REPORT: Enabling 4IR through the ICT Sector Workshop20190126093746
REPORT: Enabling 4IR through the ICT Sector Workshop
The technological and digital revolution of economies – particularly the world of work – has been a reality since the dawn of the 21st century...
TELKOM EMBRACES 4IR DEVELOPMENTS20190116130736
TELKOM EMBRACES 4IR DEVELOPMENTS
Technological progress is key to SA’s economic growth Telkom, the initial sponsor of the 4IRSA initiative, believes the Fourth Industrial Revolution...
THE FUTURE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN AFRICA20181229144824
THE FUTURE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN AFRICA
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the main driver of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR). And while it is not a new concept – for decades computers...
SOUTH AFRICA IS A MIX BAG ON ITS READINESS FOR 4IR20181226151157
SOUTH AFRICA IS A MIX BAG ON ITS READINESS FOR 4IR
The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) is happening all around the world. And while the government believes South Africa is ready for this digital phe...
IT’S TIME FOR SA TO EMBRACE ADVANCED MANUFACTURING20181218143117
IT’S TIME FOR SA TO EMBRACE ADVANCED MANUFACTURING
Manufacturing has been identified by South Africa as one the key sectors to focus on as it moves towards embracing the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4...
SA’S (FINALLY) TALKIN’ BOUT THE FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION20181122142818
SA’S (FINALLY) TALKIN’ BOUT THE FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
On a blistering hot Friday in Pretoria last week, behind the glass-and-steel architecture of the headquarters of troubled ICT firm BCX, something emer...
REPORT: Government and the Public Sector have a role to play in 4IR20181120203135
REPORT: Government and the Public Sector have a role to play in 4IR
The countries of the Global North are at the forefront of the changes taking place because of 4IR. However, developing economies, such as South Africa...
COSATU’S VICIOUS CYCLE OF DECLINE20180927132944
COSATU’S VICIOUS CYCLE OF DECLINE
Cosatu has come out of its 13th national congress emboldened by the idea that things can only get better. At some level this is true. Cosatu has hit r...