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...

Economic freedom allows better income mobility

Economic freedom enhances income mobility while the poor in unfree nations have fewer opportunities to escape poverty and build prosperity. This is among the findings of a study released today by the Free Market Foundation (FMF) in conjunction with Canada's Fraser...

African mobile phone market recovery still on track

Smartphone shipments into Africa grew 13,2% year on year in Q2 2021 to total 22,8-million devices, according to the latest insights from International Data Corporation (IDC). The Worldwide Quarterly Global Mobile Phone Tracker shows that feature phone shipments...

SA cities primed for outsourcing

South Africa is establishing itself as a successful emerging offshore destination for voice and non-voice outsourcing services, with Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban positioning themselves as the country's outsourcing hotspot trio. According to the 2015 Tholons Top...

IBM’s Watson to tackle cybercrime

IBM Security has launched Watson for Cyber Security, a new cloud-based version of the company's cognitive technology trained on the language of security as part of a year-long research project. To further scale the system, IBM plans to collaborate with eight...

Green light for Karoo solar power plant

The Kathu Solar Park project in South Africa, owned by an ENGIE-led consortium with South African partners, has signed a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Eskom, making it possible for construction at the site to begin shortly. The concentrated solar park,...

El-Nino threatens African supply chain continuity

Sub-Saharan Africa contributed slightly less risk to the global economy in the first quarter of 2016, from 2.46 points in the first quarter of 2016 to 2.47 in Q2, according to the CIPS Risk Index, powered by Dun & Bradstreet. However, underlying risk to supply...

What is driving African youth?

Young Africans are connected, switched on to a broader ecosystem, and want to make a difference in the world. Burson-Marsteller Africa has introduced The A-Generation Study showcasing six trends that reflect the mind set and changing priorities of African youth in...

Mobile app installs to top 210bn

Mobile device users installed nearly 156-billion mobile applications worldwide in 2015, generating $34,2-billion in direct (non-advertising) revenue. A new forecast from International Data Corporation (IDC) estimates that these figures will grow to more than...

FNB Connect makes WhatsApp free

As of 1 May 2016 all FNB Connect subscribers have been able to use WhatsApp messaging for free on any FNB Connect SIM. The growing demand for data usage and a large portion of Connect customers using the WhatsApp service on a daily basis has prompted FNB Connect to...

Is blockchain really effective?

While blockchain offers the potential to transform the financial services industry, fully achieving these benefits will require board level buy-in to a substantial commitment of time and resource, and active regulatory support for reform of business processes - with...

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