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...

Richard Branson scheduled for 11 July spaceflight

Virgin founder Richard Branson will be on board the the first fully crewed Virgin Galactic space flight, which could take place as soon as 11 July. The flight window for the next rocket-powered test flight of the company’s SpaceShipTwo Unity opens next Sunday, pending...

New board members for Telkom as Samuels steps down

Alphonzo Samuels, a non-executive director of Telkom has resigned with effect from today (1 July 2021) for personal reasons. Olufunke Ighodaro and Ethel Matenge-Sebesho have been appointed as independent non-executive directors with immediate effect. Ighodaro has...

Skills key to Africa’s development

With a high unemployment rate, Africa is sitting on a largely untapped pool of resources that has the potential to drive economic growth. The problem, says Pitso Kekana, head of public affairs and corporate citizenship for Samsung Africa RHQ, lies in both the lack of...

1bn cellular M2M subscribers by 2022

According to a new research report from the analyst firm Berg Insight, the global number of cellular M2M subscribers increased by 23% during 2015 to reach 265,2-million at the end of the year. Over the next five years, the installed base of cellular M2M devices is...

Huawei hits 100m smartphones in 2015

The Huawei Consumer Business Group shipped more than 100-million smartphones worldwide in 2015. Over the last five years, shipments of Huawei's smartphones have increased more than 3 000%, from 3-million in 2010 to 100-million in 2015. This year’s performance...

Thin client market in decline

The global thin and terminal client market deteriorated during the third quarter of 2015 (3Q15), declining -6,7% year over year, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Enterprise Client Device Tracker. Shipments continued to be...

Earth rising: new NASA image

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has captured a unique view of Earth from the spacecraft's vantage point in orbit around the moon. "The image is simply stunning," says Noah Petro, deputy project scientist for LRO at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in...

No stopping wearables momentum

The worldwide wearable device market (commonly referred to as wearables) will see continued growth as second- and third-generation iterations reach the market. These new devices will build upon the hardware and software of their predecessors and answer some of the...

Telcos aim to add value in 2016

Personalising the customer experience, improving operational efficiency and moving to new delivery models are some the top IT trends to expect from telecommunications companies in 2016, according to global analyst firm Ovum. Telco IT trends are being driven by the...

‘Tis the season for insurance fraud

At this time of year, insurance claims rise dramatically – but many of them are fraudulent, writes William Lawrence, regional practice lead: fraud and financial crimes at SAS Institute. Mike overindulged at the year-end office function this weekend. While driving home...

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