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...

Vodafone,Vodacom to beta test Amazon’s Project Kuiper in 2024

Vodafone and Project Kuiper - Amazon's low Earth orbit satellite (LEO) communications initiative - have announced a strategic collaboration through which Vodafone and Vodacom plan to use Project Kuiper's network to extend the reach of 4G/5G services to more of their...

AI expected to be critical in learning and education

The shipments of smart devices in learning and education has mushroomed together with their capability, applicability, and value, says IDC, adding that the ecosystem now plays an increasingly important role in the market development with improved interoperability and...

Nominations for women’s award open

The Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) is calling for nominations for AWIEF Awards 2020. This year marks the fourth edition of the highly-anticipated AWIEF Awards which serves as the premier platform to highlight achievements in women...

Healthcare set to embrace RPA

Half of US healthcare providers will invest in robotic process automation (RPA) in the next three years, up from 5% today, according to Gartner. The heightened need to optimise costs and scarce healthcare resources during the coronavirus pandemic is providing further...

The rise and rise of adware

Kaspersky researchers have found that the number of applications capable of bombarding users with unwanted advertising is increasing on official marketplaces. Three new applications with adware modules were found on the Google Play store in a span of just three...

Innovation, data to drive marketing agendas

As technology drives customer expectations to new heights, marketers in South Africa have emerged as not just messengers, but engagers who foster meaningful customer relationships well beyond the first purchase. This is one of the findings from the sixth edition of...

Work from home saves PC market from collapse

Global shipments of devices (PCs, tablets and mobile phones) are on pace to decline 13,6% in 2020, totaling $1,9-billion units, according to the latest forecast from Gartner. "The forecasted decline in the PC market in particular could have been much worse," says...

No trust among cyber-crooks

New data on cybercriminal operations and patterns for buying and selling goods and services in the underground show that trust has eroded among criminal interactions, causing a switch to e-commerce platforms and communication using Discord, both of which increase user...

Very young entrepreneurs a vital player in African employment

Investments in supporting successful transitions from school and university directly to entrepreneurship could unlock significant employment gains in Africa. This is according to a new research paper from the Anzisha Prize, which has worked with very young African...

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