Mariëtte Frazer

Jul 9, 2024 | bizcommunity.com | Mike Smollan |Linda Saunders |Craig Blignaut |Mariëtte Frazer

Advertise your job vacancies With a unique landscape marked by diverse consumer needs, a burgeoning youth population, growing levels of technology adoption, and a rapidly changing economic environment, Africa’s retail sector is ripe for innovation. Retailers across the continent are looking for innovative ways to stay ahead and increasingly leaning into Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a pivotal technological asset to carve out competitive edges.

Jun 10, 2024 | bizcommunity.com | Peter Walsh |Lindsey Schutters |Mariëtte Frazer

A report by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) shows that Africa has one of the world's lowest rates of internet access, with only about 28% of the people using the internet. This statistic reveals the huge untapped opportunity for IoT applications to close the digital gap and increase connectivity in the region.

Apr 26, 2024 | bizcommunity.com | Linda Saunders |Mariëtte Frazer |Mike Higley

Search jobs Customer service is in a state of flux. As budgets and staffing levels increase, so have customer expectations, keeping efficiency critical for delivering higher quality of service. Linda Saunders - Director Solutions Engineering Africa, SalesforceToday’s customers demand fast, consistent, and personalised interactions, yet service teams are spread thin, with inefficient processes and manual taskwork monopolising agents' time and jeopardising the customer experience.

Apr 9, 2024 | bizcommunity.com | Jeff Ryan |Mariëtte Frazer |Riyaat Phillips

The South African manufacturing sector is on the cusp of a revolution driven by the powerful combination of robotics and machine learning (ML). This technology has the potential to significantly boost productivity, efficiency, and competitiveness for local companies that embrace it. Yaskawa Motoman HC robots"Machine learning in automation and robotics allows for a significant increase in productivity within manufacturing processes," says Andrew Crackett, managing director at Yaskawa South Africa.

Mar 18, 2024 | bizcom.to | Juandre Appelgryn |Mariëtte Frazer |M. Roberts-Lombard |KA Mntande

Search jobs The University of Johannesburg (UJ) vice-chancellor and principal professor Letlhokwa Mpedi, together with his family, launched the Mpedi Family Neurodiversity Studies Scholarship. This initiative signifies a commitment to fostering inclusive research and addressing the unique challenges faced by individuals with neurodiverse conditions. The scholarship is worth R250 000. An additional R50,000 is set aside for the assessments of children at the Centre for Neurodiversity@UJ.