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...

How govtech can reach full potential

Since the beginning of last year, governments have been pouring investments into e-systems, which can be largely attributed to the Covid-19 pandemic and the outlined need for e-solutions. However, some experts say that despite the increased focus on e-government...

Nedbank, AWS partner to help youth with cloud careers

Nedbank has joined forces with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to provide free cloud computing skills development and job training to unemployed youth through the AWS re/Start programme. AWS re/Start is a free, 12-week training programme, covering fundamental AWS Cloud and...

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...

Telcos urged to improve management

Competition, market consolidation, and customer demands are forcing telcos into drastic action, and improving revenue management systems ranks high on their list of IT priorities, according to analyst firm Ovum. Telcos are feeling the pressure to offer more robust...

Orange buys up more African telcos

Orange and Bharti Airtel International have signed an agreement leading to Orange’s acquisition of Airtel’s operations in Burkina Faso and Sierra Leone. Orange will acquire 100% of the two companies’ share capital. The consolidated revenue of the two companies is...

Record 50 000 financial terminals in Africa

Ingenico has reached a strategic 50 000 terminals landmark to serve the unbanked population and becomes the a financial inclusion-enabler in Africa. "This milestone is taking us to the forefront of the Financial Inclusion market in Africa where three quarter of the...

VMware, Intel collaborate on mobile security

VMware announced an expansion of its collaboration with Intel Security to include joint solutions for customers using the AirWatch by VMware Enterprise Mobility Management platform. The two companies have partnered on two initiatives to enable technology integrations...

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