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...

HCP shipments fall as demand softens

Shipments of hardcopy peripherals (HCP) in Western Europe (WE) declined 11,6% YoY to 3,4-million units in Q3 2023, according to recent research by International Data Corporation (IDC). While the situation tends to differ by country and brand, supply chain issues have...

Setting SA’s maths whizzkids up for exam success

When the Siyavula and MTN Foundations teamed up to launch the Siyavula #1MillionMaths Challenge - aimed at sparking interest in maths and to help South Africa's high school students prepare for their final exams - they never realised the pivotal role it could play in...

Global smart speaker market to reach 163m in 2021

The latest Canalys forecast expects the global smart speaker market, including smart displays, to reach 163-million units in 2021, a growth of 21%. In 2020, Mainland China, which has the Covid-19 pandemic under control, will lead, growing 16%, while the rest of the...

Telcos are optimistic about 5G, but want better security

There is broad-based optimism for 5G revenue opportunities among telecoms organisations, but only if the new 5G services are both more secure and better tailored to key enterprise use cases. A survey conducted by TelecomTV in association with HardenStance and ETSI...

Banking fraud hits half of SA users

More than half of South African users (59%) faced banking fraud at least once in the first half of 2020, according to a recent Kaspersky survey. In most of the cases (74%) the banking fraud occurred via the phone, while the calls were received mainly during business...

SA parents want blended learning for their kids

Recent lockdown conditions threw the gauntlet down at South Africa's education system: adapt to the online world quickly to keep up with the syllabus during unforeseen circumstances, or face stalling learning completely, compromising the future of South Africa's...

Data protection, security concerns come to the fore

Consumers are increasingly concerned about data sharing during the pandemic and the security challenges organisations face supporting employees and customers in our remote-first world. These are the conclusions from two Cisco research studies that also highlight...

Electric cars won’t take over the road for a while

Electric vehicles will make up as many as eight out of 10 new cars sold in 2050. But it will still be a long road before they dislodge gasoline as the predominant fuel in transportation. This is the word from IHS Markit vice-chairman Daniel Yergin, writing in his new...

Develop supply chain professionals to stay competitive

To remain competitive in an ever-changing environment, chief supply chain officers (CSCOS) must apply advanced strategies to develop and train supply chain talent, according to Gartner. "Despite the disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, many companies are moving...

SK Hynix to buy Intel’s NAND business

SK hynix will acquire Intel's NAND memory and storage business for $9-billion. The transaction includes the NAND SSD business, the NAND component and wafer business, and the Dalian NAND memory manufacturing facility in China. Intel will retain its distinct Intel...

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