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...

Bright future for smart glass market

The global smart glass market is expected to be worth $12,76-billion by 2030, according to a new report by Grand View Research, which says the sector is expected to grow at a CAGR of 9,9% from 2023 until then. The growth of the market can be attributed to the growing...

Privacy predictions for 2024

AI-enabled wearables could spark debates about privacy, and the anticipated proliferation of AR and VR is likely to set new standards regarding privacy in 2024. At the same time, the significance of data breaches containing passwords is expected to diminish as...

Households’ net wealth increases since lockdown

South African households' real net wealth increased by an estimated R1,009-trillion from the onset of the second quarter of 2020 to the end of the year (Q4 2020) - despite Covid-19, the lockdown, job losses and an economic contraction. This recovery follows an...

ZACR warns of ongoing cyber threats

The rise of global gangs of organised cybercriminals continues unabated and continues to pose a clear and present danger as South Africa's economy opens up. Curfews and lockdowns helped boost online activity tremendously in 2020 as South Africans sought digital ways...

Cyberbullying a top concern for SA parents

A massive 32% of South African parents claim that cyberbullying is a top concern when it comes to worries about their children, according to the "Responsible Digital Parenting" survey. It is no surprise as this Internet phenomenon has already caused such problems as...

What 5G could mean for SA

The rollout of 5G in South Africa's urban centres is likely to be one of the most significant technology events of 2021. By Samantha Naidoo, telco industry value advisor at SAP Africa Where 3G and 4G LTE technology provided increased speeds compared to their...

Electric vehicle share at record level in 2020

Electric vehicle (EV) registrations in the US in 2020 reached record market share of 1,8%, demonstrating increased consumer interest for electric vehicles, according to new analysis from IHS Markit. December 2020 also represented the highest monthly share for EV new...

Covid drives ‘anywhere workforce’, higher customer expectations

Kathy Gibson reports - It goes without saying the digital transformation is underway – and it is a tough thing to do. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the pressure felt in the new world of work. The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated transformation, and also...

No need for concern over recent rise in CFC levels

A short-lived resurgence in the emission of ozone depleting pollutants in eastern China will not significantly delay the recovery of Earth’s protective “sunscreen” layer, according to new research published in Nature. Stratospheric ozone, also known as Earth’s ozone...

Rich countries may hoard more than 1bn excess vaccines

As G7 leaders meet for the first time since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, new analysis released by global anti-poverty organisation The ONE Campaign shows that the world's richest countries are on course to accumulate more than 1-billion more doses than they...

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