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...

Sevilla FC transforms player recruitment with GenAI

IBM and Sevilla FC have introduced Scout Advisor, a generative AI (GenAI) tool that Sevilla FC will use to provide their scouting team with a comprehensive, data-driven identification and evaluation of potential recruits. Built on IBM's AI and data platform watsonx,...

Virtual and SaaS network security set for 16% CAGR

According to a recently published report from Dell'Oro Group, there is a significant shift in enterprise security spending patterns, with virtual and SaaS-based network security solutions expected to surpass $90-billion in cumulative revenue between 2023 and 2028....

Bitcoin not favoured as a corporate asset

Despite moves by a handful of high-profile companies in recent days, a new Gartner survey suggests that most finance executives are not planning to hold bitcoin as a corporate asset. While bitcoin continues to grow in popularity, a poll of 77 finance executives...

NASA’s next Mars rover is ready for the most precise landing yet

With about 3,9-million kilometres left to travel in space, NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance mission is days away from attempting to land the agency's fifth rover on the Red Planet. Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where the mission is managed, have...

Rise in cryptomining pushes DDoS attacks down

The number of DDoS attacks detected by Kaspersky DDoS Prevention in Q4 2020 increased slightly in comparison to the same period of 2019. However, it is 31% less compared to Q3 2020. This drop can be connected to the growing interest in cryptocurrency mining. As people...

What to expect from the budget

Finance Minister Tito Mboweni will table the 2021 Budget next week (24 February 2021). Against a background of numerous challenges - from the Covid-19 crisis to unemployment and ratings downgrades - PwC economists and tax experts have released their predictions for...

Paratus, Telecom Namibia to land Equiano cable

Paratus and Telecom Namibia have signed an agreement to land the subsea cable, Equiano, in Namibia. The cable will provide Namibian networks and their customers with greater capacity, enabling more product options that can stimulate economic growth and support a...

Energy storage market set to more than double in 2021

The energy storage market is on track for a record year in 2021 with annual installations set to exceed 10GW for the first time, up from 4,5GW in 2020. This is according to a new report from IHS Markit. "The energy storage industry will begin significant multiyear...

Critical Skills Survey extended

In his State of the Nation Address, President Ramaphosa announced the imminent release of the anticipated updated Critical Skills list for public comment by the Department of Home Affairs (DHA). The list forms part of a drive to attract critically deemed skills to...

Resilience, inclusion could be latest Covid victims

Covid-19 has not only claimed millions of lives, but it also risks widened long-standing health, economic and digital disparities. Billions of caregivers, workers and students - especially minorities who were disadvantaged before the pandemic - could be at risk of...

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