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...

Africa reels under increasing cyberthreats

Threat actors are proliferating in Africa, with attacks on the continent now ranking alongside the world's biggest economies in the number and scope of attacks. Emmanuel Tzingakis, technical lead: African cluster at Trend Micro, explains that, in July, Egypt ranked...

Electric vehicle growth in SA set to accelerate

As the global community celebrated World EV Day in September, South Africa reflected on the structural challenges standing in the way of better uptake of electric vehicles (EVs) to help reduce carbon emissions. Although the South African EV industry is currently small...

Digital danger for kids as travel starts up again

As coronavirus lockdowns around the world start to ease, travel is back on the agenda. But parents don't always monitor their children's online activities while travelling. According to Kaspersky's "Responsible Digital Parenting" survey, 84% of the parents in South...

IoT demands rethink of storage strategies

Internet of Things (IoT) is finding its way across various industries and applications, and the data generated from these devices is creating new opportunities to improve business outcomes. Managing this data is key to delivering organisational insights. Furthermore,...

Upskilling talent imperative for financial services

CEOs at financial services (FS) firms need to consider building the rights skills for their organisations to compete in the future. Doing so will likely require making investments that won't generate a return for some years, according to a new report from PwC. The...

Lockdown does not mean vacation

2020 is the year when nothing is the same and yet life goes on, for cybercriminals and APT groups alike. The Covid-19 pandemic is actively used as bait for many campaigns, large and small. Kaspersky researchers have seen the continued development of APT arsenals on...

Local survey reveals major financial struggles for South Africans

Living and working within the Covid-19 constraints has unfortunately become our new norm and there is no doubt that each and every one of us has been affected as a result. The extent of this, though, may from one person to another. Helene Vermaak, business director at...

New imaging system creates pictures by measuring time

A radical new method of imaging which harnesses artificial intelligence to turn time into visions of 3D space could help cars, mobile devices and health monitors develop 360-degree awareness. Photos and videos are usually produced by capturing photons - the building...

Covid-19 severely impacts gig workers

Flourish, a mission-oriented global venture capital firm with portfolio investments throughout Africa, has published the South African edition of The Digital Hustle: Gig Worker Financial Lives Under Pressure. The report tracks the experiences of gig workers, including...

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