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...

Africa dominates list of the fastest-growing economies

Africa will account for 11 of the world's 20 fastest-growing economies in 2024, the African Development Bank Group said in its latest Macroeconomic Performance and Outlook (MEO) of the continent released on Friday. Overall, real gross domestic product (GDP) growth for...

Telco industry embraces GenAI

It's been five years since the telecommunications industry first deployed 5G networks to drive new performance levels for customers and unlock new value for telcos. But that industry milestone has been overshadowed by the emergence of generative AI (GenAI) and the...

PC market has fastest YoY growth in 20 years

Worldwide PC shipments totaled 69,9-million units in the first quarter of 2021, an increase of 32% from the first quarter of 2020, according to preliminary results by Gartner. The market rebounded from a weak first quarter of 2020 to record the fastest year-over-year...

Pandemic causes huge surge in malware

About 604 059 new malicious programs (malware) and potentially unwanted applications (PUA) are globally registered daily in 2021, according to data from research group Finbold. The estimates are based on the already registered 61,01-million new malware between 1...

Government policies deprive users of fast, affordable access

Kathy Gibson reports - South Africans have lost out on better coverage and lower data prices for years, as a direct result of regulatory failure and political ideology. Government policies in telecommunication, spectrum, competition and digital migration have deprived...

Strong rebound for IT services in 2021

Worldwide IT and business services revenue declined 1,16% year over year (in constant currency) in 2020, according to the IDC Worldwide Semiannual Services Tracker. In nominal dollar denominated revenue based on today's exchange rate, the decline was 1,53%, due to FX....

Digital transformation delivers significant benefits

Digital transformation (DX) is not just a buzzword in the finance industry - it is delivering significant revenue increases, improvements in cyber security and customer relationships, and delivery of purpose-driven sustainable business initiatives. These are among the...

Hubble snaps a starburst galaxy 52m light years away

The luminous heart of the galaxy M61 dominates an image sent back by the Hubble telescope, framed by its winding spiral arms threaded with dark tendrils of dust. As well as the usual bright bands of stars, the spiral arms of M61 are studded with ruby-red patches of...

PC shipments continue strong growth in 2021

Global shipments of traditional PCs, including desktops, notebooks, and workstations, grew 55,2% year over year during the first quarter of 2021 (1Q21). This is according to preliminary results from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Personal...

Semiconductor sales stable in 2020

Worldwide semiconductor revenue totaled $466,2-billion in 2020, an increase of 10,4% from 2019, according to final results by Gartner. "Memory, GPUs and 5G chipsets led semiconductor growth, driven by hyperscale, PC, ultramobile and 5G handset end-market demand, while...

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