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...

Steady growth as EV shipments hit 15m

Nearly 15-million electric cars (battery electric and plug-in hybrid) are expected to be shipped worldwide in 2023, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. Shipments of electric cars are estimated to increase 19% in 2024, to total 17,9-million units. Gartner...

Africans are willing to act against climate change

A significant sense of agency is evident across Africa when it comes to combating the impact of climate change. The 2023 Climate Awareness Report, based on research by Australian research outfit Stickbeak and released by bird story agency, showcases considerable...

Mobile users and the need to stay vigilant

Following President Ramaphosa's recent pronouncement that South Africans should "get used to living with the coronavirus for some time to come", it's clear that many of us are going to continue working from home during the remainder of 2020. The downside of many...

Technology and the changing world of work

Kathy Gibson is at a Dell Technologies virtual press conference – The nature of work is changing, as is the way workers interact with colleagues and technology. In fact, it has already changed, says Chris Buchanan, director: end user computing Africa at Dell...

Consumers want tech innovation to drive sustainability

Consumers generally want to lead more sustainable lives, and look to technology to tackle environmental challenges. This is among the finding of an Ericsson ConsumerLab report that reveals fresh insights on consumer attitudes toward sustainability challenges, and how...

Telcos and the opportunity on the edge

Growth in edge computing could generate new revenue opportunities for operators. New research shows that mobile and wireline operators can build a platform for the development of edge services while saving massively on costs by combining existing cell tower networks...

Regional PC sales down with no respite this year

The Middle East and Africa (MEA) personal computing devices (PCD) market - made up of desktops, notebooks, workstations, and tablets - saw shipments decline 10,2% year on year during the first quarter of 2020. According to the latest Quarterly PCD Tracker from...

Lockdown-linked consumer demand drives inkjet printer sales

A spike in consumer printer demand during Covid-19 lockdowns has helped overall sales through European distributors grow by 2,2% year-on-year in the first 18 weeks of 2020, according to Context. "The latest data indicates that, although not as essential to home...

Smart cities could advance response to Covid-19

Many of the short-term fixes and even long-term cures envisaged for the illness of urban and wider society so vividly and exposed by the Covid-19 pandemic lie, at least in part and sometimes almost completely with ICT. With 50% of the world's population living in...

Smartphone sales set to plummet in 2020

The worldwide smartphone market is forecast to decline 11,9% year over year in 2020 with shipments totaling 1,2-billion units, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. The forecast follows the largest...

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