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...

Global semiconductor industry poised for robust growth

According to global research and advisory firm Gartner, by October 2020, two-thirds of organisations across the globe had increased or left unchanged their investment into cloud computing and AI. The survey also revealed that by mid-2021, 75% of respondents intended...

Global smart street light installed based close to 20m

According to a new research report from Berg Insight, the installed base of smart street lights amounted to 16,2-million globally at the end of 2020. Growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 24,8%, the installed base will reach 48,8-million by the end of...

Content collaboration software sees healthy growth

In a newly published study, International Data Corporation (IDC ) forecasts healthy growth for the content collaboration software market. The market is forecast to grow to a total of $6,2-billion by 2019, representing a 13,4% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) for the...

Africa’s people power to decline

The people power witnessed in 2014 and 2015, for example in changes of government in Burkina Faso and Nigeria, will be proved limited in 2016. A combination of elections, constitutional pressures and financial difficulties will test governments across the region,...

South African consumers score low on loyalty

Compared to the international average, South Africans score low on loyalty. Fewer than two thirds of South Africans are loyal to the brands and companies they support and will leave mainly due to cost, impolite, rude or uninterested staff or when they have to make too...

So how much does Santa earn?

Help wanted, male, age 30-60. Must be jovial with large belly. Apply here. It's not the average job description that you'll find in the wanted ads, but as Andy Williams says it is the "most wonderful time of the year" and malls are scrambling to fill their Santa Claus...

UCT joins international research alliance

The University of Cape Town (UCT) is set to be the first African university to become part of the International Alliance of Research Universities (IARU), an alliance of some of the world's best universities. From January 2016, UCT - consistently ranked as the leading...

IDC presents IT outlook for Africa

IT spending in Nigeria will top $5,3-billion in 2016 as organisations increasingly embrace digital transformation initiatives in a bid to streamline their costs and bolster their flexibility. This is according to global technology research and consulting services firm...

Mixed results for global telepresence market

The International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Enterprise Videoconferencing and Telepresence Equipment QView showed mixed results in the third quarter of 2015 (3Q15) with overall videoconferencing equipment revenue increasing 0,8% quarter over quarter but...

European BPO set for growth in 2016

More than ever, European enterprises and governments understand the benefits of partnering with business process outsourcing (BPO) providers for their customer contact needs, and today there is an array of pan-European and regional providers to choose from....

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