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...

Enterprise use of GenAI set to surge

By 2026, more than 80% of enterprises will have used generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) application programming interfaces (APIs) or models - and/or deployed GenAI-enabled applications in production environments - up from less than 5% in 2023, according to...

SA economy continues to ‘muddle along’

September reflected another month of weakened economic activity indicating bleak prospects for the economy's growth in the third quarter, according to the latest BankservAfrica Economic Transactions Index (BETI) data. "The BETI slipped marginally to an index level of...

Hackathon to address gender-based violence

Microsoft South Africa, together with leading gender-based violence NPO partners, 1000 Women Trust and TEARS Foundation, have launched the Safe@Home Hackathon to address gender-based violence in South Africa. The virtual hackathon, which will run from 22 September to...

Distributors see boom in ink-tank printer sales

Western Europe's distributors sold an unprecedented number of ink-tank printers in the second quarter of 2020, according to the latest data published by Context. "The increase reflects the continued growth of a technology that is relatively new in Europe," says...

Compute limits, cryptography keep bitcoin safe

The complex ECDSA algorithm used to generate cryptographic signatures, along with the limited fault tolerance of quantum computers, means the codes protecting bitcoin are likely to remain completely secure for years to come. This is according to John Singh, a senior...

NASA maps the Beirut blast from space

NASA's Advanced Rapid Imaging and Analysis (ARIA) team, in collaboration with the Earth Observatory of Singapore, used satellite-derived synthetic aperture radar data to map the likely extent of damage from a massive 4 August explosion in Beirut. Synthetic aperture...

Gen Z says no-one can be left behind in the workplace

With Gen Z's representation in the global workforce set to pass 1-billion by 2030, organisations need to understand the demographic group's motivations and perspectives on critical issues such as diversity and inclusion. Intel commissioned a study in the UK to assess...

Massive growth for global IaaS public cloud services

The worldwide infrastructure as a service (IaaS) market grew 37,3% in 2019 to total $44,5-billion, up from $32,4-billion in 2018, according to Gartner. Amazon retained the number one position in the IaaS market in 2019, followed by Microsoft, Alibaba, Google and...

CIOs must tackle next set of Covid-19 business challenges

CIOs have increased their organisational credibility during the Covid-19 pandemic, but there are more complex challenges that CIOs must tackle during the recovery to sustain their elevated value, according to Gartner. A Gartner CIO Research Circle (a Gartner managed...

SAP Africa Code Week goes online

In recognition of the United Nations' International Youth Day this week, a new-look SAP Africa Code Week (ACW) initiative officially kicks off across the continent with a number of changes and developments aimed at empowering Africa's youth with digital skills...

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Developer(Python) – Western Cape Stellenbosch

Company description: Capitec Bank is a leading South African retail bank that focuses on essential banking services and provides innovative transacting, savings, insurance and unsecured lending products to individuals. Capitec's mission is to make banking simple and...

SAPUI5 at Tipp Focus Resourcing – Western Cape Cape Town CBD

SAPUI5 Developer (Principal) - Contract - Cape Town Qualifications Required: Developer specific SAP Certification - Please provide proof of Developer specific SAP Certification when submitting CVExperience Required: 5+ Years SAP Development ExperienceSoftware...

Project Manager IT – Gauteng Midrand

This role is responsible for delivering assigned projects on time, on budget and within the agreed scope andquality levels within the company's governance framework. This role directly supports company objectives and contributes to identifying, analysing &...

Senior .Net Developer at Datonomy Solutions – Western Cape Cape Town

Our platform is the market leader in online business lending, is based on the Microsoft stack and is hosted in the cloud. We are looking for a motivated senior Developer to join our dynamic, vibrant and energetic Engineering team. The successful candidate will be...

Junior Integration Developer

SUMMARY:The primary purpose of this role is to be a great developer. You will form part of a larger development team and will regularly engage with your teammates and our clients to design, develop, test, implement and support the solutions that we have in place, and...

Full Stack Developer (Java and Angular) (2433) KG

WHAT WILL BE YOUR ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES?Conduct with the feature team members, system analysis, design, development and testing for their assigned technical products or applications within the context of an agile/DevOps delivery model. Maintain and develop, deploy...

Solutions Architect at Datonomy Solutions

Solutions Architect:You will play a lead role in developing and implementing systems architecture to meet our business and customer needs. Reporting to our Head of Engineering, we will look to you as a tech leader in the business to shape and deliver innovative...

Web Developer

We're looking for a versatile, young and dynamic web developer to join our marketing team based at our Centurion Branch.Responsibilities:Responsible for various Group websites that must provide feature-rich web experiences.Perform a mix of maintenance, enhancements,...

Software Developer

ENVIRONMENT:Our customer is an international technology firm specializing in software and cloud offerings within the realms of product development, high-performance computing (HPC), and artificial intelligence (AI). They are presently on the lookout for a skilled...

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