Shifting IT priorities for learning in 2021

IT leaders working in education are no stranger to the profound impact of the pandemic. By Ronald Ravel, director: B2B at Dynabook South Africa While many countries have re-opened schools following lockdown periods, the last year of online learning has ushered a new...

Training intelligence a must in the upskilling of learners and staff

The focus should no longer be on learner outcomes, but performance outcomes. That is the unequivocal message from Paul Hanly, co-founder of South African end-to-end online learning solution provider New Leaf Technologies. He stresses that there needed to be direct...

Platform technology boosts democratisation of payments

The concept of platforms is nothing new. Our railways, phone networks and even our shipping industry are all examples of networks which operate under agreed universal standards and can be described as platforms. Today, we participate on tech platforms every day when...

Cash is king – but digital payments are coming for the throne

Even with a high banked population and a multitude of electronic payment options available, the average South African still use cash for daily purchases and payments with an estimated 78% to 80% of transactions being in cash. Anton van der Merwe, the...

How business can lead a revolution in education

The gap between businesses’ demand for digital skills and supply among the workforce is widening drastically. According to a global McKinsey survey nearly 90% of executives say they have a shortage of skills needed in their workforce already or expect this to be the...

Huawei celebrates top SA ICT Academy institutions, instructors

Huawei South Africa has held a Huawei ICT Academy Awards Ceremony, celebrating some of the milestones achieved through the Huawei ICT Academy programme and acknowledging top performing academies and instructors in the first half of 2021. The Huawei ICT Academy is a...