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...

Financial industry leads in mixed cloud deployments

The financial industry is a major market for cloud deployments, according to Nutanix's fifth annual Enterprise Cloud Index (ECI) survey, which measures enterprise progress with cloud adoption. The research reveals that mixed deployments among financial companies are...

Cathode oxidation research shakes up thinking on batteries

Scientists have made a significant breakthrough in understanding and overcoming the challenges associated with Ni-rich cathode materials used in lithium-ion batteries. These materials have the potential to achieve both high voltages and capacities, but their practical...

Business rescue: politicians must familiarise themselves with the law

Certain senior politicians seem to have a misapprehension of how business rescue works in South Africa, particularly as it regards the situation at South African Airways (SAA). By Jacques Jonker, an intern at the Free Market Foundation Some within the ruling party...

Covid-19 and its effect on China’s ICT market

The COVID-19 outbreak that began in Wuhan, China late December 2019 has continued to spread - bringing shutdowns in extensive sectors including food services, retail, entertainment, and tourism in the traditional Chinese New Year festival season, with many companies...

Global IT spend to reach $4,3trn in 2020

A new forecast from International Data Corporation (IDC) predicts worldwide spending on information and communications technology (ICT) will be $4,3-trillion in 2020, an increase of 3,6% over 2019. Commercial and public sector spending on information technology...

Whitney Houston tour stars her hologram

Whitney Houston fans can spend an evening with the late star at the upcoming "Evening with Whitney" tour, featuring her hologram. The show will tour the UK from next week and will move to Europe, Mexico, and North America later in the year. The holographic experience...

Consumers save by streaming music, video

The use of video and music streaming services is rising significantly as South African consumers continue to look for ways to be entertained at a fraction of the usual cost. FNB has revealed that in the last 12 months to January 2020, its customers have paid close to...

Inflation accelerates to 4,5% in January

Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) reported on 19 February that consumer price inflation increased from 4% year-on-year (y-o-y) in December 2019 to 4,5% y-o-y in January 2020. Lullu Krugel chief economist for PwC Strategy&, and Dr Christie Viljoen, PwC...

New directions for Open Manufacturing Platform

The Open Manufacturing Platform (OMP) has expanded, with new steering committee members and new working groups established. OMP is an alliance founded in 2019 to help manufacturing companies accelerate innovation at scale through cross-industry collaboration,...

Be alert to new Ginp banker Trojan

Kaspersky researchers have identified a new version of the Ginp banking Trojan, first discovered by the company's analysts in 2019. Apart from the standard functions of Android-focused bankers - capacities to intercept and send SMS, perform window overlays - the new...

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