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...

IBM to acquire StreamSets, webMethods platforms from Software AG

IBM has entered into a definitive agreement with Software AG to purchase StreamSets and webMethods, Software AG's Super iPaaS (integration platform-as-a-service) enterprise technology platforms, for €2,13-billion in cash. As organisations continue to accelerate their...

Just trade needed for Africa’s just energy transition

The President of the African Development Bank Group Dr Akinwumi Adesina has reiterated his warning that the introduction of a carbon border tax by the European Union could push Africa back into exporting raw commodities and undermine its industrialisation gains. The...

And the top malware threat in December was …

The Emotet trojan has returned to first place in Check Point Research's latest Global Three Index for December 2020, impacting 7% of organisations globall. This follows a spam campaign which targeted more than 100 000 users per day during the holiday season. In...

How events in the Capitol affect the US economy

Democrats have completed a sweep of Congress following the double victory in the state of Georgia's run-off election. Keith Wade, Schroders' chief economist, discusses what this means for the US economy in the near-term. The disturbing scenes of protestors storming...

MacBook hit 15,5m shipments in 2020

The global demand for PCs and laptops increased significantly in 2020, with millions of people working from home and practicing distance learning amid the Covid-19 lockdown. As one of the leading brands on the market, Apple MacBook has witnessed a significant jump in...

Water management vital to the success of smart cities

Water is the elephant in the room, with cities increasingly and massively dependent on water technology as sea levels rise and for other reasons. The IDTechEx report, "Smart Cities Market 2021-2041: Energy, Food, Water, Materials, Transportation Forecasts", points out...

App development security the most wanted security skill in 2021

The year 2020 revealed that businesses still struggle when it comes to cybersecurity. Not only are organisations dealing with cybersecurity workforce shortage, which is estimated to be at 3,12-million, but existing security specialists have to constantly reinvent...

AI joins the fight against locusts in Africa

A free tool will help farmers and pastoralists across Africa to predict and control locust behaviour.. Kuzi - the Swahili name for the wattled starling, a bird renowned for eating locusts - is an AI-powered tool that generates a real-time heatmap of locusts across...

Teens dominate TikTok user base

The TikTok platform is especially popular among the younger generation, particularly among teenagers. According to data presented by Stock Apps, over 30% of US-based Tiktok users are in their teens, which is the biggest among all age groups. More data indicates that...

External OEM storage market in Q3 decline

Global market revenue for enterprise external OEM storage systems declined 1,4% year over year to nearly $6,8-billion during the third quarter of 2020 (3Q20). According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Enterprise Storage Systems Tracker,...

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