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...

Relief for households as July brings salaries uptick

The average salary performed better in the latest BankservAfrica Take-home Pay Index (BTPI) for July 2023, providing welcomed relief for South African income earners. "The average nominal take-home pay in July was R15 503, notably higher than the R14 169 in June and...

Unmanaged consumer debt affects us all

As inflation and the cost of living continue to rise, a growing number of households in South Africa are struggling to meet their financial obligations. In many instances, despite various avenues available to the consumer to seek assistance, households avoid it,...

Zoom opts for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

Zoom Video Communications is turning to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure to support its growth and evolving business needs as the enterprise video communications company continues to provide an essential service to its extensive customer base. “We recently experienced the...

Mobile PCs in demand, but supply issues stymie sales

The Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) traditional PC market (desktops, notebooks, and workstations) declined YoY in 20202Q1(-3,1% YoY) and totaled 16,4-million units, according to International Data Corporation (IDC). Amid the problematic macroeconomic scenario...

Finance leaders exposed to second Covid-19 wave

A massive 42% of chief financial officers are not incorporating a second wave outbreak of Covid-19 in the financial scenarios they are building for the remainder of 2020. This is among the findings from a Gartner survey of 99 CFOs and finance leaders, which revealed...

Late payments push SMEs over the edge

Getting big business and government in pay their small business suppliers on time is one of the biggest challenges facing South African small businesses - and when the problem persists too long, it can ultimately shut down a small business. This is according to Mike...

African leaders anticipate revenue declines

In a live poll conducted by Africa.com on April 22 as part of its webinar series, Crisis Management for African Business Leaders, nearly 70% of webinar participants predicted that their business revenue will decrease by more than 10% next month. A massive 47%...

1,69m Andoid handsets infected in SA

Secure-D from Upstream detected 1,69-million malware-infected android devices in South Africa last year, from more than 18 000 applications. While the rogue apps behave normally on a smartphone's screen, they surreptitiously click on links and adverts, sign users up...

TVWS to drive rural Covid-19 messaging

Morai Solutions has been assigned temporary radio frequency spectrum by The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) to assist in the provision of affordable and reliable Covid-19 data access to rural communities during the pandemic. Television...

Pandemic causes European channel decline

Revenue growth among European IT channel players has faltered for the first time since the start of coronavirus-related government lockdowns, with supply shortages and public holidays partially to blame, and tough comparatives with a strong quarter end in 2019,. This...

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