Channel veteran Gary Pickford leaves Tarsus

By Mark Davison - After more than 24 years in various roles at the group, Gary Pickford, CEO of Tarsus Distribution, has resigned from the company. Group chief financial officer Emile Burger will take up the reins of the company from Pickford. “It is with a heavy...

Tariff shocks, AI disruption strain global growth

The global economic outlook has worsened since the start of the year, as rising economic nationalism and tariff volatility fuel uncertainty and risk stalling long-term decision-making, according to a new World Economic Forum report. The latest Chief Economists...

Technology critical for African agriculture’s future

Technology - particularly artificial intelligence (AI) – plays a critical role in enhancing agricultural productivity and reducing poverty across the continent. This is one of the findings from a white paper highlighting the trends shaping the agricultural landscape...

Thousands of ICT jobs in SA are going unfilled

South Africa’s digital economy is growing fast, but not fast enough to keep up with the country’s pressing need for jobs. New research by Collective X shows that, while employers need digital skills, too many junior roles are going unfilled. This highlights a critical...

All the winners at the 2024 HP Partner Awards

HP honoured its top resellers and distributors at the 2024 Partner Awards last night. Yesh Surjoodeen, MD of HP Southern Africa, and Richard Stainforth, HP omnichannel manager, named the company’s top retail and commercial resellers, and distributors across various...

Supply chain GenAI shows productivity gains at individual level

Generative AI (GenAI) is being deployed by 72% of supply chain organisations, but most are experiencing middling results for productivity and ROI, according to a survey by Gartner. Productivity gains from the use of GenAI for individual, desk-based workers are not...

Energy-efficiency, AI drive accelerated innovation

Nvidia’s accelerated computing isn’t just efficient. It’s critical to the next wave of industrial, scientific and healthcare transformations. This is the word from Bob Pette, Nvidia’s vice-president and GM of enterprise platforms, presenting the keynote address at the...

Solid growth predicted for customer data platforms

The global customer data platform (CDP) market is expected to reach $51,95-billion by 2030 -with a CAGR of 39,5% from 2024 to 2030 - according to a new report by Grand View Research. The growing demand for assimilating and storing unstructured and structured consumer...

Counting the global cost of digital exclusion

A staggering 627-million individuals globally – more than the populations of the US and Brazil combined - are excluded from essential digital services, including financial services, education, healthcare, and employment platforms. The is according to global full-cycle...

Humanoid robots are ready to start work

The advent of OpenAI’s ChatGPT in 2022 revolutionised humanoid robotics, allowing for task execution without explicit programming. As developed nations grapple with labor shortages from aging populations and declining birth rates, the demand for automation grows....

Intel debuts AI PC Intel Core Ultra desktop processors

Intel has launched the new Intel Core Ultra 200S series processor family that will scale AI PC capabilities to desktop platforms and usher in the first enthusiast desktop AI PCs.  Led by the Intel Core Ultra 9 processor 285K, the latest generation of enthusiast...

African leaders call for digital economy partnerships

African leaders gathered in Nigeria for the second annual Moonshot by TechCabal conference called for more strategic partnerships with the private sector to enhance Africa’s role in the global digital economy. A panel discussion, “Building Digital Economies for the...

Zutari completes MEP upgrade for ADC in Cape Town

Zutari has completed the mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) upgrade for Africa Data Centres’ 6MW capacity expansion at its Cape Town 1 (CPT1) facility. The fast-track project was a brownfield site with existing structures. “We had to work around the existing...

RCS messaging enjoys growing significance

Rich Communication Services (RCS) traffic will quadruple over the next five years, according to a new whitepaper commissioned by global communications platform Infobip. Data from tech analyst Omdia shows RCS application to person (A2P) and person to person (P2P)...

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A strong digital core is essential for reinvention

In the future all companies will be digital companies, and those that rise to the top will be those that embrace the seven secrets of successful, constant business reinvention, according to a leading global professional services company Accenture. Nitesh Singh, MD and...

Obscure Technologies reveals Africa expansion plans

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Commvault, AWS expand partnership

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AI can help people manage their finances

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Impact games can help address financial literacy challenges

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Blockchain makes crypto asset transactions transparent, traceable

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