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...

Is cybersecurity still a man’s world?

The cybersecurity industry, facing a skills gap of millions of people and grappling with soaring demand for solutions and services, needs female applicants more than ever. Yet, unconscious gender biases have resulted in women either being excluded or choosing not to...

Coding and robotics pilot opens in Soweto girls’ school

The MTN SA Foundation has partnered with the Department of Basic Education's National Coding and Robotics pilot programme to launch a Coding and Robotics Centre at Letsibogo Girls High School in Soweto. The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) and the era of rapid...

FMF calls for retention of Covid vaccine IP rights

An international coalition of 27 think tanks has called on governments to reject a proposal at the World Trade Organisation to cancel intellectual property rights for Covid vaccines. The Joint Declaration credits IP for the research collaborations and manufacturing...

Gov-X cybersecurity innovation challenge has a winner

The winners have been announced of the Gov-X Innovation Challenge, a three-month challenge that saw teams of young innovators working to overcome cybersecurity and online risks. The challenge was a public-private sector collaboration in which over 90 ideas were...

Ransomware attack takes Irish health system offline

Ireland's healthcare system is coming under pressure, with systems still offline after a massive ransomware attack. Ransomware group Conti is demanding $20-million to restore systems, but authorities have vowed not to pay the ransom. The cyber-attack took place on...

Global blockchain spend set to soar

Blockchain technology has changed the way companies across various industries operate, manage their assets, and make transactions - and, according to data gathered by AksjeBloggen.com, global spending on blockchain solutions is expected to soar by 188% and hit...

100m users exposed by misconfigured apps

After examining 23 Android applications, Check Point Research (CPR) noticed mobile app developers potentially exposed the personal data of over 100-million users through a variety of misconfigurations of third party cloud services. The research was carried out by a...

Users warned to beware of celeb whims in crypto trading

Cryptocurrency volatility is not necessarily a bad thing - but it could be if your investment decisions are driven by the whims of celebrities like Elon Musk. This is the word from Nigel Green, chief executive and founder of deVere Group, as bitcoin, the biggest...

ConCourt upholds Altron Nexus contract with Tshwane

The Constitutional Court has upheld a judgement in favour of Altron Nexus relating to a City of Tshwane contract, according to a statement from Altron. In July 2019, the Gauteng High Court set aside an Altron Nexus contract with the City of Tshwane due to the city not...

Resilience in customer relationships vital

Organisations must build resiliency into the relationships they have with their customers. According to IDC's latest report "Asia/Pacific excluding Japan (APEJ) Future of Customers and Consumers Technology Index: Building Resiliency into Customer Relationships",...

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