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...

The importance of post-school education in an unequal society

Dr Emma Whitelaw believes post-school education is a powerful tool for catalysing social mobility in South Africa, and it's for this reason that she dedicated her PhD research to the topic - to demonstrate its importance, identify gaps that need to be addressed, and...

Indian crypto users streak past US and UK

Over the past six years, India has seen a major rise in crypto ownership, despite a historically negative attitude toward the sector from the government. The country`s cryptocurrency market gained traction during the pandemic, causing the number of crypto users to...

Research reveals gap in funding for township businesses

The Covid-19 pandemic and the current lockdown are already having a devastating impact on South Africa's economy, with informal and small businesses in townships likely to feel its impact most harshly. A study by postgraduate students at the University of Cape Town...

Cybersecurity investments tipped to drive business growth

According to an Atlas VPN investigation, 37% of investment advisors believe that cybersecurity is a top priority investment for firms in 2020. Most business advisors agree that one of the biggest risk factors for tech companies is data breaches, ransomware, or DDoS...

Remote work adds security challenges

Due to coronavirus, companies are seeing an unprecedented amount of remote work. Whether mandated by the government or the organisation, businesses are asking many (if not all) employees to work from home. A Gartner Insight states that, while this move creates obvious...

10 tech firms donate $1,4bn to fight coronavirus

Data gathered by Learnbonds.com indicates leading tech companies have donated at least $1,4-billion towards mitigating the coronavirus. The donations are from 10 companies with a majority based in the US. The data show that Google has donated about $800-million to...

Dell Financial Services offers payment deferral

As the Covid-19 crisis grips the country, Dell Technologies South Africa is announcing payment deferment options for current and new customers financed through Dell Financial Services (DFS). DFS offers three- and six-month payment deferment on end-user devices and...

Will bitcoin rise to global crises?

The historic bitcoin halving event next month will likely boost its price - but other key drivers will have a more significant, longer-term impact. This is the prediction from Nigel Green, CEO and founder of deVere Group, following a bitcoin price surge of around 12%...

Majority of Americans still going to work

Atlas VPN research shows how coronavirus successfully reduced the mobility of citizens all around the world, yet 62% of Americans are still going to work. Meanwhile, in Spain and Italy, 60% of workers are not working at all or are working remotely. The US is one of...

Enterprise market reacts to Covid-19 crisis

The enterprise market has been slower to react to the coronavirus crisis than the PC and AV-system markets - as early as February, resellers were stockpiling products in anticipation of supply disruption. However, it is possible to see the effects on the Enterprise...

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