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...

APT threats continue to evolve

Kaspersky's latest report on Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) trends for the second quarter of 2023 has uncovered new threats. Researchers analysed the development of new and existing campaigns. The report highlights APT activity during this period including the...

Computer Applications Olympiad winners named

The national winners of the 2023 Applications Olympiad have been named, featuring a cohort of new rising computing stars. The Computer Applications Olympiad is part of the South African Computer Olympiads, a project of the Institute of Information Technology...

ITU postpones key conferences at Covid-19 spreads

Given the global Covid-19 outbreak, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and its partners have decided to postpone the dates for the upcoming World Information Society (WSIS) Forum (originally in April and now from 31 August to 4 September 2020), as well as...

Poor planning leaves companies unprepared for virus impact

Just 12% of more than 1 500 respondents believe their businesses are highly prepared for the impact of the novel coronavirus, while 26% believe that the virus will have little or no impact on their business. This is the shocking finding from a Gartner business...

Plan now for Covid-19 disruptions

With the spread of Covid-19, CIOs should focus on three short-term actions to increase their organisations' resilience against disruptions and prepare for rebound and growth, according to Gartner. "With such a dynamic situation like Covid-19, it has the potential to...

Earwear leads massive growth in wearable tech

The worldwide market for wearable devices grew 82,3% in the fourth quarter of 2019 (4Q19), reaching a new high of 118,9-million devices shipped according to new data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker. The massive...

Shuter to step down from MTN

MTN group president and CEO Rob Shuter will step down from his role at the end of his fixed four-year contract in March 2021. The group made the announcement today (11 March 2020) in its financial report for the year ended 31 December 2019. For the year, subscribers...

Financial services still SA’s fastest growing sector

While South Africa's economy languished in the final quarter of 2019, financial services was identified as one of the more positive sectors. This correlates to BankservAfrica's Economic Transactions Index (BETI) for February where the data reflects constant...

Facebook unveils programme for community leaders

Facebook has launched the Community Accelerator programme, available in South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria. An evolution of the Facebook Community Leadership Programme (FCLP), the six-month accelerator programme provides training, mentorship and funding to help community...

Users urged to stay alert to virus scams

Kaspersky researchers have found multiple Covid-19-related malicious e-mail campaigns and hundreds of downloadable files that attempt to infect users' devices with threats. While news on the coronavirus spread continues to appear and dominate the headlines, attackers...

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