Despite perceived value, companies lag in digital workplace redesign

Eight in 10 IT decision-makers say the digital workplace is critical to successful AI-led transformation – but only 10% report fundamentally redesigning it for AI. This is among the findings from Lenovo’s sixth Work Reborn report, The AI-ready workplace, which exposes...

In the AI era, control is not enough: you have to prove it

A new report from IBM, Proof, Not Promises: The Digital Sovereignty Index, reveals an “overconfidence gap”: leaders believe they can prove sovereign control of their technology, but the evidence often falls short of the Index’s highest standards. As AI adoption...

AI set to drive a net increase in jobs by 2030

AI is expected to drive a net increase of 1,7-million jobs by 2030, according to Gartner, which says AI will create more jobs than it eliminates - generating 10,6-million new jobs, while removing 8,9-million jobs worldwide by 2030. “Organisations most advanced in AI...

A familiar face takes the reins at Tarsus

By Mark Davison - After months of speculation, Alviva Holdings – parent company of Tarsus Distribution – has announced a new, permanent CEO for one of South Africa’s oldest and leading distributors. Thibault Dousson, currently director of Lenovo’s Solution and...

Open Banking, AI expected to drive credit scoring market

Credit scoring services will grow by 67% to $44-billion by 2028, according to a new study from fintech experts Juniper Research, which says emerging markets will experience the greatest growth. The report says the African & Middle Eastern region will grow by 117%...

Can force majeure be invoked if the grid collapses?

If South Africa were to experience a total grid collapse, parties to a contract may be able to invoke force majeure clauses, or if no such clauses exist, to rely on the law of supervening impossibility, according to this opinion by Michael Straeuli, partner and...

Cell C reschedules Take a Girl Child to Work Day

Cell C has announced that its annual Day of Take a Girl Child to Work Day 2020, scheduled to take place from 28 May, is postponed until further notice. The postponement comes as concerns grow around the spread of Covid-19 and in line with President Cyril Ramaphosa's...

International tourist arrivals could face 30% drop

The World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) has released its updated assessment of the likely impact of the Covid-19 on international tourism. Taking into account the unparalleled introduction of travel restrictions across the world, the United Nations specialised agency...

Photon entanglement breakthrough for secure communications

A breakthrough in the development of quantum-enhanced optical systems could pave the way for advances in encryption, communication and measurement, scientists say. In a new paper in the journal Science Advances, a group of researchers, led by Matteo Clerici at the...

Covid-19 spares nobody: the mobility impacts of a global pandemic

A sudden drop in miles traveled by car triggered by social isolation measures will have immediate ramifications for gasoline demand. IHS Markit analysis shows that for the US gasoline demand could fall by as much as 4,1 MMb/d - or more than 50% - during the Covid-19...

Covid-19 exposes outdated risk management practices

Organisations' current approach to risk governance is not sufficient to tackle the complex risk environment they are facing today. According to Gartner, the Covid-19 pandemic is just the latest in a line of recent risk events demonstrating that organisations are not...

Almost 1bn used smartphones set to enter the market

5G smartphone upgrades could see nearly a billion used devices enter the market across the globe in 2020. This is according to results of an exclusive global consumer research study examining consumer sentiment towards 5G smartphone upgrades and preparedness for...

Tekya Clicker hides in games, utility apps on Google Play Store

Although Google has taken steps to secure its Play store and stop malicious activity, hackers are still finding ways to infiltrate the app store and access users' devices. Millions of mobile phone users have unintentionally downloaded malicious apps that have the...

Covid-19 and OPEC price war strikes Africa’s oil and gas sector

While the short-term effects of Covid-19 on world economies are already being felt and put millions in a situation of economic distress, their long-term ones are yet to be fully grasped. In sub-Saharan Africa, the impact will be felt even stronger because the pandemic...

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