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...

Local experts give cybersecurity predictions for EMEA

Cyberthreats are more sophisticated and complex than ever and evolving quickly with new technology like AI becoming increasingly advanced every day. Cultivating a security culture is paramount to strengthen an organisation’s human firewall, says security specialist...

New resources targeting tech offer hope for connectivity challenges

ITU's Partner2Connect Digital Coalition has identified new connectivity projects worth $7-billion worldwide in 2023, the UN tech agency announced at ​Partner2Connect's second annual meeting in Geneva. The new commitments increase to nearly $37-billion the value of...

Covid lockdowns take a toll on young people’s mental health

A new University of Cape Town (UCT) study into the emotional well-being of young people during the Covid-related lockdown in South Africa has revealed that majority are suffering from depression. In South Africa, more than seven million young people aged 18 to 35...

Businesses urged to act now to navigate to recovery

As economies continue to tackle the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic, PwC's Global Restructuring Trends report estimates that 40-million people were on furlough across 37 economies in July 2020. The analysis outlines how governments and businesses have responded to...

SA consumers plan to spend a lot less this holiday season

Elevated customer expectations and tighter budgets will make 2020 holiday shopping more competitive than ever for retailers, with nearly 90% of consumers planning to spend the same or less than last year. According to new research by SAS, nearly three quarters (74%)...

Despite budget cuts, security is still a priority

Cybersecurity remains a priority for investment among businesses, according to the new Kaspersky report "Investment adjustment: Aligning IT budgets with changing security priorities". Its share of IT spending has grown from 23% in 2019 to 26% in 2020 for SMBs, and...

Wearables market shows regional rebound

The Middle East and Africa (MEA) wearables market rebounded in Q3 2020 thanks to an easing of the supply disruptions that had plagued the previous quarter. The market recorded year-on-year unit growth of 15,8% in Q3 2020, while its value was up 33,9% over the same...

Server market revenue up 2,2%

Vendor revenue in the worldwide server market grew 2,2% year over year to $22,6-billion during the third quarter of 2020 (3Q20). According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker, worldwide server shipments declined 0,2% year...

SA fails to ready youth for 4IR

South Africa is failing to expose and prepare young people for the evolving world of work. This is according to Tumelo Dichabe, business advisor at non-profit organisation Technoserve, who says: "Our youth are not exposed to the options that exist or that would result...

GLobal enterprise WLAN market rebounds

The combined consumer and enterprise worldwide wireless local area network (WLAN) market segments rose 12% year over year in the third quarter of 2020 (3Q20), according to results published in the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly WLAN Tracker....

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