As the transformation towards Industry 4.0 reaches its peak, generative AI (genAI) is looking to redefine operational processes across diverse sectors. From custom automotive designs to optimized construction blueprints, genAI's capability to design, prototype, and...

The Black Friday season is expected to create additional retail turnover of R26,6-billion for South African retailers in 2023, creating around 150 000 job opportunities across the South African economy, most of them temporary or seasonal, and representing a...

South Africa's gross domestic product (GDP) decreased by 51% in the second quarter of 2020 as a result of the Covid-19 lockdown restrictions imposed from the end of March 2020. This was the fourth consecutive decline in quarterly GDP since the second quarter of 2019....

Banks in Africa must provide mobile payments and other digital services to remain competitive as well as to unlock new business opportunities across sectors such as energy, health care, education and transportation. This is according to a new report by Boston...

Covid-19 has seen businesses around the globe accelerate their digital transformations - making years of progress in a matter of days in some cases. By Robin Fisher, regional vice-president of Salesforce: Emerging Markets During the early stages of the crisis,...

The Bureau for Economic Research (BER) reported on September 7 that its Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) was less pessimistic during the third quarter. Lullu Krugel, chief economist for PwC Strategy Africa, and Dr Christie Viljoen, PwC Strategy& economist After the...

As Europe charts its recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic, many business and government leaders are seeking to drive economic growth through increased digitalisation and the widespread use of data. During an IBM Policy Lab Live virtual event titled "An Economic...

Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks against educational resources grew exponentially over the first half (H1-20) of this year when compared to the previous year. For each month from January to June 2020, the number of DDoS attacks affecting educational online...

By August 31, the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) had received more than 160 536 applications since the opening date, on 3 August 2020. During the first month, on average, NSFAS has been receiving more than 5 000 applications a day, with the number going...

The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) has confirmed that the invitation to apply (ITA) for both the Wireless Open Access Network (WOAN) and the International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT) spectrum (also known as high demand spectrum) will...