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...

John McAfee found dead

John McAfee was found dead yesterday in a prison cell in Spain. According to reports, is appears that the software developer committed suicide by hanging just hours after hi extradition to the US was authorised. McAfee was arrested in Spain over civil and criminal US...

IT and business stakeholders differ on cloud adoption process

As businesses seek technology solutions that help us prepare for a new post-pandemic normal, cloud adoption rates continue to rise. In fact, according to new research, 67% of all companies plan to adopt at least one new cloud technology by 2023. Spiceworks Ziff Davis...

Rob Abraham set to retire

Industry veteran Rob Abraham is set to retire from his position as director of Altron, effective the end of February 2016. Abraham was appointed as CEO of the Bytes Technology Group and member of the Altron Executive Committee in March 2010. Prior to that, he was MD...

Shoppers flock to Jumia on Black Friday

Black Friday, the busiest shopping day imported from the US, drew in more than 2,8-million unique visitors on jumia.com, the Nigerian online shopping mall that is believed to be the biggest in Africa. Mobile traffic accounted for 67% of total traffic amounting to a...

Absa, MTN Huawei partner on mobile banking

Absa has partnered with MTN to offer free access to mobile and internet banking via Absa's banking application and via Absa.mobi for all MTN customers. Customers who don't have data or airtime will be able to access digital banking at no charge through this...

Logicalis buys Australian cloud company

Datatec subsidiary Logicalis Group has acquired 100% of the issued share capital of Thomas Duryea Consulting, an Australian ICT services and solutions provider. Established in 2000, Thomas Duryea is a provider of data centre, cloud and Microsoft solutions and service...

SA firms not ready for IoT

Most organisations are not ready to adopt digitisation or the Internet of Things (IoT). This is according to the Cisco Digital Vortex: 941 Leaders whitepaper, which also outlines the vital key steps that South African organisations will need to implement to become...

Healthcare providers prioritise analytics

As the healthcare industry grapples with the rising cost of care, healthcare organisations are leveraging healthcare data to drive efficiencies in care delivery, according to a new study conducted by HIMSS Analytics on behalf of Qlik. The study, which surveyed 400...

Telkom bids for fibre world record

Telkom will be putting its fibre technology to the test in the Telkom Unlimited Movie Marathon Guinness World Records attempt. Using Telkom's Boltspeed fibre to stream over 122 hours of movies, selected participants will attempt to break the current world record for...

SA firms must prioritise HIV/AIDS

While South Africa's health sector and government have made great strides in the fight against HIV and AIDS in recent years, it is important that South African businesses continue to prioritise this within their organisations, rather than becoming complacent. Manpower...

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