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...

Countdown to Fak’ugesi festival begins

The countdown has begun for the 10th edition of the Fak'ugesi African Digital Innovation Festival, where the worlds of technology and creativity unite to shape a brighter future for Africa's digital landscape. With this year's theme, "More Flow", this landmark event...

Tourism, Airbnb partner for growth

The Ministry of Tourism and Airbnb have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to support the continued recovery of the tourism sector and build inclusive tourism in South Africa. The agreement will see the Department of Tourism work closely with Airbnb to advance...

Vigilance needed to protect personal info in social grant system

As the most financially vulnerable South Africans apply for the Covid-19 Social Relief of Distress grant made available as part of government's R500-billion pandemic response, protecting their personal information should be paramount. The same applies to the millions...

Call for SA’s young citizens to be freed from lockdown

Lockdowns will not end while politicians have the excuse of a supposed duty to impose tyranny on the entire population, writes Eustace Davie, a director of the Free Market Foundation. Based on the excuse that they must, at all costs, keep high risk (mostly elderly)...

SUSE looks to the future

Kathy Gibson is at SUSECon Digital ’20 – It’s been a year since SUSE bought itself out of Micro Focus International and became an independent entity. During that time, the company has focused on helping customers to simplify, modernise and accelerate their businesses....

Simplify, modernise, accelerate help IT achieve business goals

Kathy Gibson is at SUSECon Digital ’20 – IT’s function is to provide the environment that allows organisations to meet their business goals. “SUSE is deeply committed to delivering this, helping customers to simplify, modernise and accelerate their systems. We package...

SUSE, Elektrobit innovate at the edge

Mobility as we know it is about to change forever. Early stages of autonomous driving, the connected car, and electrification are no longer future ideas but realities on the road today, writes SUSE CEO Melissa di Donato. As the speed of innovation increases across the...

SUSE debuts solutions for Microsoft Azure

IT leaders are under pressure to deliver tangible outcomes in the next two years through technology investments, and with the current global pandemic, that pressure will only increase. According to a new global study commissioned by SUSE and conducted by Insight...

Africa set for cryptocurrency uptake

Africa's economic climate is ripe for the adoption of cryptocurrency. "The State of Crypto: Africa report" from Luno and Arcane Research, expect that the rapid adoption of cryptocurrencies in Africa will take place in the context of high inflation rates, volatile...

Companies will abandon IT projects to cut costs

Companies will axe IT projects throughout the remainder of 2020 and into 2021 as the recession bites. This is according to GlobalData's latest report, "Covid-19 Impact on IT infrastructure Equipment", which reveals that there will be a long-term need for IT...

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