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...

Human by design technologies supercharge productivity, creativity

New research from Accenture finds the world is in the midst of a massive technology shift, as AI and other disruptive technologies become "Human by Design" - much more human-like and intuitive for people to use - and usher in a new era of unprecedented productivity...

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,...

Brands and their role in societal, cultural change

A massive 95% of chief marketing officers (CMOs) believe their companies should take the lead in finding solutions to key societal and cultural issues, according to a survey by Gartner. Gartner surveyed 381 CMOs and senior marketing executives during September and...

How 2020 searches defined the SA trading environment

The trading environment is very much affected by socio-economic conditions. And what's trending online is generally a very good indicator of what those conditions are. Daniel Kibel, co-founder and Director of CM Trading, discusses some of the most popular searches in...

SA’s first patient-led cancer registry launched

When Belinda Wagner, a facilitator, marketing consultant and life coach, was diagnosed with a rare cancer in 2016 called Angiosarcoma, she looked for information about cancer and support groups to help her navigate the immense challenges that lay ahead. "When I...

Intel wins Academy award for rendering technology

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awarded the Intel Embree ray tracing library, a component of the Intel oneAPI Rendering Toolkit, a Scientific and Technical Achievement Award. The Academy, which hosts the annual Academy Awards, recognizes Intel Embree's...

Pandemic drives privacy concerns and benefits

The importance of privacy protections is enhanced during the pandemic, and there are increasing benefits for businesses that adopt strong privacy measures. This is according to Cisco's 2021 Data Privacy Benchmark Study, which analyzed the responses of 4 400 security...

Covid puts pandemics squarely in the risk spotlight

The Covid-19 pandemic has shown that it will be imperative for businesses to reprioritise risk and to innovate and explore new risk management strategies. An Aon survey, "Reprioritising Risk and Resilience For a Post-Covid-19 Future", finds that 82% of respondents...

The ongoing race for drones in the upper atmosphere

In 2017, after four years of setbacks and crashes, Alphabet shut its project flying solar-powered fixed-wing drones in the upper atmosphere to beam the internet to those cut-off. Facebook then exited its similar project. And Alphabet has now dumped its...

Huge set to make a firm offer for Adapt IT shares

Adapt IT has confirmed that Huge Group intends to make a firm offer to acquire or any of its shares. The company has constituted independent board of directors, consisting of Craig Chambers, Oliver Fortuin, Zizipho Nyanga and Catherine Koffman for the purpose of the...

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