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...

5G performance influences customer loyalty

A new Ericsson ConsumerLab report titled ‘’5G Value: Turning performance into loyalty‘’ has revealed some unique insights and consumer trends about 5G in South Africa. The satisfaction and user-loyalty-focused report highlights the Communications Service Providers...

Ombudsman honours best banks at resolving complaints

The Ombudsman for Banking Services (OBS) Reana Steyn has named the banks that best co-operated with her office in resolving customers' complaints. At the OBS Annual Banking Awards ceremony in Johannesburg on 24 November, Steyn recognised the banks and their staff that...

Workers don’t want a return to pre-Covid offices

A massive three quarters of employees (78%) in South Africa want to rethink pre-Covid-19 ways of working, according to new research from Kaspersky. Instead of returning to business as usual, workers are now shaping a future of business on their terms, whether that's...

HPC takes on new role in Covid-19 fight

The Covid-19 High Performance Computing (HPC) Consortium, a public-private effort to make supercomputing power available to researchers working on projects related to Covid-19, has entered into a new phase of operation focused on helping researchers to identify...

Big changes for ICT in 2021

The information technology (IT) industry will morph in 2021, prompted by its response to the chaos of 2020 and affirmation that it is the central nervous system of our digital society. This is according to the IT Industry Outlook 2021 by CompTIA, the annual report...

Africa short on investment to meet SDGs

Africa is not getting the investment needed to help the world meet the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, new research from Standard Chartered has revealed. "The $50-Trillion Question" study investigates how some of the world's largest asset managers -...

CEOs commit to paying SME suppliers within 30 days

In an effort to ensure small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) in South Africa survive the economic crisis, exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic, more than 50 large companies have formally committed to paying their SME suppliers in 30 days. The initiative, called...

Western Cape aims to grow screentech sector

The Western Cape Department of Economic Development and Tourism (DEDAT) is inviting startup companies operating in any facet of the screentech space to take part in upcoming Community of Practice (CoP) workshops. Hosted by Loudhailer and Silicon Cape, the first...

AYO expects lower earnings

The AYO Group has posted a trading statement, warning of lower earnings for the year ended 31 August 2020. The group expects to report basic earnings per share (EPS) of between 4.34 and 10.58 cents per share, representing a decrease of between 75,8% and 90,1% compared...

Digital investments top of mind for CFOs

Chief financial officers (CFOs) face a daunting list of digital priorities for 2021, from the implementation of advanced data analytics and robotic process automation (RPA) technologies to accelerating digital skills among their teams. A Gartner survey conducted in...

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