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...

1bn people will use cryptocurrencies by 2027

Despite turbulence and regulatory twists in recent months, the crypto industry is on the up in 2023, according to analysis from Altindex.com. The impressive performance of the world's largest cryptos, which saw double-digit price growth in the first six months, helped...

Evolving threat landscape calls for active defence

Kathy Gibson reports - Africa is unique in the world when it comes to cyber resilience and data protection. Kate Mollett, regional director: South Africa and SADC at Commvault, explains that cybercrime that takes place in Africa could have wide-ranging effects around...

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...

Why Treasury needs a new 2020/21 budget

The South Africa Revenue Services (SARS) has predicted that it would lose around 15% to 20% of its tax revenue this year as a result of the nationwide Covid-19 lockdown, and the responsibility of filling the gap will fall upon the South African taxpayers. However, the...

Signs of recovery for oil demand

China's oil demand has continued a sharp rising trend since passing the nadir in February. After dropping in February by over 40% compared with a year earlier, the country's oil demand for April reached 89% of the April 2019 level (approximately 12,7-million barrels...

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon set to chauffeur astronauts to ISS

A new era of human spaceflight is set to begin as US astronauts are set to launch again launch SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program. NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley will be...

Covid-19 could intensify battle of the banks

The fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic will see the battle of the banks intensify, as both legacy and challenger financial institutions race to use tech innovation to gain a competitive advantage in 2020/2021. This is according to Victor Mupunga, research analyst at...

Food security needed to guard against hunger pandemic

African countries need to urgently expand food reserves, keep food supply flowing and boost their agriculture budgets to avert a possible hunger pandemic, partly caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. This is the conclusion from a webinar hosted by the African Development...

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