The IITPSA announces 2019 President’s Awards shortlist, which includes top veterans, change makers and innovators for the year.

There remains a chronic shortage of crucial ICT skills required to propel SA’s economy, despite the hype around the fourth industrial revolution, reveals the latest IITPSA Skills Survey.

The nominations for the prestigious IITPSA President’s Awards are open till 1 September.

The new professional CIO certification will help businesses identify the most suitable person to fit the role of CIO, say ICT experts.

South African CIOs can now be assessed and qualify for a level seven globally-recognised accreditation, the Pr.CIO.

The ICT industry body is calling for nominations for the awards, which include the IT Personality and Visionary CIO of the year.

While the number of female C-suite executives is on the increase in SA’s ICT sector, biased workplace systems and societal influences still hinder gender equality.

The Institute of Information Technology Professionals SA has appointed a new leadership team.

Johan Steyn, portfolio lead at IQBusiness, joins other influencers who wil be speaking at the ITWeb AI 2019 event.

An annual survey such as this helps to shape future public and private sector skills development and education programmes in the ICT sector.

The ICT skills survey will analyse the approach to filling the ICT sector’s need for skills.

Highlights included a presentation of the annual report by Arlene-Lynn Volmink and a presentation by guest speaker Dr Claudelle von Eck.