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...

META ICT spend to top $238bn in 2024

Overall spending on information and communications technology (ICT) across the Middle East, Türkiye, and Africa (META) will top $238-billion this year - an increase of 4,5% over 2023 - according to the latest predictions from International Data Corporation (IDC). The...

$10bn slump expected in IT devices

After reaching a record $730-billion in sales revenue in 2021, the global demand for IT devices including desktop PCs, laptops, tablets, and smartphones has been shifting back and forth - and although the market significantly recovered after a massive 2022 sales...

Office occupancy won’t get back to normal any time soon

A new forecast from International Data Corporation (IDC) shows that in 2020 the number of home-based office workers increased by 17,7-times compared to 2019. The forecast uses research on the intentions of companies to return employees to the office as well as...

US government employees exposed with outdated Android

A massive 99,2% of US government Android users run outdated operating systems, exposing themselves to hundreds of vulnerabilities. Due to Covid-19, the majority of government employees had to shift rapidly to remote-work. Meaning, workers started to use their mobile...

Liquid completes rebranding

Liquid Intelligent Technologies has concluded a group-wide rebrand. Over the last two decades, the company has built a pan-African network spanning over 73 000km, and also expanded into cloud, cyber security and other technologies. The strategic rebrand reflects...

Mixed results for Ethernet switch and router markets

The worldwide Ethernet switch market recorded revenues of $7,5-billion in the fourth quarter of 2020 (4Q20), a decline of 1,4% year over year. For the full year 2020, the market recorded $27,8-billion in revenue for a year-over-year decline of 3,5%. Meanwhile, the...

Asteroid set to skim past Earth on 21 March

The largest asteroid predicted to pass by our planet in 2021 will be at its closest on 21 March, providing astronomers a rare opportunity to get a good look at a rocky relic that formed at the dawn of our solar system. Called 2001 FO32, the near-Earth asteroid will...

Bitcoin price hits new record high

As bitcoin hits all-time price highs, regulation must now become a major priority for financial watchdogs. This call to action come from Nigel Green, chief executive and founder of deVere Group, a as the price of bitcoin hit a new record high, surging past $61 000 on...

After a tough year, African growth looks positive in 2021

Despite the challenging backdrop of a global pandemic and external economic shocks, Africa is expected to recover from its worst recession in half a century and reach 3,4% growth in 2021, the African Development Bank says in its 2021 African Economic Outlook report....

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