IT spend will breach $7trn for the first time in 2027

Worldwide IT spending is expected to reach $7,35-trillion in 2027, up 15% from 2026, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. “Collectively, the market forces are reinforcing spend around AI infrastructure, AI-enabled cloud platforms, and advanced software...

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...

Early smartphone use could have long-term consequences

A group of researchers from the University of Milano-Bicocca and SUPSI, by means of longitudinal data provided by INVALSI (Italian Institute for the Evaluation of the Education System), has confirmed that early smartphone usage before the age of 12 does not bring...

IT, security teams rally to counter AI threats

A new Commvault report shows that traditional silos between ITOps and security teams are beginning to break down, as organisations realise the importance of increased collaboration to combat the onslaught of more sophisticated cyber-attacks. Commissioned in...

New tool aims to improve policing transparency

In response to the many complaints received on police corruption, Corruption Watch (CW) has developed a new Veza platform that will improve transparency in policing in the country. Corruption Watch (CW) selected Bluegrass Digital to develop the new Veza platform. The...

M4Jam wins global award

South African gig technology company M4Jam, which provides a digital networking platform for workers in the gig economy, has won a World Summit Award (WSA) for its role in using technology with smart content to address global development gaps. The WSA awards, which...

Women’s Day phishing scams abound

Kaspersky researchers are reporting on phishing pages purporting to be gift offers for International Women’s Day . The fraudsters exploit users who wish to buy presents for women on International Women’s Day. In 2021 some of them are even offering such gifts for free....

Advancing women still not a business priority

Despite heightened awareness of the challenges facing women in the workplace driven by the Covid-19 pandemic, gender equity is still not a top priority for 70% of global businesses. This is according to business professionals surveyed in new IBM Institute for Business...

Covid-19 reverses women’s workforce gains

Progress for women in work could be back at 2017 levels by the end of 2021 as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. This is according to analysis conducted for PwC's annual Women in Work Index, which measures female economic empowerment across 33 Organisation for...

Covid-19 impacts gender equality, erodes hard-won progress

Covid-19 is eroding the hard-won progress made towards many aspects of parity over recent decades. As the Institute for Fiscal Studies noted that the nature of the economic shock associated with the pandemic has touched many old and deep inequalities, gender...

NASA’s Perseverance takes maiden drive on Mars

NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover performed its first drive on Mars on 4 March, covering 6,5m across the Martian landscape. The drive served as a mobility test that marks just one of many milestones as team members check out and calibrate every system, subsystem,...

Hafnium exploit strikes Microsoft Exchange servers

Following Microsoft's news about Hafnium, IT Security company Sophos has been closely monitoring the issue and is providing regular advice on how organizations should threat hunt and mitigate the attack/potential attack. Microsoft has detected multiple zero-day...

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