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...

Shopify leads e-commerce giants in market cap gain

After a brutal 2020, which brought the first-ever revenue drop, 2023 was a good year for the e-commerce industry. The market revenue jumped by almost 10% year-over-year and hit $3,15-trillion, up from $2,87-trillion a year before, while more than 300-million new users...

Clean energy tech advances drive reduced costs

The average cost of adding clean energy technologies to the worlds' power grids will see a continued decline, dropping by 15% to 20% by 2030. This is among the findings from S&P Global Commodity Insights' latest report on the Top 10 Trends in Clean Energy...

Work from home drives home improvement trend

Since March 2020, 70% of consumers have reported making changes in their living environment due to spending more time at home during the pandemic, and more than half (51%) have reported purchasing at least one smart device during that period. According to a study from...

Continued education rollouts drive EMEA tablet market

The tablet market in the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region totaled 14,6-million units in 4Q20, growing 11,7% year on year (YoY), according to data from IDC ' s Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker. The continued demand generated by the...

Pat Gelsinger takes the reins at Intel

Pat Gelsinger has officially become the eighth CEO in Intel's history, having taken up the position yesterday (14 February). Gelsinger brings more than four decades of technology and leadership experience to the job, including 30 years at Intel, where he began his...

Consumers are soft targets as fraud increases

As South Africans waved goodbye to 2020, they looked forward to 2021 with a lot of anticipation that the year would not be filled with the same challenges that had to be dealt with over the previous 12 months. Unfortunately, this has not materialised, and the Southern...

Expected growth hides real downturn in vehicle sales

Suth Africa's 2021 new vehicle sales will show double digit growth off 2020's unforeseen low base but will also continue to show a decline in real economic terms says WesBank. WesBank CEO Chris de Kock says two distinct considerations need to be separated in...

Long, hard road ahead for Eskom turnaround

Kathy Gibson reports - Eskom is attempting to pivot its business in line with global energy trends while simultaneously pulling itself back from the brink after years of poor management and maintenance - all while splitting into three operating entities. That's the...

People trust robots more than themselves when it comes to money

2020 has changed our relationship with money - and people now trust robots more than themselves to manage their finances. This is according to a new study by Oracle and personal finance expert Farnoosh Torabi, which polled more than 9 000 consumers and business...

Low-code development set for major growth surge

The worldwide low-code development technologies market is projected to total $11,3-billion in 2021, an increase of 23,2% from 2020, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. The surge in remote development during the Covid-19 pandemic will continue to boost low-...

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