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...

AI ambition and AI-ready scenarios must be top CIO priorities

Artificial intelligence (AI), and the emergence of generative AI (GenAI), are shifting how humans and machines interact, and this is resulting in two key focus areas for CIOs as AI becomes an enterprise initiative, not just an IT initiative, according to Gartner....

AI will impact business decisions at every level

International Data Corporation (IDC) has presented its worldwide artificial intelligence (AI), generative AI (GenAI), and automation predictions for 2024 and beyond. While AI is not a new technology - companies have been investing heavily in predictive and...

Dust a red flag for SA’s food security outlook

The sources of South Africa’s dust emissions could pose a threat to food security. A new paper in the Aeolian Research journal titled “South Africa’s agricultural dust sources and events from MSG SEVIRI” points to windborne dust from large tracts of northern Free...

Data centre spend declines, but future prospects are good

End-user spending on global data centre infrastructure is projected to reach $200-billion in 2021, an increase of 6% from 2020, according to the latest forecast from Gartner. Despite a 10,3% decline in data center spending in 2020 due to restricted cash flow during...

Tech takes over in support of mental health

People want more from technology than collaboration tools; they also want it to support their mental health. This is among the findings of a new global study examining how the Covid-19 pandemic has impacted the mental health of the global workforce. It was released by...

Stronger networks will boost supply chains

Single connections between customer and supplier are often not resilient enough in crisis situations, so supply chain leaders must address that challenge by adding more partners and building an ecosystem, according to Gartner. "Major disruption, such as the Covid-19...

Workers embrace virtual events

The Covid-19 pandemic has driven a new way of working, and virtual events have become commonplace - a move that has been largely embraced by workers. Zensare company Indigo Slate conducted a survey, Everywhere Experiences, to understand how the recent shift to online...

Are Li-ion batteries the only option?

While Li-ion batteries are dominating the stationary energy storage sector, a growing number of companies are developing different technologies to be competitive in the future and bring to the market a more competitive energy storage system. Among the Li-ion batteries...

rAge goes digital – and free to attend

rAge, South Africa's annual video gaming, technology and geek culture exhibition, has gone virtual in 2020 - and delegates can attend for free. With rAge making its digital debut, fans can look forward to three days of fun and interactive streamed content that they...

ASSAf and SANSA agree to drive science-based policies

The Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) and the South African National Space Agency (SANSA) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to establish joint collaboration activities that ensures policy formulation is scientific and evidence-based, and that...

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