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...

Macroeconomic, geopolitical conditions pose severe risks

With the world facing growing economic instability and political tensions, volatility in geoeconomic and geopolitical relations between major economies are likely to result in global upheavals over the next six months, according to a new survey of the World Economic...

Intel adds AI reference kits

Intel now offers a set of 34 open source AI reference kits to the community, the result of a years-long collaboration with Accenture, enabling developers and data scientists to deploy artificial intelligence (AI) faster and more easily. Each kit includes model code,...

Massive smart speaker growth set to continue

According to the latest Canalys estimates, the worldwide smart speaker market grew 52% in Q4 2019, with vendors shipping 49,2-million units in the quarter. The last quarter of 2019 saw all five top vendors, Amazon, Google, Baidu, Alibaba and Xiaomi, break their...

Integrated approach optimises marketing measurement

To gain a deeper understanding of marketing's impact, Gartner research shows there are four distinct methods that marketers can employ to gain deeper insights. "Competitive insights and analytics are what marketers need to progress to higher levels of maturity,...

Positive growth for security appliances

According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Security Appliance Tracker, the total security appliance market experienced positive unit shipment and revenue growth in the fourth quarter of 2019 (4Q19). Worldwide revenue increased 9,4% year...

Calls for crisis mode as global emissions gap grows

In a comment published in Nature, University of Cape Town (UCT) Professor Harald Winkler, as part of an international team, delivers the bad news that the emissions gap is growing, while pointing to small signs of hope that the climate crisis can be addressed. A...

Businesses woefully unprepared for a Covid-19 outbreak

More than half of companies (51%) around the world have no plans or protocols in place to combat a global emergency, such as the novel coronavirus covid-19, a study by global consultancy firm Mercer has shown. Didintle Kwape, associate consultant at Mercer, states:...

Technical recession, 4IR put pressure on jobs

Having recently slipped into a technical recession, the South African economy continues to experience dangerously low levels of economic growth, which does not bode well for national employment figures. Making matters worse is the technologically-driven fourth...

Curiosity snaps high-resolution panorama

NASA's Curiosity rover has captured its highest-resolution panorama yet of the Martian surface. Composed of more than 1 000 images taken during the 2019 Thanksgiving holiday and carefully assembled over the ensuing months, the composite contains 1,8-billion pixels of...

NAPAfrica reaches 1Tbps milestone

Teraco has announced that NAPAfrica, Africa's largest Internet exchange point (IXP) and seventh largest in the world, has reached a landmark with 1 Terabit per second (Tbps) of peak traffic. According to Andrew Owens, manager of interconnection and peering at Teraco,...

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Developer C# – Western Cape Stellenbosch

Company description: Capitec Bank is a leading South African retail bank that focuses on essential banking services and provides innovative transacting, savings, insurance and unsecured lending products to individuals. Capitec's mission is to make banking simple and...

DevOps Engineer – Gauteng Johannesburg

The clients team was conceived at the start of 2015. The team was formed to create new digital experiences for customers and has a portfolio of applications that range from native mobile applications for iOS and Android, to web-based portals and applications, to...

Data Analyst (Wits Ezintsha)

Main purpose of the job:Co-lead the design, oversight, and implementation of clinical research data management activitiesAnalyze clinical research data for purposes of data cleaning and to inform scientific publicationsLocation:Parktown – JohannesburgKey performance...

Software Developer – Guidewire

Software Developer (Guidewire) - Western Cape, Cape Town (Contract)Want to take your career to the next level in Consulting? Our client is on the prowl for their next successor in Guidewire Software Development. As a Software Developer, you'll design and build...

Lead AWS Python Developer

An available role currently exists for a Lead AWS Python Developer. The incumbent will be responsible for building solutions from requirements received from product owner and be able to work in an agile environment.AWS components such as Lambda, SQS , Dynamo DBAWS API...

Project Manager IT

Candidates should have: Prince II / PMP / PM BOK / equivalent formal PM Qualification,Have been in an IT PM role during the last 12 months,Huge preference for younger EE, or Non-EE Female candidates.Experience in SAP projectsSkills Proficiency in project management...

Senior Java Developer at Reverside

Reverside is a Global ICT company focusing on Senior Java Developer, Integration, Cyber-Security, Cloud and Digital Transformation services with delivery centres in Johannesburg and Cape Town, South Africa and Gurgaon, India. Reverside has its Global headquarters in...

Data Analyst (Wits Ezintsha) – Gauteng Parktown

Main purpose of the job:Co-lead the design, oversight, and implementation of clinical research data management activitiesAnalyze clinical research data for purposes of data cleaning and to inform scientific publicationsLocation:Parktown – JohannesburgKey performance...

Software Developer – Guidewire – Western Cape Cape Town

Software Developer (Guidewire) - Western Cape, Cape Town (Contract)Want to take your career to the next level in Consulting? Our client is on the prowl for their next successor in Guidewire Software Development. As a Software Developer, you'll design and build...

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