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...

Teraco secures grid capacity allocation for utility-scale solar

Teraco has secured its first grid capacity allocation from Eskom and will start construction of a 120MW utility-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) energy facility in the Free State. The grid capacity allocation from Eskom enables Teraco to connect its planned 120MW solar...

Should governments regulate AI?

Mark Davison reports from Kaspersky’s Cyber Security Weekend in Kuala Lumpur – When ChatGPT launched in late 2022 it put artificial intelligence firmly in the spotlight, but the advance of the technology to generative AI (GenAI) has seen that glare intensify – so much...

Final regulations on ICT sector transformation passed

Final regulations to facilitate transformation and diversity in the ICT sector have been published. They expand on key requirements in the draft regulations published in February 2020. The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) has published...

FNB closes AYO’s transactional banking facility

First National Bank has given AYO Technology Solutions notice to close its transactional banking facility with effect from 3 May 2021. According to a statement from the company, it does not have any lending facilities with FNB. AYO is contesting the move. “Despite the...

Workers hit their WFH stride

One year after the global remote work revolution, the shift to work from home (WFH) and work from anywhere (WFA) is already resulting in profound effects on businesses' digital transformation as well as data security concerns. According to Lenovo's new Future of Work...

Online apps are silver lining for SMBs

One in two small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in South Africa has yet to see revenues recover to pre-pandemic levels, according to the latest edition of Facebook's Global State of Small Business Report, which examines the effects of Covid-19 on SMBs in 27...

Commitment and readiness drive innovation

The pandemic has driven more companies to push innovation to the top of the priority list and change the way they set their companies’ goals and processes. The latest innovation survey from Boston Consulting Group (BCG) shows a 10-percentage-point increase to 75% in...

Procurement offers opportunities for digital solutions

A good number of South African companies find themselves in a fairly precarious position when it comes to procurement because they have yet to properly integrate their basic processes - and their weaknesses have become more apparent during a pandemic that limits...

E-commerce proved to be a lifeline for retailers in 2020

As Covid-19 kept consumers around the world at home, nearly everything from groceries to gardening supplies was purchased online - leading to an additional $900-billion being spent in retail online around the world in 2020. Put another way: in 2020, e-commerce made up...

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