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...

Challenge aims to unlock blockchain potential

The SA Innovation Summit has launched the Blockchain Innovation Challenge. The challenge spans a five-month period, bringing together five Swiss and five South African startups in the blockchain and impact innovation sectors. It seeks to fuel innovation through joint...

Hackathon puts energy, water solutions in the spotlight

South Africa's energy and water sectors have created a great platform for innovation and the opportunity to develop solutions that will contribute to the future sustainability of these critical sectors. This is why Energy and Water Sector Education and Training...

Tracking and tracing the next frontier in Covid-19 fight

South Africa is stepping up the fight against Covid-19 with a new track and trace solution for the country's unique circumstances which has been developed by Telkom. President Ramaphosa on Monday announced that South Africa would be deploying 10 000 field workers to...

Driving HR cost optimisation during the pandemic

A Gartner survey among approximately 160 HR leaders showed that 49% of respondents are implementing organization-wide new hiring freezes, and 41% are focused on making better use of technology. In response to the global Covid-19 pandemic, HR leaders have initialised...

Parental control software vital in protecting kids

According to Kaspersky's Family Report, more than a quarter (28%) of parents globally with a child aged between seven and 12 consider harmful (violent or sexual) content as the most important risk facing their children while they are online. Harmful content can be...

Untrained end users easy prey for phishers

Security specialist KnowBe4 has released a new Phishing by Industry Benchmarking Report to measure an organisation's phish-prone percentage (PPP), which indicates how many of their employees are likely to fall for a phishing or social engineering scam. The initial...

Coronavirus takes toll on new car sales

One of the first tangible signs of the impact Covid-19 has had on the South African economy hit hard with the release of March's new vehicle sales by the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa (Naamsa). With the country impacted by social...

What do people think about SA’s Covid-19 actions?

South Africans think government could have done better in its response to the Covid-19 pandemic. In a survey conducted last week, just over 1 204 respondents described how they perceived the government's response to the pandemic and the effects of the state of...

Cell C caters for Covid-19 battle

Following discussions with the Competition Commission, Cell C has enhanced its data services to help citizens stay connected, informed and safe in the fight against Covid-19. "The company's voluntary offer is in line with Cell C's commitment to digital inclusion,...

Controlling coronavirus transmission using a mobile app

A team of medical researchers and bioethicists at Oxford University yesterday published results in Science that furthers our understanding of coronavirus transmission. This evidence is enabling several international partners, including the Norwegian Institute of...

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