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...

Healthy growth for IT healthcare services

The globalhealthcare IT services market is expected to reach $382,27-billion by 2030, according Grand View Research, and is anticipated to grow at a CAGR of 13,2% from 2023 to 2030. This growth is fueled by substantial government investments worldwide to enhance the...

How to make roads on the moon

With civilisation comes roads - and that is going to be especially true on the moon, just to keep the dust away. Lunar dust is ultra-fine, abrasive and clingy. In the Apollo era dust clogged equipment and eroded spacesuits. Notably, when the Apollo 17 lunar rover lost...

Retailers pick Google Cloud over AWS, Azure

Google Cloud ranks as the number one cloud service provider to the retail sector, outpacing overall market leader AWS and second-placed Microsoft Azure. This is according to the latest research from Canalys' Cloud Channels Analysis service, which assessed the top...

SA top of the African charts for quality of digital life

South Africa ranks 59th in the world for its quality of digital life, but it came in top for Africa. This is according to Surfshark's DQL Index 2020, which founds that South Africa surpasses Kenya, Nigeria, Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco in terms of its digital quality...

Yellow Pages partners with fintech to support SMEs

With the lockdown having impacted South African businesses, Yellow Pages has teamed up with Fundrr to offer loans for telecommunications and market support to businesses wanting to grow. Yellow Pages, which is a division of Telkom Business, provides support packages...

A clear virtual sales strategy is vital

It is critical for sales enablement leaders to implement a long-term virtual selling strategy as more field sales roles move to virtual sales positions, according to Gartner. "While many chief sales officers (CSOs) are not yet fully committed, the uncertain nature of...

Overall decline for printer sales in EMEA

The overall Middle East and Africa (MEA) hardcopy peripherals (HCP) market contracted in both units and value in Q2 2020, according to the latest insights from International Data Corporation (IDC). The global technology research and consulting firm's Worldwide...

Women in the IT channel make a difference

Despite tough times, women in the information and communication technology (ICT) industry raised a massive R61 106.11 to help the Sandton SPCA build a new sterile clinic. The money was raised through a Women’s Day initiative, 101 Donations, organised by Channelwise...

Standard Chartered Bank drives a cloud-first strategy

Standard Chartered Bank and Microsoft have announced a three-year strategic partnership to accelerate the bank’s digital transformation through a cloud-first strategy. The partnership marks a significant milestone for Standard Chartered in making its vision for...

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