Africa moves from AI ambition to action

AI has moved from potential to proven economic value and while ambition setting is near universal across economies, execution speed is the differentiator, according to Boston Consulting Group’s The AI Maturity Matrix 2026: AI Is Transforming How Economies Develop and...

The shocking reality facing jobseekers

Of the 867 706 people who registered looking for entry-level work in retail, restaurants and quick-service outlets over a 13-month period, just 6 566 were appointed - approximately one in every 132 – and between them, they sent nearly five million applications. The...

Spatial data maps where Super El Niño will hit SA hardest

The South African Weather Service gave the clearest sign yet on 1 September: this El Niño is on course to become the strongest event in living memory, with sea surface temperatures already tracking past 3°C above normal. A national outlook can't say which town or...

MeerKAT and Webb measure farthest fast radio burst

First discovered in 2007, fast radio bursts are enigmatic, millisecond-long flashes of radio emission from the distant universe. Their origin remains uncertain, particularly since most are seen once and never again. Now, astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space...

Southern Africa defies shortages to grow PC, tablet sales

Southern Africa's personal computing devices (PCD) market, which comprises desktops, notebooks, and tablets, recorded year-on-year (YoY) growth of 20,1% growth in the first half of 2021 (H1 2021), according to the latest research by International Data Corporation...

Despite decline, phishing still a real threat

There was a reduction in the number of phishing attacks recorded and blocked by Kaspersky in South Africa (17% decline), Kenya (48% decline), and Nigeria (13% decline) for the first half of this year when compared to the same period in 2020. While the decline does...

Business interruption is top cyber risk

The costs of business interruption due to a breach is the top cyber risk concern for businesses across all industries. This is according to Aon's 2016 Captive Cyber Survey, aimed at offering a better understanding of organisations' current attitude towards cyber...

CSIR switches on Africa’s fastest supercomputer

The Centre for High Performance Computing (CHPC) of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has unveiled the fastest computer on the continent, a petaflops (PFLOPs) machine. The supercomputer has a processing speed capable of a thousand-trillion...

Telkom inks deal with organised labour

Telkom has successfully concluded a new two-year collaborative partnership agreement (CPA) with organised labour that allows the company to introduce widespread performance-based remuneration for both individuals and teams. The agreement has been signed between Telkom...

Workstations set for flat growth in 2016

Workstation shipments in the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region contracted by 1,5% year on year in 2015. International Data Corporation (IDC) forecasts a flat 2016, with year-on-year growth of 0,9%, on the back of a moderate recovery in the economy, but...

Mining hits lows, but outlook is positive

According to PwC's annual Mine report, 2015 was a race to the bottom with many new records set by the world's 40 largest mining companies. The 13th in PwC's industry series analysing financial performance and global trends, the report reveals a first ever collective...

Born Free condemns Zambia’s hippo cull

International wildlife charity, Born Free Foundation, has condemned Zambia's plan to kill 400 hippopotamuses a year over the next five years in the Luangwa River Valley, an area famous as a wildlife stronghold. According to reports, the cull (which has already...

Russian Lurk gang behind bars

Kaspersky Lab experts and Sberbank, one of Russia's largest banks, worked closely with Russian law enforcement agencies to investigate the Lurk gang, culminating in the arrest of 50 people. Those detained are suspected of involvement in the creation of infected...

Tablets fall short by 100m units

The tablet market, which blazed a sales trail since its debut in 2010, seems to be 100-million units smaller than expected. This is according to Christopher Riley, CEO of The Notebook Company, who says: "The heyday of the tablet seems to have passed. While tablet...

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