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...

Intel, Ericsson advance next-gen optimised 5G infrastructure

Intel has announced a strategic collaboration agreement with Ericsson to utilize Intel's 18A process and manufacturing technology for Ericsson's future next-generation optimized 5G infrastructure. As part of the agreement, Intel will manufacture custom 5G SoCs...

Extracting more value from network investments

Based on a survey of 200 leaders within Communications Service Providers (CSPs), Accenture's "Start at the centre: Network-led transformation for growth" report reveals that 82% of CSP leaders are expecting to increase network spending by 6% to 10% over the next three...

UP improves in three of four subject rankings

The University of Pretoria (UP) has improved its overall ranking in three of the four broad subject areas that the institution was ranked in, according to the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2020. The rankings, which were released earlier this month, noted...

Women’s health and rights: 25 years of progress?

The 1995 Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action remains the world’s most progressive blueprint for advancing gender equality worldwide. Twenty-five years after it was affirmed by 189 countries, what progress has been made in raising this blueprint off the page?...

Prospects for SA employment not looking good

South African employers report limited hiring intentions for the second quarter of 2020, according the latest ManpowerGroup Employment Outlook Survey. While 8% of employers forecast an increase in payrolls, 5% anticipate a decrease and 85% expect to make no changes....

What CIOs can do during Covid-19 outbreak

As the coronavirus continues to spread around the world, the economic symptoms are emerging. More than a dozen global firms have announced they will miss their financial goals for the upcoming quarter due to the combined impact of supply chain disruptions and dampened...

SUSECon 2020 goes digital

The annual SUSECon conference has been repackaged as a digital event. As fears over Covid-19 increase, large gatherings around the world are coming under pressure, with many organisers choosing to cancel their events. Arguably the biggest such cancellation was Mobile...

Travel still on South Africans’ agenda

Flight Centre has revealed it issued travel quotes to the value of R140-million in just one weekend, indicating that South Africans are eager to travel despite the weak exchange rate and Covid-19 concerns. Travel Expo sales reached over R50-million, with more than 100...

Calls for tourism to be part of Covid-19 recovery

In an update on the sector's response to the coronavirus Covid-19 outbreak, the World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) offers a first assessment pointing to a decrease in international arrivals and receipts in 2020. Public health measures need to be implemented in ways...

ACSA steps up Covid-19 preparations

The inspection visit to OR Tambo International Airport by the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Health has contributed to assuring the public that airports are implementing measures to deal with the novel coronavirus Covid-19. This is the view of Mpumi Mpofu, CEO...

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