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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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Technology, demographics, ESG shift consumer demand

Sep 13, 2023

Mature markets are experiencing a shift in consumer demand patterns as consumers move away from traditional products and services towards those consistent with environmental, social, and governance goals. At the same time, according to Mazars' latest C-suite...

Young people lose enthusiasm for democracy

Sep 12, 2023

The Open Society Barometer, an annual global survey from Open Society Foundations that launched today, finds that young people around the world (Generation Z and millennials) hold the least faith in democracy of any age group, presenting a grave threat to its future....

Who’s causing the anti-vaccination infodemic?

Jun 10, 2020

Social media analysis conducted by media intelligence firm Commetric sheds light on the impact Covid-19 has had on the spread of anti-vaccination conspiracy theories online. Some of the main findings include: * Most users consumed vaccination content via videos rather...

Cyber incident at Life Healthcare

Jun 9, 2020

The Life Healthcare Group confirms that its southern African operation has been the victim of a targeted criminal attack on its IT systems. "We acted immediately on becoming aware of the incident and took our systems offline, in order to actively contain the attack,"...

Startups could drive growth in SA

Jun 9, 2020

The economic and social upheaval caused by the Covid-19 pandemic underlines the need for a collective, and robust national strategy to unlock entrepreneurship in South Africa. Before the pandemic, many aspects of the country's entrepreneurial ecosystem were already...

Saturn’s moon Titan drifting away faster than previously thought

Jun 9, 2020

Just as our own Moon floats away from Earth a tiny bit more each year, other moons are doing the same with their host planets. As a moon orbits, its gravity pulls on the planet, causing a temporary bulge in the planet as it passes. Over time, the energy created by the...

SMEs feel ready for disaster, but lack plans

Jun 9, 2020

The vast majority of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) both expect the unexpected and feel that they're ready for it - though they may not be. Research from Infrascale indicates that 92% of SMe executives believe their businesses are prepared to recover from a...

Businesses are poorly prepared for return to work

Jun 9, 2020

Failure to properly prepare their workplace and workforce for a return to work after lockdown could have disastrous consequences for companies as organisational outbreaks threaten business continuity in an already fragile economy. This is the warning sounded by Dr...

Covid-19 and the role of critical networks

Jun 9, 2020

International Data Corporation (IDC) Canada has released a report on communications and healthcare titled, "Critical Networks Provide Critical Care: Role of Communication Networks to Treat and Prevent Covid-19". The study examines the growing appreciation of the...

SA users not clued up on passwords

Jun 9, 2020

The latest Kaspersky report, 'Defending digital privacy: Taking personal protection to the next level', has found that 87% of South African users are thinking up their own passwords, while 72% say they are unaware about how to check if any of their credentials have...

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