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...

REvil ransomware: 5 000 attacks in 22 countries

On 2 July 2021, it became known that the REvil ransomware gang perpetrated a large attack against Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and its clients around the world, leading to thousands of companies becoming potential victims of ransomware. At the time of writing,...

SA recycling platform gets global recognition

South African recycling company, Kudoti, has finished among the top five winners of the Nestlé 2021 Creating Shared Value (CSV) Prize for its innovative recycling impact through technology. The CSV Prize has been running for more than 10 years and has identified...

Internet of Everything will be big, says Prof

While Gartner in its Top Ten Strategic Technology Trends for 2016 says the year will be all about the Internet of Things and smart devices talking to each other, Professor Barry Dwolatzky, director of the Joburg Centre for Software Engineering (JCSE) says that he...

EOH expands in Africa with acquisitions

In line with its intention to expand into new territories, EOH Holdings has concluded the acquisition of 50% or more of a number of businesses in the EOH ICT Division. The business are Consol Systems and BC Skills in Morocco; Acron and Cozumevi in Turkey; Acron in...

NordVPN advises SA users on unblocking Netflix

The offerings from Netflix are not the same across the world, and shows for which the service doesn’t have global rights won’t be served outside of the US. This means that South African users could experience frustrating limitations to what can be watched compared to...

Hungry galaxy caught on camera

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has snapped pictures of the spiral galaxy NGC 4845, located more 65-million light-years away in the constellation of Virgo. The orientation of the galaxy (pictured here) clearly reveals it striking spiral structure: a flat and...

CV fraud drives background screening

There has been an 11% increase in the demand for background screening services in South Africa and Africa over the last five years. In addition, a candidate's educational history has been identified as the most likely to contain discrepancies when compared to all...

The dangers inherent in social media

Social media is with us, and it's pervasive - but so many people are still doing it very badly. Speaking at the recent MyWorld of Tomorrow conference, social media legal expert Emma Sadleir, says the latest generation of phones and connectivity are incredibly...

Investors seek a clear vision for SA

Investors are looking for a clear vision of how South Africa planned to move towards its target of inclusive economic development in difficult conditions. "South Africa currently faces many of the same global challenges as other developing markets, including lower...

Technology trends to expect in 2016

Technology and software is becoming integrated into every aspect of our personal and business lives and every year this integration gets deeper and deeper, writes Dr Werner Vogels, chief technology officer of Amazon.com . Given the pervasiveness of technology in our...

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The Role: We are recruiting for a UI/UX Designer to join our dynamic team in Johannesburg.Our ideal candidate will have UX Design, UI Design and Frontend development experience.Skills and Experience: Qualifications Required:Grade 12Preferred Qualification:Design or IT...

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