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,...

AMD fires up AI, compute capabilities

AMD and Microsoft featured how AMD products, including the upcoming AMD Instinct MI300X accelerator, AMD EPYC CPUs and AMD Ryzen CPUs with AI engines, are enabling new services and compute capabilities across cloud and generative AI, Confidential Computing, Cloud...

Nvidia to accelerate AI workloads on Azure

Nvidia continues to collaborate with Microsoft to build AI infrastructure, with Microsoft introducing additional H100-based virtual machines to Microsoft Azure to accelerate demanding AI workloads. At its Ignite conference in Seattle yesterday, Microsoft announced its...

Sales reps have worst data proficiency in the organisation

Frontline and overlay sellers have the lowest data proficiency in organisations despite their focus on sales data and buyer activity, according to Gartner. The Gartner State of Sales Analytics report reveals that sales reps are considered to have among the worst data...

12-month high for crypto Fear and Greed Index

The crypto Fear and Greed Index has grown by 119,51% year-on year, according to new data from Stock Apps. As of yesterday (9 November) the index was at 90 points, representing an all-time high in the past year. For the Crypto Fear and Greed Index, the value of zero...

Fraudsters target Singles’ Day

Kaspersky researchers have observed significant growth in fraudulent activities around e-commerce during an active sales period in Asian countries - Singles' Day, which occurs tomorrow (November 11). Originally a sale in China, Singles' Day is now relevant to everyone...

How Covid-19 has affected local skills development

Amidst a myriad of change happening across the world at government and socio-economic levels due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Skills Development Corporation (SDC) has shared its views on how these changes have affected the skills development sector in South Africa....

Be respectful for your own safety, ISPA tells gamers

South Africa's Internet Service Providers' Association (ISPA) is warning the country's 11-million gamers to minimise their chances of being targeted for vindictive hacking by being respectful online. The global gaming industry has exploded under lockdown when it was...

New code aims to protect SA’s gig workers

The Fairwork Foundation, in collaboration with researchers and legal academics from the Universities of the Western Cape, Oxford, Cape Town, and Manchester, has launched a new Code of Good Practice for platform workers in South Africa. The new code is designed to...

Africa and the investment opportunity

There are unmatched investment returns to be had in Africa, despite the challenges. This is the word from Africa Investment Forum's (AIF) senior director Chinelo Anohu, in a webinar discussing opportunities for Africa in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic and how the...

Tablet momentum continues unabated

The Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) tablet market surged 22,9% year on year (YoY) in 3Q20, reaching 13,5-million units, according to International Data Corporation (IDC). The EMEA tablet market experienced another strong quarter across all regions, as shipments...

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