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...

African gains boost Vodacom results

Vodacom has announced that, for the quarter ended 31 December 2023, group revenue increased 26,8% to R38,9-billion, positively impacted by the acquisition of Vodafone Egypt. Group service revenue growth including Vodafone Egypt on a pro-forma basis was 8,8%, at the...

Digital assets revenue to hit $80bn this year

After a 37% plunge in 2022, the global digital assets market - including cryptocurrencies, NFT, and DeFi - soared by 127% last year and hit $60,1-billion in revenue. The rebuilt confidence in digital assets is expected to continue driving growth this year, with the...

EMEA PC shipments set for record growth

The ongoing Covid-19 lockdown continues driving a surge in demand for PCs and the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region witnessed impressive PC unit shipments growth last year. However, 2021 is set to deliver a new record. According to data presented by...

Attacks against remote access protocols continue to rise

In mid-March of last year, the World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared the world was facing a pandemic and countries rushed to enact measures to stem the spread. A popular measure to combat the pandemic was switching companies to remote work. However, with...

Growth for global server market in 2021

The growing adoption of new technologies such as big data and a surge in high-performance computing continue fuelling demand for servers across different sectors, according to research group AksjeBloggen.com, which says the global server market is expected to hit a...

29% of cyberthreats previously unknown

HP Inc's latest Quarterly Threat Insights Report has found that 29% of malware captured was previously unknown due to the widespread use of packers and obfuscation techniques by attackers seeking to evade detection. Eighty eight percent of malware was delivered by...

Industrial printers on road to recovery

New results from the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Industrial Printer Tracker show that the market recovery from the Covid-19 crisis continued in the fourth quarter of 2020 (4Q20). "Every market segment covered by the Industrial Printer Tracker, from large format printers...

Pandemic creates ‘perfect storm’ for cybercriminals

While the Covid-19 pandemic of 2020 altered lives forever, it has also had severe repercussions for the cybersecurity landscape with more than 16,4-million Covid-19-related cyberthreats detected last year, says Atlas VPN. "The pandemic has created the perfect storm...

ADB president wants vaccine justice for Africa

Speaking at the launch of its African Economic Outlook 2021 report, the president of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina has called for vaccine justice for Africa, decrying the lack of Covid-19 vaccines reaching Africa. "We need global solidarity and...

Challenges ahead, but CEOs are bullish about the future

Kathy Gibson reports – South African CEOs are confident about the future, but are very cognisant of the many challenges that we need to overcome. These are among the findings from the PwC Annual Global CEO Survey, 2021, which reflects the fact that we are living in a...

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