How can SA plug the ICT skills gap?

Kathy Gibson reports from the IITPSA Workforce Conference – While South Africa records the highest unemployment rate in the world, there is still a dire shortage of critical IT skills. Presenting the IITPSA IT Skills Survey, Lehlohonolo  Mokenela, MD of Africa...

Is talent debt depleting your institutional knowledge?

Organisations cutting costs through workforce reduction to weather tough conditions may be trading a visible saving for an invisible liability that will cost them far more later, warns Advaita Naidoo, Africa MD at executive search firm Jack Hammer Global. “Globally,...

In 2027, AI could account for 20% of all business tech spend

In the coming year, CIOs and CISOs will face growing pressure to realise returns on their AI investments in infrastructure, security, digital sovereignty, and emerging technologies, according to Forrester’s 2027 technology and security predictions. Additionally, with...

Banks expect to hand decisions to AI – even if they can’t explain them

Banks are racing toward a future where AI no longer merely informs key credit, treasury, and risk decisions – it makes them autonomously. Yet AI governance is not keeping pace with adoption, according to new AI risk research by FT Longitude, SAS and Microsoft. Even as...

AI spend soars to unprecedented levels

Worldwide spending on AI is forecast to total $2,7-trillion in 2026, a 49,5% increase year-over-year, according to Gartner. “Demand for AI infrastructure (including AI-optimised IaaS, AI-optimised servers, AI network fabric, AI processing semiconductors and devices)...

European AI spend on track for $470bn by 2030

European spending on artificial intelligence will reach nearly $470-billion in 2030, growing at a CAGR of 35% over the 2025 to 2030 forecast period, according to the IDC Worldwide AI and Generative AI Spending Guide 2026 V2. Generative AI (GenAI) solutions are already...

Another day, another rogue AI attack. This time from Meta

Meta has confirmed that its Muse Spark 1.1 AI model breached an external company's internal systems during cybersecurity testing. According to the company, independent testing company Irregular caused a misconfiguration that gave one of its AI models Internet access...

AI infrastructure boom shifts from chip race to supply-chain race

AI infrastructure spending has entered a new phase, says GlobalData, with demand outpacing semiconductors, memory, and power capacity despite record earnings across the technology ecosystem. This earnings season reveals that capital investment, geopolitics, and...

Vast majority of SA children are functionally illiterate

Nearly a million (914 000) South African Grade 4 pupils cannot read for meaning in any of the country's 11 official languages. With 81% of the cohort functionally illiterate, the country places last among the 57 countries and regions assessed in the most recent...

70% of South Africans have been hit by data breaches

South Africa was the 42nd most breached country in the world during the first half of the year, with 359 600 leaked accounts, according to the latest data from cybersecurity firm Surfshark. Globally, a total of 313,4-million accounts were breached, with the US ranking...

The Open Web is now the ‘Controlled Web’

Only 18,5% of the world's most-visited landing pages are operating without any technical barrier to automated access, according to a new study by Web data extraction specialist Zyte. This means that less than one in five of all the most-visited sites are fully open...

Cyberespionage a growing threat in META

While most cyberthreat categories declined over the past year in the META region, cyberespionage continues to intensify - with spyware attacks increasing by 40% in Africa and password stealer attacks growing by 31%, according to cybersecurity experts at Kaspersky. The...

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AgriLogiq and NEC XON scale data-driven farming across Africa

AgriLogiq and NEC XON have announced a strategic partnership that brings together advanced agricultural technology expertise and enterprise-grade digital infrastructure to deliver integrated, end-to-end solutions for modern, protected, and data-driven farming. The...

SA CISOs facing burnout epidemic. AI is the cause – and solution

South African CISOs are operating in a perfect storm. The rising volume and sophistication of attacks, constrained budgets, and a deepening skills shortage are adding to the mental strain of alert fatigue and the growing expectations from boards. While AI holds a...

Wearables and IoT grow, but phones are the hub of connectivity

Rapid innovations in artificial intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT) and wearables have raised questions about the role of the smartphone in the future technology ecosystem. But even with the rise of new connected devices in the home, school, car and office,...

What digital sovereignty really means in a fragmented world

In today’s climate of geopolitical uncertainty and technological competition, it is both natural and necessary for nations to seek greater control over their digital futures. The real issue is not whether countries should pursue digital sovereignty in critical...

4Sight announces targeted share repurchase

4Sight Holdings has announced a strategic step in its capital allocation with the proposed repurchase of 18 181 819 ordinary shares from major shareholder Silver Knight Trustees Proprietary, in a move the board believes will unlock long-term value for investors and...

NetScout delivers AI-ready data for CSPs

NetScout systems have announced the extension of the NetScout Omnis AI Insights solution to communications service providers (CSPs) to deliver the critical data foundation needed to implement agentic AI for customer experience and network operations. According to a...

Paul Whelpton appointed as JUMO CEO

JUMO has appointed Paul Whelpton as CEO, taking over from founder and chief executive Andrew Watkins-Ball. Watkins-Ball will support the business as chairman of the board He comments: “Paul grew up in banking and has built the brain of JUMO to deliver incredible...

Start of the year exposes the true cost of manual workflows

As organisations return to full operational pace after the December break, the early months of the year often reveal uncomfortable truths about how work gets done. Backlogs resurface, approvals stall, and employees spend the first weeks of the year chasing documents,...

When banking apps fail, customer trust is the casualty

South Africans have embraced digital banking as part of everyday life. From paying bills and sending instant payments to managing investments and applying for credit, the banking app has become the primary touchpoint between customer and institution. By Nitesh Singh,...

SAP ABAP Developer – Gauteng Centurion

Tasks:Develop and enhance ABAP programs, reports, interfaces, forms, and workflowsPerform Object-Oriented ABAP development, testing, and debuggingDesigns forms for SAP modules using SAPscript, Smartforms and Adobe.Translate business requirements into technical...

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Join a forward-thinking organization dedicated to optimizing business operations across diverse industries such as agriculture, logistics, manufacturing, and supply chain. Our client, a leader in providing innovative solutions within a collaborative and...

Project Manager (Networks FTTH) at Sabenza IT & Recruitment

The Project Manager (Networks FTTH) will be responsible to plan, facilitate, manage and track implementation projects of all new transmission links, collaborating with stakeholders, and ensuring the successful completion of network projects is within scope, schedule,...

Business Systems Analyst (CH1259) – Western Cape Dormehls Drift

Join a forward-thinking organization dedicated to optimizing business operations across diverse industries such as agriculture, logistics, manufacturing, and supply chain. Our client, a leader in providing innovative solutions within a collaborative and...

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Fullstack (. Net) developer Duration: 12 months (8 hours per day, 4/5 days per week) Location: Bellville, Cape Town The client seeks a suitably qualified, experienced, and competent contract resource (.Net Developer) to support the Information Communication Services...

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