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...

Remote physical goods fraud set to mushroom

A new study from Juniper Research forecasts that the greatest merchant losses to fraud will be via remote physical goods purchases, with losses reaching $5,1-billion across emerging markets in 2028, up from $1-billion in 2023. The research group anticipates fraud...

Morphobots contend for a job on Mars

In 2020, academics Mory Gharib and Alireza Ramezani were spitballing a transforming robot that is now getting a shot at work that's literally out of this world: NASA Mars Rover missions. Caltech has unveiled its multi-talented robot that can fly, drive, walk and do...

Enterprise hardware a casualty of Covid-19

Hardware has been more negatively impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic than software or services, although some sectors like computing components continue to do well, according to the latest channel analysis from Context. The latest data from the analyst reveals...

UN aims to stop spread of fake news

A new UN initiative aims to push back against the tide of lies and hate that has risen in tandem with the Covid-19 pandemic, by empowering people worldwide to share accurate information to help save lives and promote global solidarity. UN Secretary-General António...

Vodacom zero-rates what3words

Vodacom has zero-rated what3words for its more than 43-million subscribers across South Africa. The UN estimates that 75% of countries in the world have a poorly maintained addressing system - or none at all. This is an issue that South Africa knows well, with large...

How sales leaders can respond post-Covid

As sales organisations prepare to resume business operations, Gartner has identified three key workstreams to help respond to, and prepare for, a rebound in sales post Covid-19 quarantine. Chief sales officers (CSOs) around the globe are taking decisive action to...

Applications open for Sasol Business Accelerator programme

Applications are open for small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) in the manufacturing, engineering services and recyclables sectors to join the Sasol Business Accelerator (SBA) programme. Interested companies must be based in Sasolburg and surrounding areas,...

Take-home pay surprises with small uptick in April

The BankservAfrica Take-home Pay Index (BTPI) showed a slight pick-up in April as the majority of employees continued to receive their monthly incomes - however, casual and weekly workers were most affected by the Covid-19 lockdown as the number of wages paid declined...

Transparency could close gender pay gap

The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for economic policy reforms to address deep socio-economic inequalities in South Africa, including transparent pay reporting towards closing the persistent gender pay gap which sees South African women still earning up to...

Consumer spending tips up during level 4 lockdown

There has been a slight boost in card spend since the start of level 4 lockdown, according to insights from FNB. However, despite the increase in consumer spending, activity is still averaging significantly lower compared to pre-lockdown levels. FNB insights also show...

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