Why ethics must be at the heart of AI
By ZOAIB HOOSEN Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are more than trendy or futuristic topics – they are real computing advances that are playing out in homes and businesses today. In simple terms, AI is a machine’s ability to reason, and make decisions based on that reasoning, in similar ways to human beings. AI systems learn More...
Mobile app to address Ekurhuleni service delivery issues
Dinah Kheswa, Managing Executive for Vodacom Business Public Sector JOHANNESBURG – THE Ekurhuleni Municipality in Gauteng is set to efficiently and effectively manage service delivery issues faced by citizens More...
Entries open for top Africa innovation prize
Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation 2018 runner-up winner Collins Saguru is congratulated by Rebecca Enonchong JOHANNESBURG – ENGINEERS from sub-Saharan Africa have been encouraged to enter the fifth More...
Bakkiefy, the mobile app modernising movement of property
Business partner, Tshepo Mohlala JOHANNESBURG – ARGUABLY a first in South Africa and most probably the continent, a new mobile application has been created making bakkie hiring services easily accessible More...
Chatbot Week Africa underway across continent
JOHANNESBURG – ORACLE, the technology organisation, is driving awareness of chatbots for different industries across the continent. The awareness is held under the aegis of the Chatbot Week Africa, hosted More...
Entries open for MTN App of the Year awards
MTN JOHANNESBURG – LOCAL application developers have been invited to apply for the MTN Business App of the Year Awards. It will be the seventh edition of South Africa’s premier app development competition. Wanda More...
Young South Africans groomed for jobs in ICT sector
JOHANNESBURG – SOME 22 previously disadvantaged South African students have begun careers in the country’s fast-growing information and communications technology (ICT) industry. This after completing a More...
US tackles African youth gender technology divide
cyber crime WINDHOEK – SOME 100 students have converged in Namibia for an initiative by the United States (US) to impart skills and create opportunities for African high school girls in science, technology, engineering, More...
Woman power rules as SEG win FNB Innovation Awards
First National Bank head office in Johannesburg, SA JOHANNESBURG – SARYX Engineering Group (SEG) has been announced as the overall winner of the 2018 First National Bank Business Innovation Awards (FNB BIA). Founded More...
Huawei projects digital economy to reach $23 trillion by 2025
JOHANNESBURG – ARTIFICIAL intelligence (AI) could almost double the value of the digital economy to US$23 trillion by 2025 but a scarcity in talent worldwide might hamper this growth. This is according to More...