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...

Bryanston pupil scoops top awards at Eskom Expo

A young scientist from Bryanston High School in Johannesburg has made waves in the world of science and technology through her remarkable achievements at the Eskom Expo International Science Fair (ISF) with her research project that aims to help farmers produce major...

AMD boosts AI capabilities with Nod.ai acquisition

Looking to bolster its artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities, AMD has acquired AI specialist developer Nod.ai. The chip maker says the acquisition strongly aligns with its AI growth strategy centred on an open software ecosystem that lowers the barriers of entry...

MTN grows subscriber base

MTN increased its subscriber base by 10,6-million over the six-month period ended 30 June 2020, to 261,5-million. The group reported service revenue growth of 9,4%, with EBITDA margin up by 6,4 percentage points to 49,7% EBITDA (before once-off items) growing by 21%....

Logicalis Latin America acquires a stake in Kumulus

Datatec has announced that Logicalis Latin America has acquired a 30% stake in Kumulus, a company based in Brazil with 80 employees specialising in Microsoft cloud and data manged services. With this investment, Logicalis strengthens its ability to assist customers on...

Net1 CEO to step down

Net1 today announced that, after 22 years with Net1, CEO Herman Kotzé will be stepping down on 30 September 2020. "Following a number of transformational corporate actions over the last year, including the sale of certain material assets and the retirement of all...

Despite challenges, AI still on a growth trajectory

Worldwide revenues for the artificial intelligence (AI) market, including software, hardware, and services, are expected to total $156,5-billion in 2020, an increase of 12,3% over 2019. While this year's growth is somewhat slower than previous years due to the...

Covid-19-driven notebook momentum continues

The strong pandemic-related notebook momentum seen at the end of Q1 2020 carried on into Q2, according to the latest data published by IT market intelligence company Context. Notebooks continued to see extraordinary growth across Western Europe's largest distributors,...

IT services, software top government spending

Worldwide government IT spending is forecast to total $438-billion in 2020, a decrease of 0,6% from 2019, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. Global government IT spending will represent 16% of total enterprise IT spending across all industries, which is...

New bill seeks to criminalise more tax offenders

The new Draft Tax Administration Laws Amendment Bill (TALAB), released on 31 July 2020, proposes a law change that will effectively lower the threshold for SARS and the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) to criminally prosecute taxpayers. By Jean du Toit, head of...

Standard Bank teams up with Silicon Cape

The Silicon Cape Initiative, an NPO and ecosystem enabler for tech-powered startups in the Western Cape, has announced a co-operation with Standard Bank. Silicon Cape chairperson Dr Sumarie Roodt comments: "Our partnership with Standard Bank highlights how carefully...

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