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...

All the IITPSA President’s Awards winners …

Mamela Luthuli, founder and CEO of Take Note IT, has been named South Africa’s IT Personality of the year at the Institute of Information Technology Professionals South Africa (IITPSA) President’s Awards 2023. AI expert Professor Mark Nasila, chief data and analytics...

Global connectivity improves, but Africa still fares poorly

Steady but uneven progress in global Internet connectivity highlights the disparities of the digital divide and is leaving people in low-income countries behind, according to the International Telecommunication Union's (ITU) Facts and Figures 2023. Analysis on...

South Africans losing patience with poor customer service

A quarter of South African customers would ditch companies after just one poor experience, while 63% of them would switch to competing brands after just two-to-five bad examples of customer service. This is according to new research by analytics firm SAS which says...

Climate change poses threat to Africa

Weather across sub-Saharan Africa has become more extreme and unpredictable in the twenty-first century, a trend that climate scientists project will become more pronounced in future decades. This is the key finding confirmed by a report by Greenpeace Africa and the...

Brazilian banking malware goes global on smartphones

While monitoring a Windows campaign from Guildma banking malware, Kaspersky researchers found URLs distributing not only a malicious .ZIP file for Windows, but also a malicious file that appeared to be a downloader to install Ghimob - a new banking Trojan. Upon...

Covid-themed threats, Powershell malware surge

During the second quarter of 2020, an average of 419 new threats per minute were recorded, while overall new malware samples grew by 11,5%. According to the latest McAfee Threats Report, a significant proliferation in malicious Donoff Microsoft Office documents...

Technology key to reducing inequality

Africacom 2020 - The South African government is ramping up policies aimed at using digital technology to reduce inequality, create opportunities and reap the benefits of ICT for a post pandemic social and economic revival. This was the message from Minister of...

Renewed focus on personal health during lockdowns

According to a new survey in conjunction with Fitbit, people are becoming more conscious of their personal health and activity in the wake of local lockdowns and are placing greater priority on improving their health and wellbeing. While most respondents stated that...

ICT infrastructure key to boosting Africa’s post-pandemic economy

Kathy Gibson reports from the Better Africa Summit at AfricaCom 2020 - While ICT infrastructure is vital for Africa's post-pandemic recovery, it won't achieve anything on its own. This is the word from Paul Michael Scanlan, chief technology officer of Huawei, who...

Sales reps have worst data proficiency in the organisation

Frontline and overlay sellers have the lowest data proficiency in organisations despite their focus on sales data and buyer activity, according to Gartner. The Gartner State of Sales Analytics report reveals that sales reps are considered to have among the worst data...

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