AI spend soars to unprecedented levels

Worldwide spending on AI is forecast to total $2,7-trillion in 2026, a 49,5% increase year-over-year, according to Gartner. “Demand for AI infrastructure (including AI-optimised IaaS, AI-optimised servers, AI network fabric, AI processing semiconductors and devices)...

Defences improve, but ransomware still threatens SA businesses

Almost two-thirds (63%) of ransomware incidents in South Africa resulted in data being encrypted over the past year, according to the new State of Ransomware in South Africa 2026 report from Sophos. This is above the global average of 56% and an increase from the 60%...

20 years on and gender gap parity is fracturing

Twenty years after the World Economic Forum first measured the global gender gap, the world is closer to parity than ever, but progress is fragile, with gains reversing in some areas, according to the Global Gender Gap Report 2026. Women now reach senior leadership in...

Unemployed are least likely to prioritise betting spending-limit tools

The online betting group most likely to prioritise debt repayment with a windfall is also the group least likely to ask regulators or operators for spending controls, according to new research from Softswiss. Fewer than four in 10 unemployed South Africans think...

Active insurance telematics policies on the rise

Berg Insight, the world's leading M2M/IoT market research provider, today released new findings about the connected wearables market. Shipments of connected wearables reached 96,5-million in 2016, up from 75,1-million devices in the previous year, according to Berg...

Video game developers not keen on NFTs

NFT gaming has attracted a lot of interest in recent months - but video game developers do not share the same interest. According to figures presented by SafeBettingSites.com, 70% of video game developers have no interest in implementing NFT mechanics in their games....

Fund tackles dire state of African education

Kathy Gibson reports from the World Economic Forum on Africa in Durban - Education in most African countries is a shocking 70 years behind the world’s developed nations. This is one of the findings from an Education Commission investigation into the state of education...

SA embraces Internet for All project

The South African government is partnering with the World Economic Forum to launch South Africa Internet for All, a platform project that aims to bring millions of South Africans, including those in rural areas, on to the Internet for the first time, using new models...

CEOs positive despite Africa’s challenges

Kathy Gibson reports from the World Economic Forum on Africa in Durban - Despite a raft of challenges, CEOs in Africa are positive about the continent’s prospects for the future. This is the word from Hein Boegman, CEO of PwC Africa, who launched research showing that...

Recovery of SA, Nigeria vital for Africa

Kathy Gibson reports from the World Economic Forum on Africa in Durban - Between them, South Africa and Nigeria account for 60% of sub-Saharan Africa’s GDP. As the continent’s most industrialised countries, they need to grow a lot quicker if Africa as a whole is going...

Skills disconnect hinders African growth

Kathy Gibson reports from the World Economic Forum on Africa in Durban - One of the biggest challenges impacting Africa’s growth is the mismatch between available skills and jobs, coupled with the fact that many of today’s jobs will disappear entirely as automation...

Where FDI goes in Africa

South Africa still receives the highest level of foreign direct investment (FDI), with francophone and East Africa also emerging as favoured investment destinations. According to EY’s latest Africa Attractiveness report, heightened geopolitical uncertainty and...

Counting the cost of unlicensed software

South African companies paid more than R3,64-million for using unlicensed software in 2016, according to data from BSA | The Software Alliance. The figure includes settlements (R1,66-million) and the cost of acquiring new software to become compliant (R1,98-million)....

The high cost of using cash in SA

Cash cost consumers R23-billion or 0,52% of the country’s gross domestic product in 2015, according to a new Mastercard study released today at the World Economic Forum on Africa. These costs are disproportionately carried by low-income earners, serving as a major...

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