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...

Digitalisation is under the spotlight

In response to the evolving business landscape, companies across diverse industries are actively embracing digitalisation. This proactive trend underscores their commitment to business transformation and capitalising on emerging opportunities. Consequently, there is a...

Enterprise cryptography is in a risky state

Old, outdated cryptographic protocols are widely used by enterprises in finance, healthcare, higher education, retail, and manufacturing. Research by Quantum Xchange underscores how cryptography is largely taken for granted - rarely evaluated or checked - a practice...

VR headsets set for growth despite short-term decline

As the world continues to deal with the pandemic, the market for virtual reality (VR) headsets is expected to decline 6,7% in 2020 before returning to double-digit growth of 46,2% in 2021, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Quarterly Augmented and...

Social, economic factors key to Africa’s low Covid rate

Covid-19 transmission in Africa has been marked by relatively fewer infections, which have been on the decline over the past two months. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), this is the result of a variety of socio-ecological factors as well as early and...

Resources for students to benefit from remote learning are inadequate

To save the academic year, tertiary education institutions in South Africa have moved lectures online - but this won't benefit all students. While virtual classes on personal tablets may have become the global norm, many South African students lack access to the...

City dwellers at higher risk from cyber-criminals

When looking for victims, cybercriminals focus on urban internet users. A NordVPN study has found that countries where cyber risk is considered high or very high have no less than 80% of the population living in cities. "Urban residents are more likely to enjoy higher...

Financial assets rise, but wealth gap widens

South Africa saw strong growth in financial assets in 2019. In fact, the world had a bumper year in 2019, with growth financial increasing by close to 10% - a trend that continued into the first six months of 2020. These are findings from the eleventh edition of...

Black Friday could look very different this year

The knock-on effects of the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown are set to drive a very different a Black Friday in November this year - which could good news for South Africans saving their depleted available spend for bargains that will yield great value. With retailers...

Liquid Telecom adds Cyber Risk Aware to new security unit

Cyber security awareness platform Cyber Risk Aware has been selected as the security awareness education and phishing simulation solution for the newly-unveiled cyber security unit within Liquid Telecom. Cyber Risk Aware's solution has been curated to help Liquid...

Mixed results for backup appliances

The EMEA purpose-built backup appliance (PBBA) market rose in value 11,1% year on year to $320,9-million in the second quarter of 2020, according to International Data Corporation's (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Purpose-Built Backup Appliance Tracker. Total EMEA PBBA open...

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