-to-thing than...

Desperate job seekers turn to the Darknet

The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the global economy has been dramatic and unemployment rates have increased. Check Point Research has noticed a growing trend that began towards the end of 2020 and continues to develop in 2021 - people are turning to the Darknet...

PPS hit by malicious cyber attack

Insurance and medical ais group PPS has become the latest South African financial services provider to fall victim to a cyber attack. The organisation has assured customers that their personal data is most likely safe. "PPS's security experts have confirmed that the...

Data protection issues put digitalisation at risk

Data protection challenges are undermining organisations' abilities to execute digital transformation (DX) initiatives around the world. This is according to the Veeam Data Protection Report 2021, which found that 58% of backups fail, leaving data unprotected. Veeam...

SA children exposed to cyber-threats

The online threats faced by children are very real, and many youngsters have fallen victim to one or more attacks. Digital identity, privacy and social media protection company Digimune surveyed 200 South African parents in February 2021 to gauge their views and...

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