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...

Remote physical goods fraud set to mushroom

A new study from Juniper Research forecasts that the greatest merchant losses to fraud will be via remote physical goods purchases, with losses reaching $5,1-billion across emerging markets in 2028, up from $1-billion in 2023. The research group anticipates fraud...

Morphobots contend for a job on Mars

In 2020, academics Mory Gharib and Alireza Ramezani were spitballing a transforming robot that is now getting a shot at work that's literally out of this world: NASA Mars Rover missions. Caltech has unveiled its multi-talented robot that can fly, drive, walk and do...

ISPs are enabling new connectivity reality

South Africa's Internet Service Providers' Association (ISPA) is reminding Internet users that Internet Service Providers (ISPs) are providers of essential services and therefore fully-functional during all Covid-19 lockdown phases. With the president confirming in...

Systems resilience in a time of unprecedented disruption

In the unfolding Covid-19 crisis, systems resilience is being tested like never before. By David Christie, intelligent engineering services lead for Accenture in Africa IT and business leaders must ensure that their organisations can continue to operate through this...

Why Treasury needs a new 2020/21 budget

The South Africa Revenue Services (SARS) has predicted that it would lose around 15% to 20% of its tax revenue this year as a result of the nationwide Covid-19 lockdown, and the responsibility of filling the gap will fall upon the South African taxpayers. However, the...

Signs of recovery for oil demand

China's oil demand has continued a sharp rising trend since passing the nadir in February. After dropping in February by over 40% compared with a year earlier, the country's oil demand for April reached 89% of the April 2019 level (approximately 12,7-million barrels...

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon set to chauffeur astronauts to ISS

A new era of human spaceflight is set to begin as US astronauts are set to launch again launch SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program. NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley will be...

Covid-19 could intensify battle of the banks

The fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic will see the battle of the banks intensify, as both legacy and challenger financial institutions race to use tech innovation to gain a competitive advantage in 2020/2021. This is according to Victor Mupunga, research analyst at...

Food security needed to guard against hunger pandemic

African countries need to urgently expand food reserves, keep food supply flowing and boost their agriculture budgets to avert a possible hunger pandemic, partly caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. This is the conclusion from a webinar hosted by the African Development...

Africa urged to increase integration

The second Africa Regional Integration Index (ARII 2019), launched by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), the African Development Bank and the African Union Commission (AUC), calls on African economies to deepen their integration. The 2019 Index, which builds on...

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