Skills are needed to grow WiFi in Africa

2014 is said to be the year that WiFi takes its rightful position in the industry – benchmarked on estimations that 1.9-billion WiFi devices will hit global networks by the end of the year. Further research suggests that global public WiFi hotspot numbers could reach...

IBM grows next-gen skills in Africa

IBM has announced new IT knowledge-building initiatives that will enable the existing and future workforce to develop new analytics, cloud and data skills crucial to the continent’s economic growth and social development. Today’s technology based services in...

Accountant shortage looms

South African universities have been advised to form partnerships with all professional bodies in the accountancy sector to create better opportunities for students and increase the number of sorely-needed qualified accountants across the country. This requirement...

Bursaries boost skills in Services SETA

The Services SETA (State Education and Training Authority) has teamed up with the UCT Graduate School of Business to enroll junior and middle managers working in the sector in key management development programmes at the school. Applicants are invited to apply for...

Skills crunch for mobile app development

Locally developed smartphone applications will continue to impress with innovations, despite the mobile development market becoming even more fragmented in 2014. According to Johan Pieters, business unit manager for enterprise mobile solutions at DVT, while smartphone...