Underfunding a leading cause of AI failures for SA firms

South African organisations whose AI ambitions outrun their budgets are seven times more likely to say AI has fallen short, according to preliminary results from DayOne’s State of AI Delivery in South Africa survey. Of the more than 170 employees, founders, managers...

Revenue to hit $1bn as quantum breakthroughs advance

Worldwide, quantum computing revenue is projected to total $1,1-billion in 2027, according to Gartner. “Nations and businesses have scaled spending in quantum literacy, patents, partnerships, and early use-case exploration,” says Gaurav Gupta, vice-president analyst...

Fuel price shock will hit supply chains hard, driving prices up

South Africa’s latest fuel price increase will put fresh pressure on already strained supply chains, says supply chain industry body SAPICS. The organisation warns that the cost impact is likely to extend far beyond the transport sector and into consumers’ pockets at...

SA must put jobs at the centre of its AI future

South Africans are embracing AI, but turning that appetite into economic opportunity will require trained educators, reliable Internet, affordable access, recognised skills pathways, scaling of existing financing models, and investment in the country’s own languages,...

Effective analysis unlocks true data value

Kathy Gibson reports from InterSystems Virtual Summit 2021 – Data is your organisation’s most precious asset – but only if you are analysing it effectively to gain real insights. The last 18 months or so have been difficult for everyone in the world, says Terry Ragon,...

Russian malware hits resellers, service providers

About 140 resellers and technology service providers have fallen victim to Nobelium, the alleged Russian state actor behind the SolarWinds Orion cyberattacks, since May 2021. The Nobelium attacks are believed to use password spray and phishing to steal credentials and...

App developers wanted to boost SA market

Greater local app development is the key to sustaining a South African cellular market with significantly more mobile devices than users. "South Africa is Africa's biggest economy and the most mature cellular market with an impressive 130% mobile penetration. When...

Mastercard expands search for SA startups

Mastercard's startup engagement programme Start Path Global works with startups to drive new businesses forward and is launching a call for applications in South Africa. Start Path is an integral part of Mastercard's broader startup engagement effort that is focused...

SA will battle with digitalisation

After digital born companies paved the way to growth with platform business models, small enterprises and traditional businesses are entering the digital platform market in a second wave. But the vast majority of new digital platform start-ups will fail and the gulf...

New name on the cards for Telkom BCX

The Telkom Business Connexion group, formed from the integration of Telkom Business and Business Connexion, will soon be known as simply Business Connexion (BCX). This is the word from Telkom Business Connexion CEO Isaac Mophatlane, speaking this morning at the launch...

Telkom BCX goes live with SAP HEC

Telkom Business Connexion (BCX) today launched its SAP Hana Enterprise Cloud (HEC) solution in partnership with SAP Africa. Isaac Mophatlane, CEO of Telkom BCX, says the new offering complements the existing SAP services that the company has provided for the last 20...

Pokémon Go app threatens Android users

Kaspersky Lab experts have discovered a new malicious app on the Google Play store: "Guide for Pokémon Go", capable of seizing root access rights on Android smartphones and using that to install/uninstall apps and display unsolicited ads. The app has been downloaded...

Demand for African peering grows

Pan-African terrestrial Network Service Provider, Workonline Communications, has seen increased demand since turning up remote peering services to the London Access Point (LONAP) Internet exchange point a little less than a year ago. London is one of the most densely...

Chinese wearables makers go global

China shipped 9,54-million wearable devices in the second quarter of 2016, an increase of 13,2% from the previous quarter and up 81,4% from a year earlier, IDC's China Wearable Device Market Quarterly Tracker, 2016Q2 report shows. Shipments of basic wearable devices...

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