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...

Gaming PCs set to struggle as monitors return to growth

As demand for PCs and monitors has slowed, demand for gaming PCs and monitors has seen some resiliency. International Data Corporation (IDC) forecasts worldwide shipments of gaming monitors to grow 10,8% year over year in 2023 while gaming PCs are expected to decline...

AMD completes 4th Gen EPYC family

AMD has announced availability of the new AMD EPYC 8004 Series processors, completing the 4th Gen AMD EPYC CPU family of workload-optimised processors. The new processors bring the "Zen 4c" core into a purpose-built CPU, enabling hardware providers to create energy...

JSE announces new sustainability segment

The Green Bond Segment of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) has been expanded to a fully-fledged Sustainability Segment and, with effect from 23 July 2020, interested issuers can list social and sustainability bonds along with green bonds. With the introduction of...

Despite Covid-19, China embraces digital transformation

Despite the negative impact of Covid-19, most enterprises in China are expected to increase their share of ICT spending on digital transformation in 2020. GlobalData's Enterprise ICT Investment Trends in China 2020 Report highlights that the enterprises from China...

Why Africa needs to advance the digital economy

A new report by the Internet Society illustrates how better connectivity represents a key opportunity for countries to continue to develop more resilient digital economies and maps out the steps African countries can take to bring faster and less expensive Internet...

Pandemic could affect consumer credit for years

The pandemic will have a significant effect on the nation's personal finances in the months, and even years. This is one of the conclusions from TransUnion's Q1 2020 South Africa Industry Insights Report (IIR) and its forecast for the ongoing economic impact of...

Online demand for health news shoots up

Mobile operators throughout South Africa are experiencing increased traffic as the coronavirus pandemic drives users online for information. According to online search data from Upstream's Zero-D, during March and May this year, coronavirus accounted for 15% of all...

ITU issues guidelines for to protect children online

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has launched its new 2020 Guidelines on Child Online Protection (COP), a comprehensive set of recommendations for children, parents and educators, industry and policymakers on how to contribute to the development of a...

Minister Mboweni needs to go further than zero-based budgeting

Minister of Finance Tito Mboweni has the opportunity to draft an emergency budget that puts citizens first by introducing austerity measures. This is according to the Free Market Foundation (FMF), which has issued the following statement: Government must start laying...

May’s salary payments nosedive as unemployment rises

BankservAfrica's latest data reveals South Africa's total salaries paid declined significantly in May, reflecting the downturn in take-home pay numbers. Also, as low-income earners remain under pressure from the Covid-19 lockdown, South Africa's monthly salaried...

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