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...

Expect a surge in coastal flooding, says NASA

High-tide floods - also called nuisance floods or sunny day floods - are already a familiar problem in many coastal cities. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reported a total of more than 600 floods in US coastal towns in 2019. Starting in the...

Bad debt increases by 26% – Gartner

A Gartner analysis of 796 financial statements reveals that provisions and write-offs of bad debt increased from $9,750-million in 2019 to $12,262-million in 2020 -- a 25,8% increase. The standard approach to determining receivables risk underestimates the risk of...

First Africa Code Week winner named

The Cape Town Science Centre, global co-ordinator for Africa Code Week 2016, has announced the first recipient of the Africa Code Week Youth Ambassadors Award - 13-year-old Esihle Yokwana will be presented with her award and prize (a new laptop with Internet access)...

WEF delegates warned about cyber-spies

As the World Economic Forum in Davos approaches, Kaspersky Lab experts want to warn attendees about the risk of cyber-espionage attacks using malware designed for mobile devices. Many of the cyber-espionage groups investigated by Kaspersky Lab experts in recent years...

What to expect from wireless charging in 2016

Wireless charging in the iPhone, tri-modal receivers and the one-millionth public charger unit shipment are all realistic expectations for the wireless charging market in 2016. With the wireless power industry setting strategies for 2016 and beyond, IHS has listed...

Behind the NSFAS grant figures

In the midst of fanfare about emergency grants and increased funding; Minister of Higher Education Blade Nzimande has promised that the number of poor and working class students whose fees will be paid out of the National Student Financial Aid Scheme's (NSFAS) annual...

IoT set to be pervasive

More than half of major new business processes and systems will incorporate some element of the Internet of Things (IoT) by 2020, according to Gartner. The impact of the IoT on consumers' lives and corporate business models is rapidly increasing as the cost of...

Social sharing opens the door for cyber-crooks

Almost a third (30%) of social network users share their posts, check-ins and other personal info with everybody who is online - not just their friends. This is leaving the door wide open for cyber-criminals to attack, as users remain unaware of just how public their...

Mobile key to SA’s financial inclusion

South Africa's economic plight, characterised by slow economic growth, reduced disposable income and rising cost of living, could disrupt the country's drive to create a financially-inclusive society. This is according to Lee Bromfield, CEO of FNB Life, who says the...

Massive growth for cloud IT infrastructure

Vendor revenue from sales of infrastructure products (server, storage, and Ethernet switch) for cloud IT, including public and private cloud, grew by 23% year over year to $7,6-billion in the third quarter of 2015 (3Q15). According to the International Data...

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