Worldwide shipments reached 33.9 million units in the fourth quarter of 2016, growing 16.9% year-over-year, says IDC.
Kaspersky Lab formed Earth 2050 to assist it in developing a realistic view of what to expect from future technology.
This will include navigation and planning, air law and procedures and principles of flight, among others.
Local companies are now focused on the potential of the technology to bring value into businesses, says Deloitte.
LarcAI aims to leverage advances in machine learning and artificial intelligence to automate mundane digital human effort.
The tech giant says 10 million units of its cheap cardboard virtual reality headsets have been shipped.
The company showcases a delivery concept that will use self-driving vans and drones to deliver parcels to hard-to-reach places in cities.
The chip manufacturer says the wearables journey is only beginning and will soon encompass children, feet and clothing outlets.
M2M can optimise the logistics of route planning and the different deliveries a fleet must accomplish, says Val Moodley, acting GM and head of Cloud Portfolio at MTN Business SA.
This week's Samsung Africa Forum plays host to a windless air-conditioner and an app that replaces the TV remote.
The event will host premium smartphone launches and showcase apps, wearables, virtual reality headsets, robots and drones.
Smart glasses will be the highest growth sector of the consumer wearables segment over the next five years, predicts Juniper Research.