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...

Top-performing companies tend to collaborate with competitors

There is a sharp divide in the digital strategies of better performing companies (Leaders) versus the laggards (Followers), with 80% of Leaders more willing to collaborate with competitors compared to Followers (23%). This is among the findings of global study titled...

New model could make African philanthropy more effective

The sustainable development of the not-for-profit sector in Africa is being challenged by an imbalance in international investment. This is the suggestion found in new research co-commissioned by Vodacom, Safaricom and Vodafone Foundation, which finds that foreign...

Virtual reality set for massive growth

According to the Worldwide Augmented and Virtual Reality Hardware Forecast, 2016-2020, worldwide shipments of Virtual Reality (VR) hardware will skyrocket in 2016. The broader VR ecosystem will benefit from this rapid growth. The shipments of VR devices worldwide are...

Modest growth for Ethernet switches

The worldwide Ethernet switch market (Layer 2/3) recorded $5,48-billion in revenue in the first quarter of 2016 (1Q16), an increase of 1,4% year over year. Meanwhile, the worldwide total enterprise and service provider (SP) router market finished at $3,47-billion in...

Server microprocessors to reach $15bn

Worldwide x86 and ARM server-class microprocessor revenue will increase 1,3% to $13,9-billion while server microprocessor market unit shipments will increase 3,5% to 22,9-million units in 2016, according to a new forecast from the International Data Corporation (IDC)....

How to recover from ‘junk’

This evening (3 June), Standard & Poor's (S&P) Ratings Service will release its latest review of the South African sovereign's credit rating, with the country hoping it won't be downgraded to "junk" status. Christie Viljoen, an economist at KPMG South Africa,...

Mobile-first makes Africa vulnerable

There are deep disparities in the threat environments in Africa - and the potential for increased attacks as cyber-criminals target mobile devices. This is among the findings from Check Point Software Technologies' quarterly Threat Index, which provides a data-based...

Smartphones still growing, but slower

Smartphone shipments are expected to grow 3,1% in 2016, which is a substantial slowdown from the 10,5% growth in 2015 and 27,8% in 2014. According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, shipments are expected to hit...

Tablets will return to growth by 2018

Worldwide tablet shipments are expected to decline for the second straight year in 2016, dropping 9,6% compared to 2015 volumes, according to a new International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwise Quarterly Tablet Tracker forecast. The tablet market in totality has seen...

ICT key to reducing carbon emissions

ICT-enabled solutions could reduce EU carbon emissions by over 1,5Gt CO2e by 2030 - this is a saving equivalent to almost 19 times the size of the expected footprint of the EU's ICT sector in 2030, or 37% of the EU's total emissions in 2012. This is one of the...

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