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...

Caution weighs on IoT VC funding

Low-value venture capital (VC) funding deals (investments less than or equal to $10-million) volume also shrank as overall VC funding activity in the Internet of Things (IoT) space declined during 2020 compared to 2019. The share of low-value deals as a proportion of...

Top semiconductor stocks deliver over 100% ROI

Despite the global shortage of semiconductors, the industry's stocks are recording significant returns for investors. The returns highlight the sector's potential despite the shortage. According to data compiled by Finbold, the top five selected semiconductor stocks...

Aircraft to run on space tech

When Orville Wright traveled to Cleveland for the dedication of the Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory in the 1940s, he had already witnessed the advancement of aircraft from his Kitty Hawk model to the winged machines that fought in World War II. Today, the lab, now...

2016 the year wearables take off

Wearables are set to come into their own this year, and will reach 228-million devices shipped by 2020. According to a new report from the M2M/IoT analyst firm Berg Insight, shipments of connected wearables reached 72,5-million in 2015, up from 25,3-million devices in...

Chinese company launches synthetic cloud

A Chinese company has launched a new concept in urban space technology - literally sending a communications "cloud" into the air. KuangChi Science completed the first commercial flight of the Cloud in South China. Measuring 48 meters long and nearly 20 meters high,...

Eaton, Nissan work together on energy storage

Power management company Eaton and automotive manufacturer Nissan have signed an agreement to explore the feasibility of jointly developing, industrialising and commercialising energy storage and control systems, leveraging the expertise and industrial assets from...

Mimecast warns of heightened whaling threat

Mimecast is warning organizations of an increased prevalence of targeted whaling attacks. Whaling attacks (also known as Business Email Compromise - BEC) use email sent from spoofed or similar sounding domain names, and appearing to be sent from the CEO or CFO, to...

Intelligent streaming for self-driving cars

At the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) Volvo revealed that it is developing intelligent, high bandwidth, streaming capabilities with its technology partner, Ericsson, that will ensure drivers and passengers get the most out of their time travelling in an...

Orange on track to disrupt banking services

On 4 January 2016, Orange announced exclusive negotiations with French financial services provider Groupama. According to Orange, the negotiations "could result in the acquisition by Orange of a 65% stake in Groupama Banque". John Delaney, associate vice-president:...

Asus takes home five CES awards

Asus has won five CES Innovation Awards for products with outstanding design and engineering at the 2016 International CES in Las Vegas. The five awarded products are the Asus Chromebit CS10 candy-bar-sized Chrome OS computing device, the Republic of Gamers (ROG) G752...

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