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Towards a world without waste
Coca-Cola Beverages Africa invests in circular economy to promote employment and environmental good...
The case for AI literacy
Debates about AI skills, ethics and jobs overlook a fundamental aspect...
ChatGPT’s potential to revolutionise retail and education
As AI chatbots evolve, they’ll offer personalised consumer experiences and become partners in education
New leaders gathering valuable education data to help improve the system
The data is pulled together to help the minister, the school principal, as well as the district official to plan better
Business and the Tech Shake-up
Business in a 4IR world is as far removed from ‘business as usual’ as you can get.
Emerging Tech, Africa Style
Africa is a vast continent with many social, economic and political challenges. In a Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) world, technology may be able to help address many of the issues Africans face on a daily basis, from education to healthcare, food security and even political accountability.
It All Starts with Data, Your Data
Data is the fuel driving the future world, so its hardly surprising that technologies like machine learning, artificial intelligence, robotics, facial and voice recognition, wearables and even gene-based solutions are hungry for this valuable resource.
GIBS and Georgia Tech join forces for Emerging to Converging Technology Conference
GIBS has joined forces with one of the world's leading research universities, the Georgia School of Technology (Georgia Tech) in the United States, to host the Emerging to Converging Technology Conference.
Big Data is Watching You
There is an enormous pool of data, much of it without barriers. The potential to mine data for practical application is now not only possible, but critical as a business driver.