In 2027, AI could account for 20% of all business tech spend

In the coming year, CIOs and CISOs will face growing pressure to realise returns on their AI investments in infrastructure, security, digital sovereignty, and emerging technologies, according to Forrester’s 2027 technology and security predictions. Additionally, with...

Banks expect to hand decisions to AI – even if they can’t explain them

Banks are racing toward a future where AI no longer merely informs key credit, treasury, and risk decisions – it makes them autonomously. Yet AI governance is not keeping pace with adoption, according to new AI risk research by FT Longitude, SAS and Microsoft. Even as...

Mankind’s first journey to another star set for 2029 launch

Plans are underway for mankind’s first journey to another star – a trip that is expected to take about 80 000 years. The Fermi Explorer Mission, a nonprofit organisation, hopes to set off for Alpha Centauri by 2029. The more than 40-trillion kilometre journey is...

IT spend will breach $7trn for the first time in 2027

Worldwide IT spending is expected to reach $7,35-trillion in 2027, up 15% from 2026, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. “Collectively, the market forces are reinforcing spend around AI infrastructure, AI-enabled cloud platforms, and advanced software...

Cyber warfare market set to boom

The global cyber warfare market is expected to reach $177,41-billion by 2030, registering a CAGR of 14,9% from 2023 to 2030, according to a new report by Grand View Research. The increasing number of cyber-attacks are emerging as a significant threat across the globe....

Cameroon’s Koree wins Ecobank Fintech Challenge

Koree, a fintech company based in Cameroon, has been declared the overall winner of the 2023 Ecobank Fintech Challenge at the competition's grande finale held at the bank's headquarters in Lome, Togo. Koree faced stiff competition from seven other fintechs, all of...

China’s smartphone market narrows decline

According to the IDC Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, 87,8-million smartphones were shipped in China during the second quarter of 2020, down 10,3% year-on-year. Evidently, consumer sentiment was a challenge but this was still a narrower figure compared to the first...

Employees need support for remote working

As businesses try to overcome the uncertainty of the past few months, they have been forced to work remotely to maintain business continuity. An IQbusiness survey aims to understand the current landscape in which many South African professionals find themselves....

CFOs key in driving digital transformation

As digitalisation gathers traction, the role of the chief financial officer (CFO) is changing - indeed the role itself is being digitalised. This is the word from Arthur Goldstuck, MD of World Wide Worx, presenting the result of the Sage South Africa CFO 3.0 research....

IFIP set to release code of ethics

The International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) is preparing to launch a code of ethics to serve as an exemplar for ethical behaviour in the ICT sector. This was announced by Moira de Roche, non-executive director of the Institute of Information...

Unused smartphones could have R1bn value

South African consumers are sitting on a goldmine - their unused smartphones could be worth literally billions. Estelle Nagel, brand marketing manager at Gumtree, comments: "According to ICASA's State of the ICT Sector report, South Africa's smartphone penetration...

There’s an urgent need to address gender imbalances

Although South African women are making great strides within the workplace, corporate South Africa has more work to do to effectively transform boardrooms. The Covid-19 pandemic has further exposed deep-rooted inequalities in social, political and economic systems,...

Start-up launches HIV self-testing platform

Aviro Health, a start-up supported by the University of Pretoria's (UP) technology incubator and accelerator, TuksNovation, has launched a chatbot-based platform that offers people access to HIV self-testing resources, and the information they need to seek treatment...

KZN honoured for outstanding achievement

The winner of the 2020 Stella Clark Teachers Award is Hebert Muzi Gumbi, who teaches Accounting at Mathunjwa High School in Vryheid, KwaZulu-Natal. Every year the University of Cape Town (UCT) honours a high school teacher who has been nominated by a former learner...

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