Mankind’s first journey to another star set for 2029 launch

Plans are underway for mankind’s first journey to another star – a trip that is expected to take about 80 000 years. The Fermi Explorer Mission, a nonprofit organisation, hopes to set off for Alpha Centauri by 2029. The more than 40-trillion kilometre journey is...

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...

Voice assistant transaction values set for 320% growth

E-commerce transaction values via voice assistants are tipped to reach $19,4-billion by 2023, rising from just $4,6-billion in 2021. A new study from Juniper Research predicts that the availability of voice assistant devices with screens will be imperative to...

Massive growth for AMD

American multinational semiconductor company, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), recorded tremendous growth in the first half of 2021. According to data presented by Safe Betting Sites, AMD's 2021 Q2 revenue experienced a 99% YoY increase from Q2 2020. AMD went through an...

Nigeria’s 2,6GHz auction positive for 4G

As Nigeria's Communications Commission resumes the auctioning of the 2,6GHz spectrum auction, the GSMA has issued a statement in light of these positive developments. Mortimer Hope, director of Africa at the GSMA, believes that this could be the ideal spectrum band to...

A way forward for STEM in Africa

With science taking centre stage, the Next Einstein Forum's Global Gathering, Africa's premiere global science and technology forum, has wrapped up with a clear path forward on how best to drive development through science, technology and innovation across Africa. The...

Mobile WiFi from Telkom Business

Telkom Business has launched its new Pocket WiFi solution offering businesses affordable mobile data connectivity in over 140 countries across the globe. Pocket WiFi is a portable, pocket-sized mobile hotspot that business people can travel with and use for global...

Android Trojan steal banking logins

Eset researchers have discovered a strain of Android malware that can steal the login credentials of mobile banking users. The malware presents victims with a fake version of the login screen of their banking application and locks the screen until they enter their...

Absa pilots social analytics platform

Absa Bank has launched an internal pilot of its social media and wider unstructured data analytics platform, Barclays Pronto, to select colleagues. Built in-house and entirely on open source technology, Barclays Pronto brings the voice of customers and other users...

Why you need disaster recovery

The average cost of downtime globally for mission-critical applications is almost $80 000 per hour. For non-mission-critical applications, this decreased to just under $60,000 per hour. This is according to the Veeam Availability Report for 2016, which finds that it...

Technology meets education at EduWeek

Intel is once again throwing its weight behind the EduWeek conference and exhibition, which this year celebrates its 10th anniversary. The event will take place on 29 and 30 June at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Midrand, Johannesburg. EduWeek has signed a new...

UCT physics department chills right down

The Physics Department at the University of Cape Town (UCT) recently acquired a Dilution Fridge, which is officially the coldest place in Africa with a temperature of 8,190mK (milli Kelvin) - or 122 times colder than the known naturally coldest place in the universe -...

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