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...

Where are ISPA Inspires winners now?

The ISPA Inspires Educational Sponsorship has been running for three years now and produced almost half a dozen winners who have been enabled to pursue studies and careers in the ICT (Information and Communications Technology) sector through the support of South...

All the 2023 Africa Tech Festival Award winners

The Africa Tech Festival Awards 2023 this week honoured companies, individuals and initiatives that have demonstrated excellence, and a commitment to pushing the boundaries of what is possible with technology in Africa. James Williams, senior event director, events at...

Bold action will improve government performance, trust

Governments around the world lag their private sector counterparts in digital transformation, especially when it comes to delivering positive customer experience (CX). This is according to a new report from Forrester which shares insights to help governments...

SMBs see benefits from digitalisation

Small and medium businesses (SMBs) continue to digitalise. This is one of the key findings from the Alibaba.com US B2B Small and Medium Business (SMB) Survey, according to which SMBs have accelerated their pivot to digital since January 2020. According to the survey...

APTs, hacking for hire the top threats in Africa

Despite research showing an overall decrease in certain malware families and types in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) in H1 2020 (36% decrease in South Africa, 26% decrease in Kenya and a 2,7% decrease in Nigeria), the human cyber threat remains rife. Africa is not immune to...

Skills, focus on the bigger picture needed for recovery plan to succeed

In his Economic Reconstruction and Recovery Plan of 15 October 2020, President Cyril Ramaphosa once again placed the emphasis on infrastructure development, job creation, energy security, debt reduction and the fight against corruption. By Nicolaas van Wyk, CEO of the...

Customer service needs to move from reactive to proactive

Customer service and support leaders must transform their service experience with dynamic customer engagement (DCE) to enable personalised proactive conversations with customers, according to Gartner. However, most service organisations operate in a reactive manner,...

Vodacom pumps R320m into KZN broadband

Vodacom KwaZulu Natal Region will invest just over R320-million into the network across the province during the 2020/2021 financial year. The lion's share of the capital expenditure will go towards building new LTE base station sites in both urban and deep rural areas...

US consumer tech sales to grow by 18%

According to the research data analysed and published by ComprarAcciones.com, consumer tech sales in the US will grow by 18% year-over-year (YoY) in Q4 2020 as a result of the continued work and learn-from-home trends. Comparatively, the growth rate in Q4 2019 was...

These are the top strategic tech trends for 2021

Gartner has outlined the top strategic technology trends that organisations need to explore in 2021. "The need for operational resiliency across enterprise functions has never been greater," says Brian Burke, research vice-president at Gartner. "CIOs are striving to...

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