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...

IBM, Salesforce collaborate to speed up adoption of trustworthy AI

IBM and Salesforce have announced a collaboration to help shared clients accelerate business transformations with generative AI while helping to safeguard their data. According to the companies, clients can now access the following: * Driving adoption of AI...

Mustek flags irregular expenditure at Sizwe

The Mustek board has issued a statement concerning irregular expenditure during the 2023 financial year in Sizwe Africa IT Group, in which Mustek holds a minority share. The company stresses that Mustek’s nominee director is appointed in a non-executive capacity to...

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...

Lockdown drives unintended benefits on the road

Lockdown has had a positive effect on vehicle crime and road-related incidents mainly due to the 74% decline in vehicle usage and the heightened visibility of police. As expected, according to statistics from MiX Telematics, the restriction on public movement and...

PS2 dominant as 1,56bn game consoles sold

Research by Learnbods.com has revealed that approximately 1,56-billion game consoles of different brands have been sold globally, with the PlayStation 2 accounting for the biggest share at 10,07%. By the end of March 2020, approximately 157,68-million PlayStation 2...

ISPs are enabling new connectivity reality

South Africa's Internet Service Providers' Association (ISPA) is reminding Internet users that Internet Service Providers (ISPs) are providers of essential services and therefore fully-functional during all Covid-19 lockdown phases. With the president confirming in...

Systems resilience in a time of unprecedented disruption

In the unfolding Covid-19 crisis, systems resilience is being tested like never before. By David Christie, intelligent engineering services lead for Accenture in Africa IT and business leaders must ensure that their organisations can continue to operate through this...

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