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...

Hybrid work flexibility underpins employee experience

While 90% of businesses see the enablement of hybrid and remote work as having a positive impact on their bottom line, fewer than half (48%) of organisations strongly agree that employees have access to the technology they need to work well both at home, and in the...

Global shocks not holding African markets back

The Absa Africa Financial Markets Index 2023 reveals there has been continued progress in developing financial markets across Africa in the past year, with many AFMI countries taking steps to bolster their resilience against global market shocks. Now in its seventh...

IT industry digs deep

The IT industry has raised a massive R60 606.11 for the Sandton SPCA in the A-Plus Channelwise Women's Day Challenge. This is made up of R55 606.11 raised via direct donations through the 101 Donations page on Back-a-Buddy and an additional R5 000.00 bid in the online...

Digital transformation key to remote working success

The shift to remote working has led to improved productivity for 29% of organisations, with that figure leaping to 70% for companies that had implemented digital transformation before the pandemic struck, These are among the findings from the study "Remote Working in...

Banks face up to harsh choices

Banks are facing a stark choice: own customers or power finance - and few will manage both. A new Forrester report, "The Future Of Banking Is Built On Trust," finds that future banks will operate in different modes: direct to consumer, as-a-service, marketplace...

Which content do users want to unblock?

Video content on YouTube is the most desirable to unlock, according to NordVPN research into what people search with the aim of unblocking. In total, 82,7% of internet users searching how to unblock certain online services want to access YouTube, while 5,7% of all...

SA’s Ukheshe makes Ecobank Fintech Challenge top 10

SMME digital banking platform provider, Ukheshe, is a finalist in the Ecobank Group's 2020 Ecobank Fintech Challenge. In its third edition, the programme is designed to deepen collaboration between Ecobank and fintechs with Africa-focused products. Ukheshe is one of...

Public cloud remains a security challenge

Public cloud security continues to be a major challenge for enterprise security teams. This is among the findings from Check Point Software Technologies' global 2020 Cloud Security Report, highlighting the challenges faced by enterprise security teams in protecting...

Global banking and securities IT spend set for decline

Worldwide IT spending in the banking and securities sector is expected to decline nearly 4,7% to $514-billion in 2020, according to Gartner. Spending on devices such as PCs and mobile devices will see the largest decline, falling 12,1%, followed by data centre...

Nissan puts high-performance computing on Oracle Cloud

Nissan Motor Company is migrating its on-premises, high-performance computing (HPC) workloads to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.By moving its performance and latency sensitive-engineering simulation workloads to Oracle Cloud, Nissan will be able to speed the design and...

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Infrastructure and Security Project Manager

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Our client, a company that provide various HR Solutions looking for Senior and Intermediate Level Java Developers to join their team.The Java Developer is responsible to transfer skills where it's needed and ensure that cross collaboration within the Technology...

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