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...

Saffers listened to more local songs this year

Spotify Wrapped 2023 demonstrates that South Africans are consuming more local songs compared to 2022. Spotify Wrapped is the streaming company's thorough look into the music and podcasts that defined the year for South African users. Spotify Wrapped 2023 shows that...

Africa has a key role in the global green transition

Each year, the call for climate action appears to be intensifying from scientists, activists, and civil society. As global leaders gather at this year's 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28), a key aspect that is expected to garner attention is tangible measures that...

Calls to ease licensing department backlogs

The National Automobile Dealers' Association (NADA) has penned an open letter from the to Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula. Dear Minister Mbalula Extensive administrative delays in document turnaround times and vital operational systems are drastically impacting...

Consumer finances ease, but road to recovery will be tough

The government's decision to allow more economic activity during the third quarter of 2020 (Q3 2020) relieved some of the financial strain that several consumers had to endure during Q2 2020. This is evident from the Momentum-Unisa Consumer Financial Vulnerability...

Black Friday and the ethics of AI

With Black Friday around the corner, many businesses have adopted artificial intelligence (AI) to identify changing consumer trends and optimise sales. As businesses race to adopt this new technology, their ability to use it ethically - and in ways that generate trust...

In the time of Covid, businesses face new threats

External attacks on companies result in the most expensive cyber insurance losses but it is employee mistakes and technical problems that are the most frequent generator of claims by number. This is according to a new report from Allianz Global Corporate &...

Cybersecurity is coming of age

Decades after emerging from under IT's wing, the cybersecurity profession has matured. Armed with the insight and foresight that only experience can provide; cybersecurity stands at a pivotal point for the industry,organisations and people it serves. Against the...

Threats that will shape the security landscape in 2021

Ransomware and fast-changing attacker behaviours, from advanced to entry level, will shape the threat landscape and IT security in 2021. The Sophos 2021 Threat Report, written by SophosLabs security researchers, as well as Sophos' threat hunters, rapid responders, and...

How customer service and support is failing

Despite increased investments in a range of digital self-service capabilities, customer service and support (CSS) leaders continue to struggle with three failure points⁠ with self-service containment. According to Gartner, these failure points include external search,...

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