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...

Huawei pens largest automotive licensing deal with VW supplier

Huawei has reached a license agreement with a supplier of the Volkswagen Group to wirelessly network up to 30-million vehicles. The agreement includes a license under Huawei's 4G standard essential patents (SEPs), which covers Volkswagen vehicles equipped with...

Healthcare, finance, information industry have most data breaches

The healthcare, finance and information industry, as the three sectors most targeted by cyber attacks, accounted for one-fifth of all reported data breaches last year. This is according to data presented by AksjeBloggen.com. Over the past decade, the cyber threat has...

A step closer to a polio-free world

Rotary has made $35-million available in grants to support the global effort to end polio, including $15-million to support polio eradication efforts in five African countries. In 2015, Africa proved a hub of historic progress against the paralyzing disease. Nigeria -...

Absa rolls out ReadytoWork in SA

Absa has announced the launch in South Africa of ReadytoWork, an employability initiative that helps to train and equip young people for the world of work. This follows the successful roll-out of the initiative in six of the countries in which Barclays Africa operates...

Back-up appliances in decline

EMEA purpose-built backup appliance (PBBA) vendor revenues decreased 4% year over year to reach $217,5-million in the third quarter of 2015, according to International Data Corporation's (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Purpose-Built Backup Appliance Tracker. "Growth in the...

IoT, M2M to mature in 2016

The market for Internet of Things (IoT) and machine-to-machine (M2M) solutions is set to mature markedly this year, as some of the key questions facing operators around technology, use cases and opportunities will be resolved. This is according to research company...

South Africans confident about a happy future

More than two thirds of adult South Africans (68%) are confident that all population groups in the "rainbow nation" should enjoy a happy future. "With the recent media coverage of expressions of racism on social media, it is easy to believe that we are slipping back...

Beware of bogus employment agencies

Many matriculates and tertiary graduates are now on the job hunt. Armed with enthusiasm and their new qualifications, many will be approaching recruitment and staffing organisations to assist them in finding employment in a strained job market. This is according to KC...

So you’re hiring from the matric class of 2015?

Many from the matric class of 2015 are now entering the South African workforce. Their energy and enthusiasm, together with their recent history of learning, matriculates make appealing employees for South African businesses. This is according to Kay Vittee, CEO of...

Mobile banking threats in the top 10

The Kaspersky Security Bulletin Overall Statistics Report for 2015 highlighted a new trend: for the first time ever, mobile financial threats rank among the top ten malicious programs designed to steal money. Two families of mobile banking Trojans - Faketoken and...

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