As African CEOs embrace AI, ROI is still elusive

By Kathy Gibson - African companies are in the middle of learning and adopting artificial intelligence (AI), and adapting to the changes it brings. But they are also looking beyond adoption at how to measure value from their AI investments, says Ladi Asuni, partner...

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...

Spam still most popular way to get consumers’ cash

The business and private use of technology has been continuously growing for years, but the massive global switch to remote working has led to an explosion of attack surfaces, significantly increasing the opportunities for cyber-criminals to exploit. Recent local...

EMEA PC market grows despite supply constraints

EMEA shipments of traditional PCs (desktops, notebooks, and workstations) will reach 95,8-million in 2021, a 13,2% YoY growth, according to research by International Data Corporation (IDC). This includes 24,1-million PC shipments (+11,4% YoY) in 2021Q3. This can be...

Blockchain could aid government authority

Blockchain technologies (the technical foundation for Bitcoin) hold great potential to solve government's long-term challenge of establishing clear rules about who has control over specific types of information. Additional governmental obstacles that blockchain...

Why EFT is making a comeback

Electronic fund transfers (EFT) may be one of the older payment methods on the block, but thanks to fraud and crime they are experiencing a revival.  As technology platforms evolve to make EFTs more easily managed by users and merchants alike, they are growing in...

Cell C gets 600Mbps in LTE-U test

Cell C, in conjunction with Huawei, achieved speeds of over 600Mbps download on its LTE-U test site. Using a pre-commercial device, Cell C used 15MHz of its licensed spectrum in 2100MHz and 2 x 20MHz of spectrum in the 5GHz Wi-Fi band to conduct the test. Using this...

Breakthrough in storage tech

For the first time, scientists at IBM Research have demonstrated reliably storing three bits of data per cell using a relatively new memory technology known as phase-change memory (PCM). The current memory landscape spans from DRAM to hard disk drives to flash. But in...

Bleak outlook for SA’s ISPs

Internet services providers in South Africa face a number of challenges as market growth rates subside, despite the high growth opportunities in fibre and cloud services. This is according to a new report from ICT analyst firm BMI-TechKnowledge, entitled "SA Internet...

Sticky solution to self-driving accidents

Google has received a patent for a way of reducing injuries in pedestrians involved in accidents with self-driving cars. The San Jose Mercury reports that the company has applied for and been granted a patent for any crash to "glue" the pedestrian to the vehicle. "The...

Craig Venter launches online sports betting site

Former Altech CEO Craig Venter has launched ClickaBet, an online sports betting site. Sports enthusiasts can go online, predict sports results, and place a wager on the outcome. It allows bets anytime, anywhere for the tech-savvy sports fan, and rewards winners with...

Telkom offers Avaya services in the cloud

Telkom is working with Avaya to offer communications as a service (CaaS) to businesses across the country. Telkom will host Avaya's innovative communications solutions and make them available to businesses in a cloud services model for the countries it operates in...

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