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...

Fines for mismanagement of data subject rights to soar

By 2026, fines due to mismanagement of subject rights will have increased tenfold from 2022 to total over $1-billion, according to Gartner, which defines subject rights requests (SRRs) as a set of legal rights that enable individuals to make demands and, in some...

Insurance industry under fire as cost-of-living crisis worsens

The world is currently facing one of the harshest economic climates experienced since the 2008 global financial crisis, raising concerns that more people may turn to fraud to address the financial pressure they are experiencing. "Rising inflation and the current war...

‘Flattening the curve’ was intended for the virus, not the economy

Business for SA (B4SA) has called for South Africa to proceed quickly to lockdown level 2, lest deeper and longer-lasting harm be caused to an already crippled economy. By Chris Hattingh, project manager and researcher at the Free Market Foundation According to Hilary...

SA student team wins Ford Enactus Covid-19 grant

A South African student team from the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) has been selected as one of 14 Enactus teams globally to receive a grant through the Ford Motor Company Fund's Covid-19 College Challenge for their innovative community projects. From...

Multi-cloud combats data silo issues

Data analytics is complicated by the fact that information is still commonly stored in various systems including the cloud, making it hard for companies to leverage it as a key way to create more value. A new study from Forrester Consulting, commissioned by Oracle,...

Celestial pyrotechnics when galaxy clusters collide

Several hundred million years ago, two galaxy clusters collided and then passed through each other. This mighty event released a flood of hot gas from each galaxy cluster that formed an unusual bridge between the two objects. This bridge is now being pummeled by...

On the dark web, Covid-19 survivors’ blood fetches top dollar

Blood of supposedly recovered coronavirus patients on the dark web costs three times more than hiring a hitman. This is according to Atlas VPN research, which reveals that cybercriminals are selling blood and other fake cures for up to $16 000.00. A murder can be...

Even during a pandemic, your privacy is protected

Many South Africans have expressed valid concerns about the potential for abuse of personal information collected by government as part of tracking and tracing those exposed to Covid-19 infection. The approach taken, however, appears to be well-balanced, even though...

Covid-19 social relief grants digitised

Civic engagement technology platform GovChat has partnered with the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) to support the digitisation of the Covid-19 social relief grant application process. The partnership with GovChat enables millions of unemployed citizens...

SA users want to keep info private

New Kaspersky research has found that consumers around the world want to take more action to protect and maintain control over their personal privacy. As revealed in the company's latest report, "Defending digital privacy: taking personal protection to the next...

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