IT spend will breach $7trn for the first time in 2027

Worldwide IT spending is expected to reach $7,35-trillion in 2027, up 15% from 2026, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. “Collectively, the market forces are reinforcing spend around AI infrastructure, AI-enabled cloud platforms, and advanced software...

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...

Uber now serves 80% of the urban population

Uber has announced its expansion into over 21 smaller cities and towns across South Africa, making Uber available in over 40 cities across the country, and serving more than 80% of the urban populations. Riders will be able to request a ride in Polokwane, Cape West...

Future still rosy for PC gaming

Despite the looming threat of mobile gaming, PC games are still a huge revenue-generating machine bringing billions of dollars of profit each year and the number of PC gamers is also on the rise. During 2020, the global sales of gaming PCs grew by 16,2%, thanks mainly...

Google to train 1m Africans in digital skills

Google has announced a commitment to train 1-million young Africans in digital skills in the next year. In realising this commitment, Google is supporting its partner Livity Africa to run two training programmes: “Digify Bytes” to give digital skills to young people...

DFA buys into FTTH business SADV

Open-access fibre infrastructure provider DFA has acquired a significant minority stake in SA Digital Villages (SADV), which operates in the FTTH market segment. The transaction will see SADV reposition itself as a wholesale open access FTTH service provider in the...

How to remain digitally relevant

By 2025, jobs which were common place in 2015 will no longer exist – and students graduating in 2016 will have obsolete qualifications for which there will no longer be a profession. This is according to Wayne Houghton, director of growth implementation solutions at...

Zuckerberg outlines Facebook’s strategy

Automated bots are set to become more of a feature on Facebook, interacting with users. This was one of the announcements that CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced at the company’s F8 2016 conference yesterday, as he outlined Facebook’s technology plans for the next 10...

Strijdom Park to get high-speed fibre

BitCo, a Tier 1 Internet and telephony service provider, will be installing a fibre network to service business in the Strijdom Park area near Randburg. Cable infrastructure specialist Global Platinum Solutions (GPS) was commissioned to lay the fibre optic network....

Where are the hotspots for foreign investment?

While the global economy may be stuck in low gear for another year, analysis released today points to 15 investment hotspots in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region that should offer some good news to businesses. IHS announced the findings from its study...

Mystery of the migrating poles

Using satellite data on how water moves around Earth, NASA scientists have solved two mysteries about wobbles in the planet's rotation -- one new and one more than a century old. The research may help improve our knowledge of past and future climate, and explain why...

Online retail is coming of age

A global consumer digital revolution is underway as consumers push the boundaries of online shopping. For retailers and consumer goods companies the disruption by online business is increasingly gaining momentum. This is according to PwC's "Total Retail 2016" survey...

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