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...

Digital banking takes off

Over the last few years, millions of people worldwide turned to digital or app-only banks, choosing them over a traditional high-street financial institution. However, after the pandemic struck, digital banks witnessed an influx of new clients, as mobile banking...

Chief compliance officers must expand role

As demands on the compliance function grow more intense, chief compliance officers (CCOs) must proactively embrace new leadership responsibilities for their role and reposition how their function is thought of among stakeholders, according to Gartner. Gartner has...

‘Anaemic’ growth for wireless networking

The combined consumer and enterprise worldwide wireless local area network (WLAN) market segments increased 2.1% year over year in the third quarter of 2015 (3Q15). According to the results published in the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly WLAN...

Smart cities will drive IoT trend

About 1,6-billion connected things will be used by smart cities in 2016, an increase of 39% from 2015, according to Gartner. "Smart commercial buildings will be the highest user of Internet of Things (IoT) until 2017, after which smart homes will take the lead with...

Consumers warned to spend wisely

While credit-active consumers have showed signs of better debt management over the past two quarters, credit bureau Compuscan warns that consumers should not neglect careful credit management during the festive season. According to Compuscan's data that formed part of...

4,9m patients worldwide are remotely monitored

The number of remotely monitored patients grew by 51% to 4,9-million in 2015 as the market entered a growth phase fuelled by rising market acceptance in several key verticals. This number includes all patients enrolled in m-health care programmes in which connected...

Microsoft launches online store in SA

The Microsoft Online has launched in South Africa, where users can buy a range of hardware, software and accessories. Anthony Doherty, Windows business group lead at Microsoft, says the store carries products across all Microsoft product lines: Windows, Xbox, Lumia,...

Light ahead for job seekers

South African employers report encouraging signs for job seekers in the upcoming quarter. While 13% of employers anticipate an increase in staffing levels, 6% forecast a decrease and 77% expect no change. Once the data is adjusted to allow for seasonal variation, the...

Industry leaders are optimistic about the future

Despite some of the harshest economic and business conditions being felt for some time now, a survey has revealed that many of South Africa’s top industry leaders are still positive about the future, and that they display a resilience that will be critical for keeping...

Vodacom won’t take Neotel’s spectrum

Vodacom has changed the terms of its acquisition of Neotel, and won’t be taking over its spectrum. Following opposition to the transfer of Neotel’s licences to Vodacom, the two companies have agreed on an amended for of the proposed transaction. The modified deal will...

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