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...

Global shipments of smart TVs poised for slow recovery

Worldwide smart TV shipments are on track to decline 5,5% year over year in 2023, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Smart Home Device Tracker. However, the market is expected to recover with flat growth forecast in 2024 followed...

No clarity yet on VMware partners’ status

Broadcom remains tight-lipped on how – or if - South African VMware partners will be affected in its upcoming partner programme shake-up. The company, which acquired VMware on 22 November 2023, sent termination notices to all VMware partners around the world on 22...

App development security the most wanted security skill in 2021

The year 2020 revealed that businesses still struggle when it comes to cybersecurity. Not only are organisations dealing with cybersecurity workforce shortage, which is estimated to be at 3,12-million, but existing security specialists have to constantly reinvent...

AI joins the fight against locusts in Africa

A free tool will help farmers and pastoralists across Africa to predict and control locust behaviour.. Kuzi - the Swahili name for the wattled starling, a bird renowned for eating locusts - is an AI-powered tool that generates a real-time heatmap of locusts across...

Teens dominate TikTok user base

The TikTok platform is especially popular among the younger generation, particularly among teenagers. According to data presented by Stock Apps, over 30% of US-based Tiktok users are in their teens, which is the biggest among all age groups. More data indicates that...

External OEM storage market in Q3 decline

Global market revenue for enterprise external OEM storage systems declined 1,4% year over year to nearly $6,8-billion during the third quarter of 2020 (3Q20). According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Enterprise Storage Systems Tracker,...

Expect more aggressive cyber-attacks in 2021

2021 will bring aggressive cybercrime activity as criminals pivot their attacks from data encryption to data exfiltration. Data exfiltration is a form of a security breach that occurs when an individual's or company's data is copied, transferred, or retrieved from a...

Embedded car OEM telematics subscribers to reach 317m by 2025

The number of telematics service subscribers using embedded systems will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 20,7% from 102,8-million subscribers at the end of 2019 to 317,2-million subscribers at the end of 2025, according to research from Berg Insight....

Covid hits Uber’s revenue

Covid-19 disrupted many industries that were flourishing prior to the difficult days of 2020. One of the biggest global brands that was undoubtedly hit hard by the pandemic was Uber. According to data presented by Stock Apps, the ride-sharing app's quarterly net...

Determination, sensitivity key characteristics for IT hires in 2021

A massive 70% of hiring processes of new CIOs rank individual determination and sensitivity as two critical personal characteristics in 2021, according to Gartner. As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to shift the landscape for how global CIOs manage, collaborate and...

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