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...

Ransomware attacks on the increase in SA

While the beginning of 2023 saw a decline in the number of ransomware attacks in Q2, some regions saw an upward trend - with South Africa experiencing a 10% increase in attempts on individual and corporate users, according to Kaspersky Security Network data....

Vodacom hits back at battery thieves

Battery theft has become a top concern among mobile network operators given that their ability to deliver on their uptime customer promises depends on back-up power supply that batteries provide during power outages at mobile base stations. However, network providers...

Canon could cut HP Inc ties if Xerox acquisition succeeds

It's been reported that Canon will cut its ties with HP Inc if the hostile takeover bid launched by Xerox is successful. Canon chairman and CEO Fujio Matarai is quoted in Nikkei Asian review as saying that a takeover by Xerox would create a company rivalling Canon's...

SA fintech startup breaks R10bn barrier

South African fintech startup Ozow has processed more than R10-billion in payments. Ozow is an online banking payment solution that enables merchants to receive and process payments from any South African with a bank account across all payment environments, allowing...

Customer services technology trends for 2020

A recent survey of nearly 250 customer service and support leaders across the globe revealed five emerging trends in technology adoption and where service organisations are getting the most return on investments (ROI) today, according to Gartner. "Technology plays an...

MTN fights back against battery theft syndicates

MTN reports that it is continuing to make inroads in the fight against battery theft at base stations. Seven individuals have been arrested, a total of 55 batteries were recovered, and four vehicles with tools were confiscated in a series of operations across the...

What Africans are searching for on coronavirus

The novel coronavirus Covid-19 has arrived in Africa, with Algeria, Egypt, Senegal, Morocco, Nigeria and Tunisia confirming cases of the disease. The top questions Africans are asking Google around Coronavirus in Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa are as follows: Kenya:...

Massive markups as Covid-19 panic buying starts

While there haven't been any reported cases of the Corona-virus in South Africa, entrepreneurial locals are already selling masks and "survival kits" online at higher than average prices. According to Marketing Manager Estelle Nagel, the surgical masks sell for...

Pay on demand drives digital, financial inclusion in Africa

Giving people the ability to pay only for what they use, as they need it, can lift millions of people across Africa out of poverty and make prosperity possible. A white paper from Mastercard titled "Pay on Demand: The Digital Path to Financial Inclusion", explores how...

Standard Bank moves core SAP cloud to Azure

Standard Bank South Africa is moving its core SAP Cloud Platform services to Microsoft Azure. The move aims to significantly improve the experience customers have with the bank, while enabling it to introduce new solutions to market more efficiently Sabelo Nkwanyana,...

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