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...

UCT launches new biodiversity research project

A new biodiversity research project known as BioSCape, which will help researchers better understand the impact of climate change on biodiversity, was announced yesterday by the University of Cape Town. The project will link data collected from satellites and...

Tarsus on Demand ties up distribution for AWS

Tarsus on Demand has been appointed an authorised distributor for Amazon Web Services (AWS), joining a select number of AWS distributors on the African continent looking to advance the adoption of cloud solutions and develop innovative new services and products. The...

Tech trends to watch over the next decade

Social distancing technologies, composable enterprise, AI-assisted design, differential privacy and biodegradable sensors are among the key technologies to watch in the years ahead. The 30 must-watch technologies on the Gartner Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies,...

Following Experian breach, banks move quickly to help customers

Banks have responded quickly to yesterday evening's news of a massive data breach at credit bureau Experian, which potentially exposed the personal details of 24-million South Africans consumers and almost 1-million businesses. FNB has sent out a statement confirming...

26% growth for global public cloud

The worldwide public cloud services market, including Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS), grew 26% year over year in 2019, with revenues totaling $233,4-billion. According to the International Data...

Consumer values, spending behaviour have changed

As South Africa enters level 2 lockdown this week, businesses need to ask themselves if they are prepared to face the new consumer. Do they know how their customer has changed in the wake of a global health pandemic? Are they aware of what their target market now...

Drive to help workers use all the skills they learn

Employees are applying only 54% of the new skills they learn, despite the number of skills required for a single job increasing by 10% year-over-year. A Gartner TalentNeuron data reveals that 33% of the skills needed three years ago are no longer relevant. The...

Security focus must shift to remote working

Enterprises must adapt to address telework security challenges long-term. This is one of the findings from Fortinet's 2020 Remote Workforce Cybersecurity Report, which shows how organisations are increasing their investments to secure remote work at scale. The survey...

Africa Data Centres to source fibre optics in Africa

Africa Data Centres and Benya Cables are entering into a strategic supply agreement to secure continuous sourcing of critical fibre optic technology and equipment. The agreement is for supply into seven of the biggest countries across Africa. Benya Cables, based in...

Africa’s Business Heroes whittled down to top 20

The 2020 Africa's Business Heroes (ABH) prize competition, a philanthropic program established by the Jack Ma Foundation's Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative (ANPI), has shortlisted the top 20 finalists competing for a spot at this year's finale. The 20 entrepreneurs...

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