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...

Intel punts a software-defined approach to AI and security

Intel has announced general availability of a new attestation service that is part of Intel Trust Authority, which offers unified, independent assessment of Intel's trusted execution environment (TEE) integrity and policy enforcement, and audit records. At Intel...

Most of us have an unhealthy relationship with work

The world's relationship with work is at a breaking point - and its effects are pervasive. This is the headline finding from the first HP Work Relationship Index, a study exploring employees' relationships with work. The study polled more than 15 600 respondents...

B2C telemedicine comes under the spotlight

The lockdown and physical distancing restrictions of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic have created an international showcase opportunity for the telemedicine industry. Telecommunication service companies (telcos) are launching new services to directly address the...

Commonwealth seeks education innovations

The deadline to enter the 2021 Commonwealth education awards for good practice has been extended to 31 August 2020. The awards are open to exceptional education institutions, teachers and school leaders leading innovative learning and teaching projects. They can enter...

Further declines expected in services market

In April, International Data Corporation (IDC) forecast worldwide IT services and business services revenue would decline 1,1% year over year in 2020 due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. In a new update to the Worldwide Semiannual Services Tracker, the market...

Microsoft launches free online learning platform

Kathy Gibson reports - Microsoft has launched a new online learning ecosystem to help 25-million people upskill and reskill themselves, achieve certification for in-demand skills, and find jobs. It has been estimated that, around the world, the current pandemic will...

E-commerce offers hope for local economy

E-commerce is providing a ray of hope for the local economy with transactions hitting a record high in May and June. And, while there will be some leveling off, South Africa's largest payment provider, DPO South Africa, says the new love affair with digital commerce...

Access to reliable IoT would transform mining sector

Organisations across the mining industry are struggling to take full advantage of Internet of Things (IoT)-enabled applications due to a lack of reliable connectivity. This is according to a new global study by Inmarsat, the world leader in global, mobile satellite...

How much are missed risks costing you?

A Gartner survey of more than 382 strategic initiative leaders quantified the cost of missing risks in strategic initiatives. For an average $5-billion revenue company it amounts to $99-million annually in opportunity cost from delayed new product launches alone....

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Junior IT Developer

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