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...

Blue Label warns of earnings drop

Blue Label Telecoms has advised shareholders that basic, headline and core headline earnings per share for the year ended 31 May 2023 will decrease by more than 20% in comparison to the year ended 31 May 2022. Earnings per share will drop by between 72% and 76%;...

SAP GROW accelerates cloud adoption for SMEs

SAP Africa announced the South African launch of GROW with SAP, a new offering to help midsize customers adopt cloud ERP that enables speed, predictability and continuous innovation. GROW with SAP customers get the same best practices powering the world's industry...

ITU Innovation Challenges aim to rethink digital value chains

The Covid-19 pandemic demonstrates the positive impact of innovation but also reveals the uneven distribution of technology's benefits. The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) points out that communities with access to technological innovation are more...

Crisis drives need for new hiring strategies

Most organisations (86%) are incorporating new virtual technology to interview candidates due to the Covid-19 pandemic. In response to the uncertainty created by the pandemic, 82% of organisations anticipate a decline in external hiring across the next three months,...

Global UC&C revenue grows 17,7%

Worldwide revenue for the unified communications and collaboration (UC&C) market reached $38,8-billion in 2019, representing year-over-year growth of 17,7% according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Unified Communications & Collaboration...

Cashless ATM for SASSA grants launched

The SA Post Office (SAPO) has launched the first of its cashless ATMs that will serve as additional payment points for South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) social grants. The ATM is located within the premises of Kagiso Trading in Bojanala Local Municipality,...

NASA probes environment and Covid-19 impacts

Scientists are using information from NASA’s Earth-observing satellites, on-the-ground sensors and computer-based datasets to study the environmental, economic and societal impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic. In addition, the agency’s Earth Science Division recently...

China pilots digital currency

China is piloting its new digital currency, the e-RMB, is four major cities where it has been formally adopted into their monetary systems. The cities, Shenzhen, Suzhou, Chegdu and Xiong'an, have used e-RMB to pay some public servants' salaries as well as in...

Telcos prepare for 5G opportunities, challenges

5G network technology gives telecommunications operators the ability to deliver many new applications and services in dynamic ways. Low-latency connectivity, ultra-high broadband speeds, and mobile edge computing capabilities will create myriad innovative business...

Covid-19 strikes global mobile communications

Mobile services represent critical infrastructure that's allowing people to stay connected during the coronavirus crisis. However, that doesn't mean these services are immune to the pandemic's economic shock, with 2020 market revenue now expected to come in about...

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