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...

Deepfakes increase in election run-up

More than 4-billion people worldwide will take part in elections this year, including in the US, UK, Indi, and South Africa. However, the increasing prevalence of disinformation, fuelled by the growing use of deepfakes and generative AI, means that politicians and...

Enterprise WLAN revenues tick up for 2023

The enterprise segment of the worldwide wireless local area network (WLAN) market saw revenues grow 7,6% year over year in 2023 to $10,8-billion, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Wireless LAN Tracker. However, in the fourth...

USSD still key for omnichannel strategies in Africa

As companies forge ahead with their digital transformation, many are inadvertently excluding large parts of their customer base who don't own smartphones, alienating vital demographics and crippling their digital inclusion agendas. A technology they should not forego...

MEA’s PC shipments on a 15-year high

The Middle East and Africa (MEA) personal computing devices (PCD) market, which is made up of desktops, notebooks, workstations, and tablets, recorded incredible year-on-year growth of 36,6% in the first quarter of 2021 -- the highest annual growth seen in the region...

Chip shortage fails to dent global PC growth

Despite ongoing concerns around semiconductor shortages the PC market continues to be one of the many consumer technology markets that is thriving. According to a new forecast from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device...

Edge computing critical to analytics success

Edge computing has been identified as a critical factor that businesses must harness to both successfully navigate and understand data both now and into the future. According to a new Intel report, "The Edge Outlook", industries can extract real business value by a...

Green Software Foundation aims to put sustainability first

The Green Software Foundation, a non-profit organisation founded by Accenture, GitHub, Microsoft and ThoughtWorks, has been set up with the Linux Foundation and the Joint Development Foundation Projects to build a trusted ecosystem of people, standards, tooling and...

Africa Cyberlympics 2021 pre-qualifier is now open

The Africa Cyber Defense Forum (ACDF), a continental platform for public-private cooperation, today announced the launch of the annual Cyberlympics pre-qualifying round, sponsored and facilitated by CompTIA. The pre-qualifier is open to African nationals of any age...

Global tech provider M&A activity set for boom

By 2022, the level of global mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity involving technology providers will surpass previous highs recorded in 2018. According to Gartner, acquisitions of tech providers were briefly impacted in 2020 by the onset of the pandemic, but...

BCX opens entries for Digital Innovation Awards 2021

BCX is calling on businesses to enter the BCX Digital Innovation Awards 2021. Now in its third year, #BCXDIA recognises organisations that transform their businesses through technological advancements and digital transformation despite the challenging times....

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