Forecasting in an age of digital disruption

Forecasting in an age of digital disruption

“Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future,” Nobel prize winner Niels Bohr famously said. He was talking about his chosen field, physics, but as any CFO will tell you, the sentiment applies just as aptly to the world of finance. Arun Babu, Digital and...
Africa is not a data desert

Africa is not a data desert

By Ben Leo, CEO of Fraym The data age has opened up a world of renewed understanding in the ways we live and work, providing insights that hold the potential to improve lives for billions around the globe. The ability to collect and process vast numbers of data...
AI: The apex of tech, policy challenges

AI: The apex of tech, policy challenges

By Aalia Manie, Senior Associate at Webber Wentzel Artificial intelligence (AI) is the apex of today’s technology age as we push the boundaries towards Industry 4.0 and superintelligence. It is already here in disruptive narrow forms, cutting across the economy and...
Combining machine learning with IoT

Combining machine learning with IoT

Forrester is advising CIOs to leverage machine learning to turn the wealth of data obtained in Internet of Things (IoT) deployments into actionable insights. Successful companies in the industrial sector that are doing this are not only predicting problems and...