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...

SA employees struggle to identify deepfakes

While just under half of employees surveyed in South Africa (42%) said they could tell a deepfake from a real image, only 21% could actually distinguish a real image from an AI-generated one in a test, says Kaspersky. This means that organisations are vulnerable to...

Commerce on the cusp of mass AI adoption

The 2023 holiday shopping season saw the highest average discount rate since 2020 and an increase in AI-influenced purchases, according to new research by Salesforce. Based on the digital shopping activity of over 1,5-billion shoppers across Commerce Cloud, Marketing...

For most companies, cloud migration is a top priority

By a large margin (85%), survey respondents are planning to increase their IT budgets for 2021, with cloud migration as a priority. According to Next Pathway’s third-party study assessing the state of data migration to the cloud in North America, 65% of companies...

Cyber security skills shortage grows

The cyber security industry is currently facing a monumental shortfall in security professionals, with a lack of capable, fresh, new talent within the industry. In the latest (ISC)2 report from the International Information System Security Certification Consortium, it...

Repo rate held steady

The Monetary Policy Committee’s decision today to hold the repo rate steady at 3,5% will continue to create a favourable lending environment for South Africans wanting to buy a home. This is the word from Carl Coetzee, CEO of BetterBond, who says: “We welcome the...

Mining industry aims to increase IoT investment

Mining businesses expect to invest a considerable portion of their IT budgets into the Internet of Things (IoT) over the next three years, while the sector’s leading investors are already seeing tangible benefits, such as improved health and safety and staff...

Balance needed between in-office and remote work

While the most significant long-term impact of Covid-19 will be issues stemming from flexible working, in the long-term businesses have to find the balance between working from home and the office. This is the word from Paragon Group director Anthony Orelowitz, who...

Customers demand better digital engagement from CSPs

Communication service providers need to transform their IT systems, as well as their approach to customer experience, to meet the growing need of customers in Africa. By George Fraser, vice-president: customer business executive - Africa at Amdocs The Covid-19...

Banks’ action plan to boost African investment

The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) have signed a joint partnership action plan highlighting their strengthened cooperation and mutual development priorities and a strong shared emphasis on boosting public and private sector...

Work from home drives new phishing threats

Work-related email subjects such as corporate policy changes are becoming more popular with the coronavirus pandemic continuing to keep more people working from home. According to KnowBe4’s Q4 2020 top-clicked phishing report, during the fourth quarter, real phishing...

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