Tapiwa Mudungwe, iOCO business unit manager: data and analytics. South African businesses are racing to adopt AI, advanced analytics and automation, but many organisations are finding that their investments aren’t delivering the outcomes they expected. This is particularly true in projects where the outcomes required are in fact critical business insights or autonomous AI agents….
The communications department has told parliament that no date has been set for South Africa’s analogue television switch-off, and that it is concerned communities may believe otherwise. Director-general Nonkqubela Jordan-Dyani told the portfolio committee on communications & digital technologies on Friday, 14 August, that a date would be considered only after engagements with stakeholders had…
For most operations leaders, a point-of-sale system is where a transaction ends. A customer taps a card, a receipt prints, the sale closes. Fatima Khota, business unit manager for Rectron’s Automation and Data Capturing division. Image supplied Facilities management sits somewhere else entirely, in a different department, often a different budget line, dealing with a…
Women’s Day event held at DUT. The conversation around women in technology has matured significantly over the past decade: beyond asking how to ensure more women enter the industry, the more important question is how do we ensure they remain, progress and lead. Recruitment is only the first step; retention is the real measure of…
Gunther Wucherpfennig, Executive: Data Analytics and AI, Mint Group. The winners in the AI era won’t necessarily be the organisations with the best AI models. They’ll be the organisations with the most trusted, accessible, governed and business-ready data estates. That’s the view of Gunther Wucherpfennig, Executive: Data Analytics and AI at Mint Group, who notes…
Jeanne du Plessis, Solutions Manager, Osiris Technical Systems. RFID solutions enable bulk, contactless tracking of inventory and assets, helping organisations improve stock accuracy, accelerate supply chain logistics and reduce manual labour. Jeanne du Plessis, Solutions Manager at Osiris Technical Systems, points out that there is a growing demand for RFID across industries, as businesses increasingly…
Victor Mokoena was sentenced to life imprisonment on each of the four rape counts. (Image source: iStock) In a case reminiscent of the Thabo Bester Facebook rapist saga, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has welcomed the sentencing of 26-year-old Victor Mokoena to four terms of life imprisonment. This, after the Gauteng Division of the High…
Google co-founder Sergey Brin in recent months has urged key AI staff to go all in on the company’s Gemini model as it seeks to close the gap with rivals, two people familiar with his remarks have said. As Anthropic raced ahead with a preview of its powerful Claude Mythos model, Brin addressed hundreds of…
Vodacom South Africa CEO Sitho Mdlalose. Five Vodacom executives and the company secretary have sold a combined 63 216 shares, worth about R9.93 million, to settle tax obligations arising from the vesting of shares awarded under the company’s conditional and forfeitable share plan. The transactions, disclosed in accordance with the JSE Listings Requirements, took place…
Standard Bank Group reported technology costs of R11.83-billion in its banking operations for the six months to 30 June, up just 2% on the R11.62-billion a year earlier – 3% growth in constant currency – in a period in which it said almost three-quarters of its staff were active users of generative AI tools. The…
