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...

Hybrid auditing requires transformed processes

Audit functions that fail to adapt well to hybrid auditing risk a loss of effectiveness and influence at a time when real-time assurance has never been more vital to the wider organisation, according to Gartner. With hybrid audit engagements here to stay for the...

Mixed results for industrial printers

New data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Industrial Printer Tracker shows that worldwide shipments slowed slightly year-over-year in the second quarter of 2021 (2Q21). "Overall large format and industrial printer shipments declined...

How to spot a Facebook scam

Hoaxes are all over Facebook and with users often encouraged or forced via hijacks and hacks to share and like content, it will often seem like the hoax has been personally vouched for by your friend. This is the word from Carey van Vlaanderen, CEO of ESET Southern...

ShowMax expands offerings across Africa

Internet TV services ShowMax has expanded its footprint to 36 additional countries across sub-Saharan Africa, and now supplies subscription video on demand services to 65 countries worldwide. The sub-Saharan service costs $7.99 per month for unlimited viewing. The...

Bio-manufacturing centre opens in Pretoria

The Minister of Science and Technology Naledi Pandor has opened a bio-manufacturing centre in Pretoria at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). The Bio-Manufacturing Industry Development Centre (BIDC) is a first of its kind in South Africa and it...

ACSA launches Kimberley’s second solar plant

Airports Company South Africa has launched its second solar power plant at Kimberley Airport in the Northern Cape. Kimberley Airport is the second regional airport in South Africa to be powered through solar energy. The solar farm is located on 0,7 hectares of land...

Greenpeace responds to Eskom statement

Eskom CEO Brain Molefe, during his State of the System briefing, stated that Renewable Energy has been a 'disappointment'. Greenpeace has responded: "Greenpeace condemns the anti-renewable energy propaganda coming from Eskom in the strongest possible terms, at a time...

MTN opens store in Mall of Africa

MTN has unveiled its first digital store at the newly-opened Mall of Africa. The high-tech retail store is designed to offer a seamless in-store customer experience. The flagship store is the first of many to be rolled-out in South Africa, and caters to convenience...

Moderate decline in printing volumes

The latest end-user printing industry survey conducted by International Data Corporation (IDC) in key Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa (CEMA) countries, reveals that the number of pages printed in home and office segments (excluding pages printed on...

SA, China work together on ICT

The Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services has strengthened ties with the People's Republic of China. The deputy minister, Prof Hlengiwe Mkhize and the vice-minister of cyber space administration of the People's Republic of China Wang Xiujun have...

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