by Kathy Gibson | Apr 15, 2024 | Trends and Analysis
The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) has released its Annual Industry Report 2024, outlining 10 predictions for 2024 and beyond that are expected to change the way wireless technology is used by communities and businesses across the world, including improved...
by Kathy Gibson | Apr 15, 2024 | Trends and Analysis
5G has held out the promise of faster, more pervasive technology for some years – and it’s finally going mainstream in 2024. The November 2023 edition of the Ericsson Mobility Report projects that total mobile subscriptions in sub-Saharan Africa will grow at 3 percent...
by Kathy Gibson | Mar 15, 2024 | Trends and Analysis
Global economic prospects remain subdued and fraught with uncertainty. This is according to the latest Chief Economists Outlook, as the global economy continues to grapple with headwinds from tight financial conditions, geopolitical rifts and rapid advances in...
by Kathy Gibson | Mar 15, 2024 | Trends and Analysis
Generative AI (GenAI) was a groundbreaking development last year, with the emergence of popular chatbots such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Bard taking the technology world by storm. However, using the large language models (LLMs) powering these chatbots has...
by Kathy Gibson | Mar 15, 2024 | Trends and Analysis
New research by Google shows that search interest in artificial intelligence (AI) increased by 370% over the last year, as 91% of South Africa thinks life with AI will look different five years from now. Searches for AI reached an all-time high last year in South...
by Kathy Gibson | Mar 15, 2024 | Trends and Analysis
A new forecast from International Data Corporation (IDC) shows shipments of artificial intelligence (AI) PCs – personal computers with specific system-on-a-chip (SoC) capabilities designed to run generative AI tasks locally – growing from nearly 50-million units in...
