Rewriting the rules of buying – smarter local buying could reboot South Africa’s manufacturing sector
South Africa’s manufacturing sector has become largely stagnant, with years of factory closures, shrinking order books, rising input costs and erratic demand hollowing out industrial capacity that once anchored hundreds of thousands of jobs. Yet this…
Africa Unites Behind New Golf Tourism Convention to Drive Investment, Tourism and Economic Growth
Africa is home to some of the world’s most spectacular golf courses, breathtaking landscapes and unforgettable tourism experiences. Yet despite its enormous potential, the continent accounts for only a small share of the global golf tourism market.…
Fire safety cannot be left until the end of construction
In construction, fire safety can look like something that belongs near the end of a project, when plans are checked, inspections take place, and handover documents are prepared. In reality, the important decisions are made much earlier. A specified…
Skills development needs to earn its place on the business
When did your business last expect a return on its training spend? A real, measurable and commercial return that you would require from any other investment in the business? For most companies, the honest answer is never. Skills development is often…
Why South Africa’s youth unemployment crisis Is also a digital skills crisis
As artificial intelligence reshapes finance, enterprise technology and professional services, South African business leaders mark World Youth Skills Day with a warning: the country’s youth unemployment crisis cannot be solved without closing a parallel,…
Binance research: prediction markets, tokenized equities, and cross-market investing reshape market activity
New commentary finds SPCX perp volume jumped 18x post-IPO, while bStocks delivered 0.12% price parity during market closure Binance Research, the market research arm of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange Binance, has recently published a…
Why reach is still one of media monitoring’s most misunderstood metrics
Reach is one of the first numbers people look for in a media report. It is big, easy to understand, and gives the impression of broad visibility. That is also why it can be misleading. A reach figure indicates how many people could have been exposed to a…
Healthcare AI will only scale in South Africa if the data can be trusted
Healthcare leaders shouldn’t be asking what AI tool to buy first, but whether their data environment is safe and trusted enough to support AI. There is a lot of pressure on healthcare leaders to show how artificial intelligence will improve care, reduce…
African cities need intelligence, not just smart city infrastructure
I am less interested in whether a city can call itself smart than whether it can act intelligently when something goes wrong. Too many smart city conversations still begin with the visible symbols of progress, for example, cameras,…
Maximizing Uptime: The Power of AI Troubleshooting for Industrial Networks
By Rohit Agarwalla, Senior Director of Product Management and Technical Marketing, at CiscoIndustrial environments are entering the era of Physical AI. Driven by machine vision, autonomous vehicles, and Software-Defined Automation, this new intelligence…