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...

Data governance key to future-proof security

Kathy Gibson reports from Gitex - New technologies like artificial intelligence pose a cybersecurity threat - but will also be key to driving developments in data and security. Aloysius Cheang, chief security officer: Middle East and Central Asian Region at Huawei,...

Alarming escalation in child sexual abuse online

There has been an alarming 87% increase in reported child sexual abuse material cases since 2019, according to the WeProtect Global Alliance Global Threat Assessment Report, which says there have been more than 32-million reports globally. The findings, the...

CEOs could be personally liable for cyber-physical incidents

Liability for cyber-physical security incidents will pierce the corporate veil to personal liability for 75% of CEOs by 2024, according to Gartner. Due to the nature of cyber-physical systems (CPSs), incidents can quickly lead to physical harm to people, destruction...

SA motorists hit the road again

Mobility stats show that South Africans have been travelling during the lockdown, with trips across provincial borders surging even before the relaxation of restrictions on inter-provincial travel. Although many trips from one province to another were banned under...

Changes to MTN board

The MTN group has announced changes to its board. Christine Ramon will be stepping down as a director of the company, effective 30 September 2020, to focus on her extended executive responsibilities. Ramon has been a director of MTN since 2014 and, for the last five...

Melting glaciers have pushed up lake volume by 50%

In the largest-ever study of glacial lakes, researchers using 30 years of NASA satellite data have found that the volume of these lakes worldwide has increased by about 50% since 1990 as glaciers melt and retreat due to climate change. The findings, published in the...

In-brain device could solve neurological issues

Elon Musk has demonstrated how a chip and electrodes can be embedded into a pig’s brain to read activity. The device has been developed by Musk’s startup Neuralink, and has 1 024 channels per link. Musk explains that the device is invisible once embedded. It’s 23mm x...

Digital transformation top of mind as SA moves to remote work

As lockdown continues indefinitely, the continued need for support of remote workforces raises questions around companies' state of digital transformation and readiness to provide that support in the long term. While remote working has worked well, South Africa still...

Covid delays smartphone recovery

The worldwide smartphone market is forecast to decline 9,5% year over year in 2020 with shipments totaling 1,2-billion units, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. While the second quarter of 2020 (2Q20)...

UCT participates in global Covid-19 vaccine trials

South Africa has joined global counterparts in the search for a Covid-19 vaccine and the University of Cape Town (UCT) is participating in three international trials in the country, alongside several other universities. According to Professor Linda-Gail Bekker, the...

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