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...

Brands should beware the ‘Application Generation’

Across the world, attitudes and behaviours toward applications and digital services are evolving at speed, writes Ronak Desai, senior vice-president and GM of Cisco AppDynamics and Full-Stack Observability, adding that people are becoming more sophisticated,...

The transformative impact of immersive technologies

The growing demand for immersive experiences is driving the evolution of advanced platforms and technologies. This is according to GlobalData, which says these innovations are set to transform how people engage with content and their environment, offering captivating...

5G phones will account for 35% of sales in 2021

Worldwide sales of smartphones to end users will total 1,5-billion units in 2021, a 11,4% growth year over year, according to Gartner. "In 2020,consumers reduced spending on smartphones but availability of new products, will see users drive significant uptick in...

Chinese smartphone market declines as Huawei loses ground

The smartphone market in Mainland China finished 2020 with 84-million units shipped in Q4 2020, declining 4% year-on-year. That meant for the full year, the China market declined 11% to arrive at just over 330-million units, as market recovery was stalled by the rapid...

CEOs prioritise employee well-being, worry about remote workforce

A top challenge for CEOs over the next few years will be in managing an "anywhere" workforce, according to a new IBM Institute for Business Value (IBV) study. CEOs of outperforming organisations - those who were in the top 20% for revenue growth of those surveyed -...

Xerox spins out three new businesses

Xerox Holdings is branching out and has set up three new businesses - Software, Financing and Innovation - aimed at delivering long-term growth in 2021 and beyond. The company has announced organisational changes to support the new businesses. "We are focused on...

Global cloud services market surges by $10bn in Q4

Cloud infrastructure services spending increased 32% to $39,9-billion in the last quarter of 2020, following heightened customer investment with the major cloud service providers and the technology channel. Total expenditure was over $3-billion higher than the last...

Massive rise in threats from fake learning platforms

As the pandemic continues and schools globally experience either renewed closures or pursue a hybrid model of learning (in-person and remote), the educational sector continues to attract the attention of cybercriminals on the Internet. From July to December 2020, 270...

Covid fails to dampen semiconductor sales

Despite the impact of Covid-19 on the global economy, the semiconductor market performed better than expected in 2020, fueled by the growth in cloud computing and demand for devices to support remote work and learning. Worldwide semiconductor revenue grew to...

Musk’s Neuralink implants wireless device into a money

In its quest to establish a brain-computer interface, Elon Musk says his company Neuralink has successfully implanted a device into a monkey's brain. The billionaire told private social app Clubhouse that Neuralink has a implanted a wireless device into a monkey's...

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