Dec 13, 2016
South African employers report cautiously optimistic hiring intentions for the next three months, with 13% of employers forecasting an increase in staffing levels, 5% expecting a decrease, and 80% anticipating no change. Once the data is adjusted to allow for seasonal...
Dec 12, 2016
What technology trends are going to be relevant for Africa in the year ahead? Frost & Sullivan looks at the technology landcape from an African perspective, what it actually means for the market in its application and the wider implications in its development and...
Dec 9, 2016
Doug Woolley is to take on the leadership of Dell EMC South Africa in February 2017, following the merger of Dell and EMC in September. Woolley was the country manager of Dell SA, while Jonas Bogoshi headed up EMC. There has been no indication yet of Bogoshi’s future...
Dec 9, 2016
By 2030, a significant proportion of the service element of contact centre operations will be automated, rather than provided by the human agent. This will result from significant advances in artificial intelligence (AI), especially in intelligent queue management,...
Dec 8, 2016
Computer science remains one of the most exciting, transformative and lucrative careers for the youth to embark upon, but is still underrepresented in terms of race and female developers. Code.org is an NGO on a mission to change this through their annual global...
Dec 6, 2016
2017 is set to be another hard year for the South African IT industry – there will be growth, but it will take hard work and plenty of innovation to achieve it. Mark Walker, associate vice-president: sub-Saharan Africa, IDC Middle East, Africa and Turkey, points to...
