Turn vision into reality with the right AI strategy

Kathy Gibson reports from Dell Technologies Forum in Johannesburg - Today's leaders aren't asking whether to adopt AI, they're asking how to turn it into outcomes the business can see. And South African companies can no longer afford to take a wait-and-see attitude to...

Gloomy outlook for global economies as geopolitical tensions worsen

Coface’s latest risk review, Rates Against the Machine, has confirmed what the world dreaded just a few months ago has come to pass – rather than improve, the geopolitical situation has deteriorated once again. This, Coface says, puts upward pressure on commodity...

Banks are still missing the links between fraud and money laundering

Financial institutions are increasingly integrating their fraud and anti-money laundering (AML) systems, but intelligence and governance gaps remain. New fraud and AML convergence research from Datos Insights, commissioned by data and AI leader SAS, finds 86% report...

How can SA plug the ICT skills gap?

Kathy Gibson reports from the IITPSA Workforce Conference – While South Africa records the highest unemployment rate in the world, there is still a dire shortage of critical IT skills. Presenting the IITPSA IT Skills Survey, Lehlohonolo  Mokenela, MD of Africa...

Africa could lose $25bn a year under EU carbon tax

African Development Bank group president Dr Akinwumi Adesina warns that a new EU carbon border tax could significantly constrain Africa's trade and industrialisation progress by penalising value-added exports including steel, cement, iron, aluminium and fertilizers....

SA passes ‘hate speech’ bill

Despite international warnings, the South African parliament has passed new legislation broadly criminalising “hate speech”. The law states that any person who communicates with the intention to “be harmful or to incite harm” and to “promote or propagate hatred” is...

Lenovo leads in Q3 PC shipments

Remote working and distance learning amid the coronavirus outbreak continue increasing global demand for PCs and laptops. After a sharp fall in the first quarter of 2020, global PC shipments have grown in the last six months, despite the effects of the Covid-19...

Bitcoin miners rake in $353m in October

Bitcoin network fees reached $42,9-million in October 2020. That was 12% of the miners' total revenue in that month, the highest percentage since January 2018. Total revenue reached $353-million, up 8% from September. According to the research data analysed and...

Unicorns surge to 500, worth $1,5trn

In 2013, when the term unicorn emerged, only 40 private companies had a valuation of $1-billion in the world. Since then, the number of these financial giants surged, rising to a new record in 2020. According to data presented by BuyShares.co.nz, the number of unicorn...

Enterprise software set for decline

Enterprise application software revenue to decline 2,2% to $237-billion in 2020, according to the research data analysed and published by Stock Apps. A Gartner report states that the global enterprise application software industry is set to drop by 2,2% in 2020 to...

October shows a clearer picture of take-home pay numbers

South Africa's salaries improved by 3% year-on-year in real terms in October 2020, according to the latest BankservAfrica Take-home Pay Index (BTPI). With most of the volatile period for salaries paid over the Covid-19 period nearing an end, a clearer picture of...

Disruptive times call for IT innovation

Kathy Gibson is at Dell Technologies Forum - It is hard to believe that the at beginning of 2020, few had heard of coronavirus - now every aspect of our lives have been turned upside down. "There have been heartbreaking stories, but also inspirational stories around...

How digital leaders have made the transition

Kathy Gibson is at Dell Technologies Forum - The world has changed dramatically in the last six months but, while some businesses have struggled to adapt, others haven't done as well. Doug Woolley, MD of Dell Technologies South Africa, explains that companies are...

The move to everything as a service

Kathy Gibson is at Dell Technologies Forum - The ability to quickly adapt to changing circumstance, and scale up or down when required, is what differentiates successful businesses in times of crisis. Aongus Hegary, president: international markets at Dell...

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