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...

Slight uptick in employment numbers

South Africa’s official unemployment rate was 32,6% in the second quarter of 2023. The results of the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) indicate that the number of employed persons increased by 154 000 to 16,3-million in the second quarter of 2023 compared to the...

Older websites exploited for phishing scams

Scammers are now targeting various older websites that are without reliable protection as they seek an easier and more effective way to distribute phishing pages. Due to the lack of support and maintenance on these sites, they have become vulnerable to hacking through...

African Development Bank sets up $10bn Covid-19 Response Facility

The African Development Bank Group has announced the creation of the Covid-19 Response Facility to assist regional member countries in fighting the pandemic. The facility is the latest measure taken by the bank to respond to the pandemic and will be the institution's...

Global leaders issue G20 call to action

A 165-strong international group including 92 former presidents and prime ministers, along with current economic and health leaders in the developed and developing world have come together to demand the creation of a G20 executive task force and an immediate global...

Index reveals Covid-19 research efforts

Finbold.com has launched the Coronavirus Research Index (CRI) to identify countries that are putting in the most effort in finding ways to manage the Covid-19 disease. The index ranks the countries based on the number of active medical coronavirus studies that show...

US jobs slump the tip of the iceberg

The US is expected to be about three to four weeks behind Europe in feeling the impact from the Covid-19 global pandemic. Therefore, when the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported 701 000 non-farm job losses for the month of March it came as a severe shock,...

Ndabeni-Abrahams placed on special leave – updated

Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams has been placed on special leave for two months, one of which will be unpaid leave. She is also liable for prosecution after a being pictured lunching at a friend's house during the weekend,...

Coronavirus reveals need to bridge the digital divide

The global crisis brought on by the coronavirus pandemic has pushed us further into a digital world, and changes in behaviour are likely to have lasting effects when the economy starts to pick up. But not everyone is ready to embrace a more digitised existence. A new...

Companies slow to respond to customer experience demands

Customer experience (CX) continues to be one of the greatest challenges to businesses across Africa and the Middle East, at a time where customer expectations are the highest they have ever been. This disconnect is exposed as Dimension Data reveals findings from NTT's...

Standard Bank buys 40% of Payment24

Standard Bank has acquired a 40% stake in the digital fuel management solutions and telematics company Payment24 Group, a technology development firm that supports companies with large fleets. Launched just over five years ago to fill a gap in the fleet fuel payment...

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