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...

Mall-based gaming tournament reaches finale

Supporters, spectators, and gaming enthusiasts can attend the finale of South Africa's biggest mall-based gaming tournament - the SHIFT Gaming Experience - hosted by MTN and Hyprop at Canal Walk in Cape Town. On 27 August 2023, the eight finalists, who have battled...

MTN grows subscribers, revenue in H1

MTN, for the six-month period ended 30 June 2023, reported that group service revenue grew by 16,5% to R107,7-billion. EBITDA (before once-off items) grew by 12% to R49,4-billion, EBITDA margin was lower by 1,7 percentage points (pp) to 43,6%. Profit before tax (PBT)...

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...

EOH reports progress on turnaround plan

EOH Holdings has reported revenue of R6,354-billion for the six months ended 31 January 2020, with a gross profit margin of 24% and normalised EBIDTA of R405-million. "Our key businesses have delivered sound performances demonstrated by improved gross margins over the...

Wits teams design and manufacture scarce medical kit

Teams from Wits University's digital incubator at the Tshimologong Precinct, the School of Mechanical, Industrial and Aeronautical Engineering (MIA) along with the Transnet Centre of Systems Engineering (TCSE) and the Transnet Matlafatšo Centre (TMC) are putting their...

Icasa releases long-awaited spectrum as temporary crisis fix

Icasa is making spectrum, including 5G, available for operators during the Covid-19 crisis. The move is a temporary measure to tide the country over the current period and allocations will be valid until November 2020. The regulator aims to ease the burden of...

ADC buys Standard Bank data centre

Africa Data Centres is acquiring Standard Bank's purpose-built Tier IV data centre in Samrand. Designed to provide the security and reliability demanded by a banking IT system, the data centre is configured with total redundancy of all power and cooling equipment, and...

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