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...

Workplace equality key to ending gender-based violence

Gender equality is not only a fundamental human right, but critical for reducing gender-based violence (GBV) and promoting sustainable economic growth. This is the key finding from a new study by KPMG South Africa in partnership with the Shared Value Africa Initiative...

Cyber incidents drive shareholder value down

A major cyber incident resulted in a 9% decrease in shareholder value - over and above the market - in the year following an event. This is the headline finding from Aon's 2023 Cyber Resilience Report, which helps business leaders benchmark their organisation's cyber...

Dark data to spew out 5,8m tonnes of carbon dioxide

Digitisation can be part of the solution to climate change but storing digital data that is never used can also consume an enormous amount of energy and, as a result, produce CO2 that need never have been wasted. Veritas estimates that 5,8-million tonnes of CO2 will...

Tips for managing employee stress

Whether trying to get a child to focus on distance learning, worrying about family members getting sick or trying to locate hard-to-find items at the grocery store, Covid-19 affects how employees focus on work. Each situation is unique, but all employees need...

Feature phone Covid-19 platform unveiled

With a lot of false information being spread about Covid-19 and the urgent need to prevent the spread of the disease to less resourced communities, the University of Cape Town's (UCT) Global Surgery division in the Faculty of Health Sciences has developed a platform...

Traditional cyber-attack platforms still a concern in SA

For all the benefits provided by a connected world, people and businesses must be aware of the risks associated to living and working digitally. Web attacks, phishing, and spam remain some of the favourite tactics used by cybercriminals in the local market to...

Pandemic drives oil to record low price

Negative oil pricing has become a reality - and with it comes the lowest price (in real terms) in the history of the oil industry. The previous record-low price - East Texas crude at $0.10/bbl in 1931 ($1.70 in 2020 terms) - is now in distant second place as West...

Increase in vehicle activity as SA enters lockdown extension

Following an initial 75% reduction in vehicle activity for the first three days of lockdown, Tracker's anonymised vehicle tracking data aggregated from the company's installed vehicle base and analytics from Lightstone indicates a significant uptick in vehicle...

SA businesses in dire straits

Almost half of the businesses in South Africa feel they are in danger of closing their doors for good. A rapid response survey, conducted by Stats SA during the lockdown, asked businesses how the current crisis is affecting their operations in the two-week period from...

CFOs shift investment as revenue declines

As revenue contracts, chief financial officers (CFOs) are making changes to their long-term investment plans. A Gartner survey of 145 CFOs and senior finance leaders on 12 April 2020 revealed that 51% of respondents were preparing for a revenue contraction of up to...

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