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...

Worldwide IT spend set for 4% growth

Worldwide IT spending is projected to total $4,7-trillion in 2023, an increase of 4,3% from 2022, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. As CIOs continue to lose the competition for IT talent, they are shifting spending to technologies that enable automation and...

Intel, Asus agree to take NUC products forward

Intel has agreed to a term sheet with Asus, agreeing to manufacture, sell and support the Next Unit of Compute (NUC) 10th to 13th generations systems product line, and to develop future NUC systems designs. "Our NUC systems product team delivered unique products that...

Words of advice for Nedbank customers affected by security breach

Nedbank last week warned customers - both active and no longer active - that their personal information had potentially been compromised due to a breach at a third-party service provider. At the same time, it stated that its own systems, as well as the passwords an...

Mustek issues trading statement

Mustek has issued a trading statement, alerting shareholders to a change in earnings compared to last year. For the six months ended 31 December 2019, Mustek's headline earnings per share is expected to be between 5% and 15% higher than the previous corresponding...

Banks look to AI for KYC compliance

The Middle East and Africa's banking and finance industry spent $12,68-billion on information and communications technology (ICT) in 2019, according to the latest insights from International Data Corporation (IDC). The global technology research, consulting, and...

Tech startups called on to accelerate healthcare management

South African innovators in the fields of health and medical technology have a chance to present their inventions to global investors and tech leaders at Viva Technology 2020 in Paris. Pharmaceutical company Sanofi is calling for entries to the Afric@Tech challenge...

FMF weighs in on EWC

Expropriation without compensation (EWC) is unnecessary for land reform, dangerous to the economy, and will be disastrous for the poor. This is the word from the Free Market Foundation, which has issued the following statement: The Constitution Eighteenth Amendment...

Outdated, misaligned strategies seen at biggest risk for business

Concerns that the assumptions underpinning organisational strategy may be outdated or misaligned to current growth objectives topped business leaders’ concerns in Gartner’s latest Emerging Risks Monitor Report. Gartner surveyed 136 senior executives across industries...

Trust key to business success

Companies most often become market leaders when they establish a high level of trust in the data from their customers, their own business processes, and across their partner ecosystem. IBM’s 20th edition of its bi-annual C-Suite Study, "Build Your Trust Advantage",...

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Head of IT Security

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