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...

Consumers are willing to pay for these connected car services

Want to create a social-media firestorm? Announce that popular in-car features will require a subscription -- on top of what people already are paying for the vehicle. General Motors and BMW recently sparked controversy by announcing efforts to grow subscription-based...

Microsoft the most impersonated brand for phishing scams

According to the Check Point Research (CPR) Brand Phishing Report for Q2 2023, Microsoft has climbed up the rankings, moving from third place in Q1 2023 to top spot in Q2 and accounting for 29% of all brand phishing attempts. This growth may be partially explained by...

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...

Over-cautious counsel costs companies millions

The average organisation is losing more than $17-million a year because in-house counsel is giving legal advice that is too conservative, according to Gartner. "When legal advice is too conservative it costs the organisation broadly and the legal team specifically,"...

Bloomberg finds cryptocurrency regulation support

Presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg's proactive cryptocurrency plans place him on the right side of financial history, according to the CEO and founder of deVere Group. Nigel Green was speaking out after the New York-based billionaire presidential hopeful...

New tech adoption is up, but benefits lag

Enterprise use of emerging technologies is on the rise around the world, but many are failing to capitalise on its benefits. This is according to the 2019 Global CIO Survey from Logicalis, which questioned 888 CIOs from around the globe. It found that 61% of...

Innovation drives SA’s banks to quicker cloud adoption

After many years of hype, with less change, banks are now faced with the pressure to keep up with the pace of technological innovation and an urgent need to adopt more efficient processes such as innovative mobile banking. Legacy IT systems pose numerous limitations...

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System Tester

PurposeAnalysis of Credit Card processes on production. Provide feedback and suggestions to systems specialist. Logging of change requests and operational incidents, and monitor and report on progress throughout entire process. Assist with User accpetance testing for...

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Credit Project Manager – Gauteng Sandown

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