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...

OpenAI releases open source models

OpenAI has released two new open-weight AI reasoning models aimed at bringing AI development directly into the hands of developers, enthusiasts, enterprises, startups, and governments everywhere - across every industry and at every scale. The company is releasing...

Customer details compromised in Air France breach

Air France has been the victim of a cyberattack, and some customer details have been compromised. The airline has alerted its loyalty programme members that a fraudster gained limited access to a third-party system that is used by Air France, and some personal data...

AI, ML the new battleground for API exploits

There's been a significant uptick in sophisticated cyber threats targeting APIs of AI infrastructure products including Nvidia's Triton Inference Server, ZenML and Hail. This is among the findings from Wallarm's Q1 API ThreatStats 2024 Report, which also underscores...

CRM platforms take centre stage on Reddit

Customer relationship management (CRM) platforms are revolutionising the way companies engage with their clients by improving communication channels and optimizing business processes, thereby enhancing overall productivity and customer satisfaction. In Q1 2024,...

AI in healthcare set to surge

The global AI in healthcare market size is expected to reach $187,7-billion by 2030, registering a CAGR of 38,5% from 2024 to 2030, according to a new report by Grand View Research. AI acts as a transformative force in healthcare systems, shifting them from reactive...

Passwords the first line of defense

Passwords serve as the foundation of our digital lives, but they also serve as the gateway for cybercriminals to hack into sensitive personal information. Considering their essential function, passwords remain a prime target for increasingly sophisticated...

Call to bury the password once and for all

All signs point to the average password being hopelessly insecure. Let's drop the poor passwords and protect our data and organisations in other ways, writes Anna Collard, senior vice-president: content strategy and evangelist at KnowBe4 Africa. Today (2 May) is World...

Canal+ ups its Mutlichoice shareholding to 42,47%

Canal+ has acquired a further 3 868 391 Multichoice shares, in on/off market transactions. This brings the French media group's shareholding in Multichoice to approximately 42,47% of the issued share. Canal+ has disclosed the acquisitions to to the Takeover Regulation...

Trading statement from Datatec

Datatec has issued a trading statement for the financial year ended 29 February 2024. Westcon International continued to deliver an excellent financial performance during the second half of FY24. Logicalis International also had a strong second half which included...

Last call to enter the Irish Tech Challenge

High-impact South African startups ready to take their solution to the global stage have until 5 May to submit their applications for the prestigious Irish Tech Challenge. The Irish Tech Challenge South Africa is a partnership between the Embassy of Ireland in South...

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Lenovo appoints new leader for META region

Lenovo has announced the appointment of Shashank Sharma as its new executive director and GM for the Middle East, Turkey and Africa. Sharma has an extensive 23 years of experience in the IT and mobile industries, having previously served as the executive director and...

Double-digit growth for Cartrack

Cartrack Holdings has reported a solid set of results for the year ended 28 February 2019. Zak Calisto, founder and global CEO, comments: "This year marks the sixth year of consecutive double-digit total company revenue and subscription revenue growth. Added to that,...

Obsidian wins global Appfire award

Local Atlassian Platinum partner Obsidian Systems has been recognised for its efforts in driving sales of applications developed for the enterprise software solution in South Africa by winning the 2018 Appfire Red Hot Reseller Award. The award distinguishes an elite...

The true value of data for marketers

Data analytics; the new buzzword for business people everywhere - it's the new north star guiding every decision we're supposed to make. But there's a lot of data and not a lot understanding on what to do with it, often making data analytics more confusing and less...

PPS aligns teams with Freshworks ITSM

Professional Provident Society (PPS), a South Africa specialised insurance services company, has aligned its IT teams with customer engagement software provider Freshworks. PPS uses Freshservice, the IT Services Management (ITSM) software from Freshworks to ensure...

SES helps Ivory Coast go digital

Ivory Coast's public broadcasting company, the Société Ivoirienne de Télédiffusion (SIDT) has selected SES as its digital partner in a major move to meet the country's 2020 deadline for switching over from analogue to digital broadcasting. Under the multi-year...

DVT, Microsoft in Azure partnership milestone

Software and services company DVT has migrated its tenth client to the Microsoft Azure cloud platform in South Africa. MyFuelOrders, an initiative of commercial fuel supplier Petrotrade, is hosted on Microsoft Azure and gives Petrotrade customers a secure 24/7 online...

SD-WAN enables better cloud performance

The proliferation of local and global public cloud platforms is resulting in a spike of cloud uptake across South African businesses. By Louis Kirstein, DSM expert: connectivity services at T-Systems South Africa Moreover, barriers such as data sovereignty concerns...

How to fill the most in-demand skills

According to ManpowerGroup research, the most in-demand skills in the world currently include sales representatives, project managers, information technology professionals, office support and financial analysts, among others. Yet these roles differ within the modern...

How WiFi 6 will change home network connectivity

The long-anticipated release of the newest WiFi standard 802.11ax or Wi-Fi 6 is finally upon us and here's why you should be excited about it. Today's households are dealing with an increasing number of connected devices and a rising demand for greater bandwidth from...

Technical Support Manager (Northern Cape)

Technical Support & Site Manager (based in Kathu)You will provide essential technical and safety support to both on-site services and workshop teams, ensuring timely and successful job execution.Key Responsibilities:Build and maintain strong client relationships...

Senior Business Analyst (Finance) (CH1085)

Our client, in the Payments and Lending industry, has an opening for a Senior Business Analyst. The Senior Business Analyst will be in charge of gathering the company's business requirements, assessing the impact of those changes, capturing, analysing and documenting...

Full Stack Developer

My client is looking for a full stack developer in the LAMP stack to join a dynamic, fast-growing team managing internal development projects. Key Requirements At least 5 years' hands-on experience with vanilla HTML5 & CSS3, Bootstrap, SASS, LESS.Tailwind or...

Intermediate Web Developer

As an Intermediate Developer you will be required to write and test code for various applications, ensuring it meets the required standards and functions correctly, beyond the basics of coding to take on more complex tasks and responsibilities.Key Responsibilities:-...

Technical Support Manager (Northern Cape) – Northern Cape Kathu

Technical Support & Site Manager (based in Kathu)You will provide essential technical and safety support to both on-site services and workshop teams, ensuring timely and successful job execution.Key Responsibilities:Build and maintain strong client relationships...

Senior Business Analyst (Finance) (CH1085) – Western Cape Kuils River

Our client, in the Payments and Lending industry, has an opening for a Senior Business Analyst. The Senior Business Analyst will be in charge of gathering the company's business requirements, assessing the impact of those changes, capturing, analysing and documenting...

Full Stack Developer – KwaZulu-Natal Durban Region

My client is looking for a full stack developer in the LAMP stack to join a dynamic, fast-growing team managing internal development projects. Key Requirements At least 5 years' hands-on experience with vanilla HTML5 & CSS3, Bootstrap, SASS, LESS.Tailwind or...

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