In the AI era, control is not enough: you have to prove it

A new report from IBM, Proof, Not Promises: The Digital Sovereignty Index, reveals an “overconfidence gap”: leaders believe they can prove sovereign control of their technology, but the evidence often falls short of the Index’s highest standards. As AI adoption...

AI set to drive a net increase in jobs by 2030

AI is expected to drive a net increase of 1,7-million jobs by 2030, according to Gartner, which says AI will create more jobs than it eliminates - generating 10,6-million new jobs, while removing 8,9-million jobs worldwide by 2030. “Organisations most advanced in AI...

A familiar face takes the reins at Tarsus

By Mark Davison - After months of speculation, Alviva Holdings – parent company of Tarsus Distribution – has announced a new, permanent CEO for one of South Africa’s oldest and leading distributors. Thibault Dousson, currently director of Lenovo’s Solution and...

European orbiter detects hints of volcanic activity on Mars

New evidence from gas seeping above volcanic rifts suggests Mars is not geologically dead deep inside, but merely sleeping. Fresh fissures along the Alba Mons region hint at active spots under the surface, where gases from inside the planet may be making their way up...

Businesses are crucial gateways for creating inclusive prosperity

The 2021 Budget received a generally positive response from many quarters, which was reflected in a rise in markets on the day. Dumo Mbethe, CEO of Momentum Corporate, says the prioritisation of the vaccination campaign as part of the budget provisions is most...

Budget 2021 from an outside-in perspective

It's not all doom and gloom but government needs to get on with the job, writes David Rees, senior emerging markets economist at global asset manager Schroders. South Africa's Finance Minister, Tito Mboweni, delivered an upbeat budget to parliament on Wednesday....

Africa outperforms in SWIFT traffic

Data from SWIFT shows that its payment business in Africa has outperformed the total growth of the business globally.In the year to date, African payment traffic volumes grew by 13,2% versus 8,8% growth for SWIFT worldwide, highlighting the sustainable growth in the...

Apple Watch has lowest cost to price ratio

The much-anticipated new Apple Watch has the lowest hardware costs compared to retail price of any Apple phone IHS Technology has researched, according to a preliminary estimate by IHS and its Teardown Mobile Handsets Intelligence Service.The teardown of the Apple...

PC prices set to rise 10%

Device vendors will have to raise the prices of PCs to offset the effects of currency devaluation, according to Gartner. The research organisation says prices of PCs in the Eurozone and Japan, in particular, will increase by up to 10% during 2015. "We are currently...

BYOD nosedives, especially in government

Bring your own device (BYOD) interest is decreasing, particularly in government, according to recent Forrester data.Forty percent of government technology decision-makers said BYOD is not on their tech agenda and another 30% responded that it's a low priority. One...

New undersea cable to connect Africa, Europe

Alcatel-Lucent and the Algerian Ministry of Post, Information Technology and Communications, have signed a turnkey agreement for the deployment of the Orval system, an over 560 km fibre-optic undersea cable that will link Oran in Algeria to Valencia, Spain.With...

Phablets set to outsell portable PC sales

One of the biggest growth areas in the mobile industry is the burgeoning sales of “phablets”, the nickname for smartphones with screen sizes varying from 5,5 inches to less than 7 inches.These units will outsell portable PCs during 2015, says Christopher Riley, CEO of...

Gijima shares suspended

Gijima shares on the Johannesburg Securities Exchange (JSE) have been suspended from Monday 4 May, leading up to the company’s delisting on 12 May. This follows an agreement for Guma to acquire all of the remaining shares in Gijima, which was approved by 99,38% of shareholders last month. Gijima will now voluntarily delist, and will henceforth operate as a private company.

Tesla brings clean energy home

Elon Musk’s Tesla has launched Tesla Energy, a suite of batteries for homes, businesses and utilities, fostering a clean energy ecosystem and helping wean the world off fossil fuels. The company is already working with utilities and other renewable power partners around the world to deploy storage on the grid to improve resiliency and cleanliness of the grid as a whole. The Tesla Powerwall is a rechargeable lithium-ion battery designed to store energy at a residential level for load shifting, backup power and self-consumption of solar power generation.

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