Robotics in the News

The World Economic Forum has published its 2020 Future of Jobs report, looking at how demand for certain job types are expected to change over the next few years.

Robots and artificial intelligence has caught the public’s imagination. A survey of public attitudes to these technologies in eleven countries, including South Africa, shows that people feel uncomfortable with robots that look and behave like humans.

South Africa’s youth will require high levels of digital skills and 21st-century life skills, including scientific, digital, financial and cultural fluency, the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies says.

Digital technologies are driving big changes in the financial management of businesses. Here is how South Africa’s financial leaders are adapting.

Professional services company Ernst & Young (EY),  in association with Hult International Business School, has announced the first-ever fully virtual Master of Business Administration (MBA) with a focus on technology. 

Recent research from Sage reveals that South African CFOs are not afraid to embrace automation and AI.

Google has announced a long-term partnership with security company ADT to create a suite of smart home security offerings.

Basic Education Minster Angie Motshekga says government is putting the final touches on the coding and robotics curriculum developed for Grades R-9, which is due for completion by the end of July.

Covid-19 has forever altered the normal way of working.

South Africa needs to look at more innovative ways of using the fourth industrial revolution, including artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, augmented reality, simulations and automation, says minister of Higher Education and Technology Blade Nzimande.