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...

MTN joins forces with Gauteng Provincial Community Police Board

MTN South Africa and the Gauteng Provincial Community Police Board are collaborating to address the escalating issue of network infrastructure theft and vandalism with the goal of safeguarding tower infrastructures and reduce network downtime. In the initial stage of...

Clinical trial aims to reduce HIV deaths in Africa

A new trial will test a low-cost antibiotic in reducing deaths among 8 000 patients with advanced HIV who are starting or restarting anti-retroviral therapy (ART), a combination of drugs to treat HIV. The study, called REVIVE, is funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates...

April sees resurgence in ransomware attacks

For the first time, AgentTesla has ranked second in the Check Point Research (CPR) Global Threat Index, while the established Dridex trojan is still the most prevalent malware, having risen to the top spot in March after being seventh in February. This month, Dridex,...

Soshanguve youth set to launch his own laptop

Entrepreneur Mpumelelo Mahlangu has developed, and is about to launch, what he believes is the first-ever entry level South African laptop. The DTC400 is understood to be the first laptop launched by a South African township-based company and entrepreneur, competing...

NextNow unveils African e-hailing platform

NextNow, an African e-hailing company that aims to put the continent on the ride-sharing map, has launched its services in Johannesburg. Mlungisi Ntombela, head of operations: South Africa at NextNow, explains that the homegrown e-hailing service's competitive pricing...

AlphaCode awards R2m to fintech startups

South Africa's best up and coming fintech startups sweated it out at a virtual demo day yesterday where they had just five minutes each to convince a panel of judges that they should be part of the second phase of the AlphaCode Incubate programme. The 10 startups,...

Elon Musk does bitcoin about-turn

Elon Musk has thrown the cryptocurrency markets into turmoil once again as he rescinds bitcoin payments for Tesla vehicles. Less than two months ago, Musk announced that Tesla would accept payment in bitcoin. Now he's done an about-turn. "Tesla has suspended vehicle...

AI investments must go beyond modernisation

Chief financial officers (CFOs) must invest in artificial intelligence (AI) within the next few years, or their companies will be left behind. But to get the full benefits, and thus competitive advantage, from such investments CFOs must look beyond projects that only...

5G is already changing user behaviour

Indoor coverage is one of the key uses identified for 5G, with one in five 5G users already reducing WiFi use on their phones indoors because of the benefits of 5G mobile connectivity. This is one of the headline findings from a new report by Ericsson ConsumerLab...

Covid’s impact on Africa probably understated

As the world battles new Covid-19 variants and supply and rollout of vaccines remains critically low in Africa, new research from the Partnership for Evidence-Based Response to Covid-19 (PERC) indicates that burdens experienced by people in African Union member states...

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