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...

Bank Zero takes on commercial banking

Bank Zero is now offering commercial banking for businesses of any size. "Bank Zero is ushering an innovative new approach far from the legacy 'me-too' solutions of traditional banks," says Michael Jordaan, chair of Bank Zero. "We have completely rethought commercial...

Davison challenges men in the IT channel

Channelwise Editor Mark Davison has thrown down the gauntlet to men in the IT channel, in support of the A-Plus/Channelwise Women’s Day 101 Donations challenge. He has donated R1 000.00 to the cause and challenged other men in the channel to match it. The 101...

Security spend continues to grow during pandemic

Worldwide cybersecurity spending could grow as much as 5,6% in 2020. This is the best-case scenario, where investment continues to outpace the economy, according to Canalys. The overall shipment value, covering endpoint security, network security, web and email...

Healthy growth for MEA PC shipments

The Middle East and Africa (MEA) personal computer (PC) market, which is made up of desktops, notebooks and workstations, saw shipments grow 7% year on year during the second quarter of 2020. Preliminary results from the International Data Corporation (IDC Quarterly...

Smokers cut down as illicit cigarette prices soar

Research shows that the average price of cigarettes has increased by nearly 250% compared to pre-lockdown levels. Based on a second online survey, conducted between 4 June and 19 June 2020, researchers from the University of Cape Town (UCT) found that the average...

Telkom starts migration from copper

Telkom is transitioning its customers from copper-based Internet to new-generation fibre technology in all fibre-ready regions across South Africa. The is currently upgrading its customers from copper ADSL internet to fibre-based Internet. This migration applies to...

Facebook investments set to grow Africa’s economy by $57bn

Facebook's investments in infrastructure and connectivity across sub-Saharan Africa will deliver over $57-billion in economic benefits over the next five years (2020-2024). This is among the findings from The Impact of Facebook's Connectivity Initiatives in...

July the strongest month this year for Euro channel

The European IT channel ended the quarter with 7.3% year-on-year value growth and the highest revenue-earning week since the start of the pandemic, according to new data from IT market intelligence company Context. Context has been tracking weekly performance for...

Just 17% of supply chain leaders are women

While supply chain organisations deal with the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, they still pursue gender equality goals. According to Gartner, Inc.'s 2020 Women in Supply Chain Survey among 177 supply chain professionals, 17% of chief supply chain officers (CSCOs)...

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