Underfunding a leading cause of AI failures for SA firms

South African organisations whose AI ambitions outrun their budgets are seven times more likely to say AI has fallen short, according to preliminary results from DayOne’s State of AI Delivery in South Africa survey. Of the more than 170 employees, founders, managers...

Revenue to hit $1bn as quantum breakthroughs advance

Worldwide, quantum computing revenue is projected to total $1,1-billion in 2027, according to Gartner. “Nations and businesses have scaled spending in quantum literacy, patents, partnerships, and early use-case exploration,” says Gaurav Gupta, vice-president analyst...

Fuel price shock will hit supply chains hard, driving prices up

South Africa’s latest fuel price increase will put fresh pressure on already strained supply chains, says supply chain industry body SAPICS. The organisation warns that the cost impact is likely to extend far beyond the transport sector and into consumers’ pockets at...

SA must put jobs at the centre of its AI future

South Africans are embracing AI, but turning that appetite into economic opportunity will require trained educators, reliable Internet, affordable access, recognised skills pathways, scaling of existing financing models, and investment in the country’s own languages,...

TymeBank reaches profitability in under five years

TymeBank reached its first month of profitability in December 2023, less than five years since launching in February 2019. It is believed to be the first digital bank to break even in South Africa and on the continent. "We are extremely proud of our achievement,...

Gates Foundation announces largest budget ever

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has announced its largest annual budget to date, of $8,6-billion. With global health budgets in decline overall, a portion of the additional funding will go toward advancing global health innovations that will save and improve...

Perseverance rover lands safely on Mars

The largest, most advanced rover NASA has sent to another world touched down on Mars Thursday, after a 203-day journey traversing 472-million kilometres. Packed with groundbreaking technology, the Mars 2020 mission launched on 30 July 2020, from Cape Canaveral Space...

Two-thirds of electricity meters in North America are now smart

The penetration of smart electricity meters in North America reached 68% in 2020, according to a Berg Insight report. Overall, the installed base of smart electricity meters will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 5.7 percent during 2019-2025 to reach a total of...

Employers will encourage vaccination, but not require it

Most organisations will encourage their employees to get vaccinated against Covid-19 before returning to the workplace, but a very small proportion (8%) want to make it a requirement. A survey of HR, real estate, legal, compliance and privacy leaders in December 2020...

Covid exposes gender inequality beyond pay gap

Women have been hardest hit by the impact of Covid-19 lockdowns, according to the National Income Dynamics Study - Coronavirus Rapid Mobile Survey (NIDS-CRAM), a study tracking income, employment and welfare in South Africa. "Although survival and saving jobs is...

Facebook blocks news in Australia, New Zealand

Facebook has blocked news sites and sharing in Australia and New Zealand as those countries push to make platforms pay for news content. By William Easton, MD of Facebook Australia & New Zealand, says the move is in response to Australia's proposed new Media...

Higher inflation in January confirms expectations of increases

Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) reported on February 17 that consumer price inflation increased from 3,1% year-on-year (y-o-y) in December 2020 to 3,2% y-o-y in January 2021. Lullu Krugel, chief economist for PwC Strategy& Africa, and Dr Christie Viljoen, PwC...

Service, support employees want to continue working from home

A massive 70% of customer service and support employees want to continue to work from home (WFH) at least once a week after the pandemic ends, according to a survey by Gartner. In September 2020, Gartner surveyed 5 000 employees, including 550 customer service...

SA’s SMEs embrace online tools

Most companies have been following through with the work from home system since the start of the pandemic. As such, software has ensured that digital transformation becomes a success for the businesses who have had to adapt to digital transformation as a result of the...

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