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...

Business vehicles at bigger risk of hijacking

Tracker's vehicle crime statistics for the period January to June 2023 reveal that hijackings still dominate, accounting for 55% of all national vehicle crime incidents versus theft at 45%. However, while the hijacking to theft ratio for personal vehicles is...

African government institutions under fire from cyberthreats

Check Point Software Technologies' Global Threat Index for October 2023 reveals an alarming trend in cyber threats, with the Remote Access Trojan (RAT) NJRat having dramatically risen from sixth to second place - with a particular focus on targeting government...

Double-digit growth forecast for 3rd Platform tech

Internet of Things (IoT) is set to enjoy increased spend after the pandemic, along with other 3rd Platform technologies that are expected to see double-digit growth. To bring more insight to technology spending across and within industries, International Data...

Another quarter of double-digit growth for PCs

As the global pandemic rages on and many countries around the world enter the second wave of COVID-19 infections, continuity of business and online schooling remain at the forefront of every economy. This led to double-digit growth in the traditional PC market,...

Girls4Tech STEM programme reaches 1m girls

Mastercard's signature science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) programme, Girls4Tech, has reached its initial goal of educating 1-million girls. The programme has a new ambition to reach 5-million girls by 2025. The programme, which launched in 2014,...

Time to reimagine business is now

Kathy Gibson is at Fujitsu ActivateNow – It is time to reimagine how our businesses and societies can be better. That’s the overriding message from Takahito Tokita, CEO and chief digital transformation officer of Fujitsu, talking to delegates at the company’s virtual...

How Mars Petcare pivoted during Covid

Kathy Gibson is at Fujitsu ActivateNow - As Covid-19 and resultant lockdowns swept across the world, business leaders had to quickly transform business and work styles in a world of uncertainty. Mars Petcare recognised early in March that it needed to switch to a...

Technology is not alone in driving the future workplace

Kathy Gibson is at Fujitsu ActivateNow – Technology is having a huge influence on the future workplace – but it’s by no means the only driver of the new world of work. Lynda Gratton, professor of management practice at the London Business School and co-author of The...

Alviva peeks under Tarsus’ kimono … likes what it sees

Mark Davison reports - Following months of speculation in the IT channel, South Africa's largest distribution group, Alviva, has confirmed that it is in negotiations to acquire the country's second biggest distributor by revenue, Tarsus Technology Group. Late...

SA’s ‘swoosh’ economic recovery continues

The South African economy remains on course to a "swoosh" recovery, according to very latest data from the BankservAfrica Economic Transactions Index (BETI), which also indicates stronger growth for South Africa's upcoming Q3 2020 gross domestic product (GDP) figures....

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