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...

Employers urged to rethink minimum wages

In a world of growing calls for global social reform, companies that want to preserve their market share will have to pay their employees at least a living wage. This is according to Professor Ines Meyer of the Living Wage South Africa Network, whose research paves...

Africa is ‘a uniquely appealing green investment destination’

KPMG has released a new report highlighting Africa's significant investment opportunity in renewable energy, detailing nearly $250-billion untapped green investment opportunities in areas such as solar, wind, and hydrogen. As it stands, Africa will need $277-billion...

Mustek celebrates 10 years with Huawei

Mustek and Huawei have culminated their 10th year of partnership with a gala event to recognise the role of reseller partners in growing the Huawei brand in South Africa. "Over the last 10 years our partners have grown with us," says Mustek CEO David Kan. "Together we...

State of the cigarette market after the ban

Cigarette prices have decreased sharply from their highly inflated levels during the sales ban, but are substantially higher than their pre-lockdown levels. The average retail price of cigarette brands produced by the multinationals is nearly 5% higher than before the...

Telkom, YahClick sign connectivity agreement

Telkom Consumer and YahClick have signed an agreement which enables individual and business consumers to make high quality voice calls and access broadband data packages from anywhere in South Africa using a satellite connection. For Phase 1, Telkom will commence with...

Black Friday, Cyber Monday 2020 were online hits

Online transactions on Black Friday and Cyber Monday 2020 fared slightly better than in previous years as more South Africans chose to do their bargain hunting from the web. 3D-Secure, BankservAfrica's online card authentication service (i.e. transactions that require...

Oliver Fortuin is new group CEO at Seacom

Byron Clatterbuck, who joined Seacom in 2012 as its chief commercial officer and became group CEO in February 2015, has resigned and will be ending his tenure with the company on 31 March 2021. Pieter Uys, chairperson of Seacom, comments: "Mr Clatterbuck has been...

Transactions flat in November, signalling a bleak December

The BankservAfrica Economic Transactions Index (BETI) fell flat in November 2020, suggesting lower economic growth for Q4 2020, which may lead to reduced spending over the December holiday break. "The BETI was 121.8 in November 2020, which represents a 0,1% monthly...

Strong growth for PCD sales in MEA

The Middle East and Africa (MEA) personal computing devices (PCD) market, which is made up of desktops, notebooks, workstations, and tablets, saw shipments increase an impressive 23,5% year on year during Q3 2020, according to industry analysis conducted by...

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