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...

Government failed elderly and young children during Covid

Government failed to aptly support the elderly and young children during the Covid-19 pandemic, a study by the University of Cape Town (UCT) student Juhi Kasan has found. As the world reeled from the direct effects of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2021, Kasan started her...

IBM strengthens ties with Meta on AI innovation

Building on its collaboration with Meta on open innovation for AI, IBM plans to host Meta's Llama 2-chat 70 billion parameter model in the watsonx.ai studio - with early access now available to select clients and partners. The move strengthens the relationship between...

Contingency planning can minimise disruption

Contingency plans will minimise the business impact of cancelled or postponed events and enable organisations to overcome associated disruptions due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to Gartner. "Due to the uncertainty surrounding the current event and travel...

Remote working adds unintended risks

Many companies are having to shutdown their premises temporarily at short notice due to the Covid 19 pandemic - and this could be adding to their risk profile. According to the risk consultants of Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS), improper action or...

Blockchain on the radar in 2020

Data gathered by InsideBitcoins.com indicates that about 38% of organisations are planning to integrate blockchain solutions into their operations in 2020. From the data, it appears that 15% of the enterprises will adopt blockchain solutions on a large scale while 23%...

Second African Business Heroes competition kicks off

The Jack Ma Foundation has launched the second edition of the "Africa's Business Heroes" (ABH) prize competition with applications now open to African entrepreneurs from all 54 African countries, as well as every sector, age group, and gender. Applications will also...

Virus drives IT spend forecast for 2020 down again

Worldwide IT spending is now expected to decline 2.7% in constant currency terms this year as Covid-19 impacts the global economy and forces many organizations around the world to respond with contingency planning and spending cuts in the short term. In line with...

Expect more remote working after Covid-19

A Gartner survey of chief financial officer and finance leaders reveals that 74% will move at least 5% of their previously on-site workforce to permanently remote positions after the Covid-19 pandemic plays out. "This data is an example of the lasting impact the...

SA particularly vulnerable to banking infections

The cases of downloading malicious programs targeting users' bank accounts has become more frequent within 2020, according to Kaspersky statistics. In fact, 34% of South African computers may be more at risk of infection without users knowledge, as they rely on an...

Broadband Commission outlines Covid-19 action plan

An emergency virtual meeting of the Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development has adopted an Agenda for Action outlining immediate measures that governments, industry, the international community and civil society can take to shore-up digital networks,...

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