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...

WiFi 7, AIOps to boost campus switch sales

According to a recently published report by Dell’Oro Group, the Campus Ethernet Switch market has returned to demand-driven growth after the slowdown in 2024. Revenue is expected to keep expanding over the next five years, as enterprises invest in higher capacity...

OpenAI debuts GPT-5

OpenAI has launched GPT‑5, which the company says features improved performance across coding, math, writing, health, visual perception and more. “It is a unified system that knows when to respond quickly and when to think longer to provide expert-level responses,”...

Scalping bots causing price-gouging in H100 GPUs

Resellers of H100 GPUs are earning profits three times the market price, according to new data from Stocklytics. "The emergence of scalping bots - sophisticated software programs designed to purchase limited-stock items online automatically - tilts the scales in...

Young scientists do South Africa proud

The research projects by South African young scientists swept up a number of accolades at this year's International Science Technology Engineering Competition (ISTEC) in Bali, Indonesia. The fifth edition of the ISTEC, aimed at encouraging research and innovation in...

Absa opens China office

Absa Group has launched a non-banking subsidiary in the People's Republic of China. "The African continent is endowed with talent, mineral wealth and a young population - and is poised to play an increasingly influential role in global trade, as investors recognise...

SAPS’s brain drain reaching critical levels

The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (POPCRU) is concerned that highly-skilled and specialised members of the Special Task Force and National Intervention Unit divisions are exiting these units at an alarming rate, leaving the country's borders vulnerable and...

Go beyond the brink into a black hole …

Ever wonder what happens when you fall into a black hole? Now, thanks to a new, immersive visualisation produced on a NASA supercomputer, viewers can plunge into the event horizon, a black hole’s point of no return. In this visualisation of a flight toward a...

In SA, telecoms tops the list for fraud attempts

The rate of suspected digital fraud attempts in telecommunications where the consumer was in South Africa when transacting was the highest among industries analysed in 2023 at 15,5%, having increased by 78% year-over-year (YoY). The logistics industry experienced the...

It’s no longer ‘business as usual’ in cybersecurity

The prospect of offensive attacks using artificial intelligence (AI) is prompting increases in cybersecurity budgets as organisations try to understand the impact of generative AI (GenAI) on their security, says research group GlobalData. AI is already used for threat...

Supply chain officers need to retain relevance

Chief supply chain officers (CSCOs) must expand their focus beyond cost management or accept a relegated role within the enterprise, according to Gartner. "Stakeholders perceive that the worst of the supply chain crisis has receded, and CSCOs now face the prospect of...

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Axiz wins Red Hat Distributor of the Year 2019 award

Axiz, has been chosen by Red Hat as its Distributor of the Year 2019 in Sub-Saharan Africa. In addition, the company's business development manager for Red Hat, Bridgette Mdall was nominated for distributor sales representative of the year. 2019 is the inaugural year...

E-learning summit examines 4IR in education

The 4th Annual E-Learning Summit will take on 12 June 2019 at The Venue, Hemmingways in East London. Organised by Imbizo Events, the summit, in its fourth-year running will see government stakeholders, corporates, entrepreneurs, IT enthusiasts, schoolteachers and...

Saving cloud from the jaws of complexity

Ten years ago, business technologies had saturated to breaking point. The potential they offered were diminished by their deployment and maintenance costs. Then virtualisation, cloud and similar technologies emerged to offer new capacities and optimisation. By Doug...

Stand to lose everything through lack of awareness

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DHL Express grows e-commerce platform in Africa

DHL Express has rolled out its DHL Africa eShop mobile and desktop platform in nine more countries across the continent. Hennie Heymans, CEO of DHL Express Sub Saharan Africa, says the company has seen impressive growth in usage of the DHL Africa eShop app since it...

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Institutions must seek to better understand the youth

Pearson Institute of Higher Education will host a variety of youth skills development initiatives during Youth Month. According to Dr Nhlanhla Thwala, academic director at Pearson Institute of Higher Education, as a general trend, the institution is focusing on better...

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