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...

AI and the opportunity in Africa

Kathy Gibson reports - Artificial intelligence (AI) will help to level the playing field, across all industries. "We see it impacting all businesses across all solution domains," says Ayanda Ngcebetsha, chief data officer of Microsoft, opening Microsoft's AI A New Era...

Smartphones on the road to recovery

Worldwide smartphone shipments declined 0,1% YoY to 302,8-million units in the third quarter of 2023 (3Q23), according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. Although macroeconomic uncertainties...

Companies lag in work from home security

More people than ever are working from home, but companies have so far failed to increase their security training and awareness. As of mid-February, about 4,7-million US employees were working remotely, with social distancing measures introduced in March causing that...

70 000 used cars to choose from on Gumtree

South African vehicle sales may be down by nearly one-third compared to winter 2019, but the market for used cars is growing, with South Africa's most perennially popular brands leading the virtual sales lot, according to Gumtree.co.za. Recent Wesbank data suggests...

Telkom announces board changes

Telkom has announced that Santie Botha and Khanyisile Kweyama, both independent non-executive directors of the board of directors, will retire with effect from 25 September 2020 and 31 December 2020 respectively. Alphonzo Samuels and Hemmanth (Herman) Singh have been...

M4Jam, Lucha Lunako tackle youth unemployment

Gig technology company, M4Jam and youth development lab Lucha Lunako have entered a partnership to provide work and training opportunities to young unemployed people around South Africa. Beginning with about 100 unemployed youth, the collaboration will create a...

App developers take on SA’s social challenges

Hundreds of local app developers will be taking part in the first ever virtual MTN Business Hackathon this weekend. Their mission? To design app solutions to solve some of South Africa's unique social challenges. Whether to further enable education by creating a...

Evolved QBot trojan debuts on top malware list

The Qbot trojan, also known as Qakbot and Pinkslipbot, has entered the top 10 malware index for the first time, ranking as the 10th most prevalent malware in August, while the Emotet trojan remains in first place for a second month, impacting 14% of organisations...

SA’s economy is set for a ‘swoosh’ recovery

The rapid changes experienced over the past few months, and leading to the current relaxation of lockdown levels, has resulted in the South African economy's recovery taking the shape of a "swoosh" - a fast decline then a quick recovery that will take time to be fully...

2020 set to be a good year for MEA notebooks

Notebook shipments across the Middle East and Africa (MEA) are forecast to increase 5,2% year on year in H2 2020 to total 3,9-million units, according to the latest industry analysis conducted by International Data Corporation (IDC). However, the global technology...

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