If Africa is to catch up with the rest of the developed world in terms of understanding and unpacking the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), it needs to start with defining it the “African way”. This ...

Saleem Badat is Research Professor in Humanities at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. He is the former vice-chancellor of the university currently called Rhodes. The recent Daily Maverick column by ...

The fourth industrial revolution (4IR) is upon us. 4IR is affecting all levels of society, including the world of work. In his recent book, Magnetiize, John Sanei asks: "Am I running away from the ...

The fourth industrial revolution (4IR), which began as an initiative to combat challenges faced by the manufacturing sector, has grown to include almost every sector and is set to influence every ...

The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) offers opportunities for countries to advance their economic prospects through innovative technology that drive growth. South Africa is part of this change. This ...

The government should implement strategies aimed at dealing with the fourth industrial revolution (4IR) instead of searching for inputs on how it will look. These were among the concerns shared by the ...

We’re witnessing a dramatic period of technological change that will permanently alter how we interact with one another and the world around us. With the rapid proliferation of companies that focus on ...

As government leaders from around the world gather in New York City this month for the 72 nd Session of the United Nations General Assembly, I have been reflecting on the role of the private sector in ...

The fourth industrial revolution can compromise people’s traditional sources of meaning — work, community, family, and identity — or it can lift humanity into a new collective and moral consciousness, ...

Okun's law is named after an economist who, in the 1960s, investigated the statistical relationship between a country's unemployment rate in relation to the growth rate of its economy. According to ...