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2022 Predictions: These are The Five Tech Trends That Will Dominate Business in 2022
Pressure from the global COVID pandemic has forced businesses to embrace bold changes. Currently, digital transformation has a significant impact on organisations. A recent forecast the digital transformation market will grow at a Compound Annual Growth Rate of 19.1% by 2026. “Data…
AI, Chatbots & Their Influence on Mobile Technology
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a widely spread concept today mainly used to automate several business processes. From education to fitness, AI is now spreading like a wildfire to make services more accessible for users. Relatively, chatbots are also now witnessing…
RoboDog Worth “Hundreds of Thousands” Lost from Joburg Science Centre
An AI-powered “RoboDog” has disappeared from the Sci-Bono Discovery Centre in Newtown, Johannesburg prompting the centre to appeal to anyone with information on its whereabouts to come forward. The dog was last seen late yesterday afternoon (Thursday, 25 November 2021)…
South Africa Has a New AI-Powered Digital Transformation Advisor
An innovative local software development partnership between 4Sight Holdings and Bidvest Advisory Services has created 4MIA powered by ALICE TM, a first-of-its-kind AI-powered automated digital transformation advisor. Developed on the ALICE TM platform, the intelligent predictive solution Monitors, Investigates and…
How AI Can Predict Website Outages Before They Happen
Facebook’s recent outage highlights the need for intelligent IT solutions that reduce downtime and prevent incidents before they happen, according to JSE-listed telecommunications and information technology Altron. “By incorporating artificial intelligence (AI), IT operations can observe, act and learn without…
Standard Bank to Launch Innovation Lab with Amazon Web Services in SA
Standard Bank and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have announced an expansion of their strategic relationship to drive the growth of Africa through digital infrastructure, digital ecosystems, and future-ready solutions that empower our customers and our partners. Building on a relationship…
Nedbank Launches “Enbi” – A New Intelligent Chatbot Assistant
Nedbank South Africa has announced the launch of a series of enhancements to its digital services, including the introduction of a conversational AI-powered chatbot. “In line with its commitment to offer cutting-edge digital banking that adds real value to clients,…
Is South Africa Ready for the Next Phase in the Cloud Evolution?
Public cloud has taken centre stage in the global IT space, thanks in large part to the pandemic forcing accelerated adoption of next-generation technology solutions. According to Forrester Research, the global public cloud infrastructure market will grow 35% to $120-billion…
Can AI-Powered Virtual Assistants Unlock the Potential of SA Enterprises?
During the pandemic, South African businesses have put innovation on the backburner and focused on keeping their businesses operational in trying circumstances – it wasn’t about growth, it was about survival. Now, however, forward-looking companies are putting strategic growth back…
Top 4 Most Trending Stories – Week in Review
As this week comes to a close we take a look at the stories that resonated most with our readers. This week was capped by Telkom choosing who would fill its top executive role. Readers were also engaged by a…
SA First Country in the World to Award a Patent to an AI-Made Invention
South Africa is believed to be the first country in the world to award a patent to an invention created by an artificial intelligence (AI). Recently, a new interlocking food and beverage container based on fractal geometry has been awarded…
An AI-Powered Camera App is Helping the Taxi Industry Fight COVID-19
Quickloc8, a technology start-up company, is making AI a reality for the taxi industry. The company is partnering with local taxi owners and associations in South Africa, by providing practical and innovative solutions to modernise the industry by allowing it…
Are Chatbots the Answer for SA’s Service Delivery Woes?
South African Finance Minister Tito Mboweni recently said that communities and businesses are becoming increasingly intolerant of municipalities that can neither deliver basic services nor conduct their administration effectively. With lack of employee capacity being one of the root causes…
7 Compelling Benefits to Letting AI Power Your Business
If you were wondering why Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become a popular topic among digital transformation strategies across the industry spectrum, then you may be missing the boat on the tech world’s latest reason to make your business more profitable…
Top 5 Tech Sectors Expected to Explode in the Next 5 Years
Five key tech sectors will explode in usage, expected to enjoy a combined growth of more than 400% over the next five years, according to market reports. These innovation pacesetters – nanotechnology, AI, Digital Twins, genomics and other biotech life…
How SMEs Can Take Advantage of Intelligent Automation and Why They Should
In the past, most business experts believed that there were simply too many situations, variables, and possibilities for companies to manage to effectively be able to automate their front-office processes and procedures. This was especially true for those processes and…
