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...

IBM will train 2m in AI, with focus on the underserved

To help close the global artificial intelligence (AI) skills gap, today IBM has committed to train 2-million learners in AI by the end of 2026, with a focus on underrepresented communities. To achieve this goal at a global scale, IBM is expanding AI education...

Vergelegen winery goes green with solar

Vergelegen wine estate in Somerset West has installed a solar power plant that has taken its hilltop winery building off the grid. The investment involved installing six solar tables, comprising a total of 500 panels and covering1400m². In addition to the panels, the...

Brace for deepest recession in 90 years

South Africa can expect a deep recession this year - as bad as any in the last 90 years. Finance Minister Tito Mboweni delivered his Supplementary Budget Speech 2020 to (a virtual) Parliament yesterday (June 24). Lullu Krugel chief economist for PwC Strategy&, and...

Key pointers to improving youth outcomes

This week's announcement by Stats SA Quarterly Labour Force Survey that nearly 40% of South Africans and 70% of young South Africans are unemployed by the expanded unemployment definition argues that immediate and simple solutions are urgently needed in this...

How bundled attacks hit Mac users

Contrary to popular belief, cybercriminals target Mac systems - but most people don't take these threats seriously enough. SophosLabs has published an in-depth report, "New Bundlore Adware Targets MacOS with Updated Safari Extensions", that report analyses an...

Telco projects not disrupted by pandemic

There is no evidence of significant disruption to telco innovation projects due to Covid-19. If anything, the crisis is only serving to underscore the logic of digital transformation, which is accelerating telco ambition to go further, faster. Consequently, the short-...

Covid-19 and its impact on global tourism

As tourism slowly restarts in an increasing number of countries, the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has released new data measuring the impact of Covid-19 on the sector. After several months of unprecedented disruption, the UNWTO World Tourism Barometer reports...

ZACR wants a R10 increase for domains

South Africa's ZA Central Registry NPC (ZACR) is motivating for a price increase in the wholesale registration and renewal fee for co.za, web.za. org.za and net.za domains. The current annual domain fee of R45 has been unchanged since 2014, and ZACR is asking for this...

Telkom launches app to grow small businesses

Aimed at helping the growth of small businesses in South Africa who have been severely hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, Telkom Business has launched Yep! on Google Play and Apple's app store. Yep! is a digital marketplace where customers can safely and confidently search...

Regional PC monitor market suffers slight dip

PC monitor shipments to the countries of the Middle East and Africa (MEA) declined 1% year on year (YoY) in Q1 2020 to total 1,1-million units, according to the latest insights from International Data Corporation (IDC). However, the firm's Quarterly PC Monitors...

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