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...

Cybersecurity trends to watch in 2024

South Africa's cybersecurity landscape is becoming increasingly dangerous. In fact, a recent report by Interpol reveals that the country is the cybercrime hub of the continent. As cyber-threats continue to rise, it's crucial for local businesses to keep an eye on...

Covid impacted digital transformation in healthcare

Globally, 71% of healthcare industry professionals expressed that the Covid-19 pandemic had the greatest impact on digital transformation in the healthcare sector during the last few years, among other macro events, according to a survey by GlobalData. GlobalData's...

IoT expected to transform industrial security

The digitalisation of industrial infrastructure is underway and 55% of organisations globally are confident that the Internet of Things, as one of its key aspects, will change the state of security in industrial control systems (ICS). According to Kaspersky's recent...

Design key in making technology human-centric

Kathy Gibson is at Fujitsu ActivateNow – As the world of work changes, design thinking is driving a new way of developing solutions. Venanzio Arquilla, associate professor at POLI.Design University in Milan, says the role of design thinking is key in the move to...

Supercomputing pushes the boundaries of research

Kathy Gibson is at Fujitsu ActivateNow – High-performance computing is leading the fight against Covid-19. Research around the novel coronavirus is just one of the tasks being performed by the Fugaku supercomputer, jointly developed by Riken and Fujitsu and ranked as...

Fujitsu wants to be a trusted innovator

Kathy Gibson is at Fujitsu ActivateNow – Innovation is important to Fujitsu’s identity, and this has stood the company in good stead in 2020. Hidenori Furuta, chief technology officer, points out that Fujitsu recently celebrated its 85th anniversary. “During that...

How lockdown drove a new way of working

Kathy Gibson is at Fujitsu ActivateNow – Global lockdowns aimed at combating the spread of Covid-19 have given rise to a new and more digital world of work. Martin Schultz, chief policy economist at Fujitsu, says the coronavirus crisis gave rise to what has...

IoT could be critical for SA’s digital economy masterplan

The IoT Industry Council of South Africa (I0TIC), established two years ago to represent the interests of Internet of Things (IoT) technology service providers in South Africa, is advocating for faster uptake of IoT technology by business and government in small,...

3D printer market set for U-shaped recovery

The global 3D printing market saw a 24% second quarter sequential rebound in domestic unit shipments of Industrial-class printers in China, and a global surge of 68% in Personal desktop printer shipments, according to latest data published by Context. These trends...

Ethics is central to the application of AI

Kathy Gibson is at Fujitsu ActivateNow - Artificial intelligence is becoming pervasive in many industries, opening up the question of the ethical use of the technology. "With the global prevalance of AI today, and its ubiquitous role in business, trust has never...

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