IITPSA names 2022 President’s Awards finalists
IITPSA names 2022 President’s Awards finalists The Institute of Information Technology Professionals South Africa (IITPSA) has announced the finalists for this year’s annual IITPSA President’s Awards. The awards, which have recognised the local IT industry’s leading...
CEO’s Communique – September 2022
As we enter the last quarter of 2022, it is clear that the world has simultaneously adapted to a new normal and returned to a semblance of the old normal remarkably quickly. Some large enterprises are ordering staff back to work, while many reports indicate that a...
A wealth of opportunities in digital forensics and incident response careers
Digital forensics and incident response skills are interlinked and increasingly in demand, offering the right candidates varied and interesting careers.This is according to Veronica Schmitt, co-founder of the DFIRLABS Digital Forensics and Incident Response practice,...
SA brings home bronze medal from IOI 2022
Team South Africa’s Minkyum Kim from Reddam House Durbanville has earned a bronze medal at this year’s International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) in Indonesia. 349 contestants from 88 countries took part in IOI 2022 in Yogyakarta in Indonesia last week, participating...
Ethics in IT needed to bridge the digital divide
IT has become so pervasive that a lack of ethical awareness in this sector risks doing more harm than good, and widening the digital divide. This is according to Josine Overdevest, founder and MD of 21st century educator coaching organisation Flying Cows of Jozi,...
2022 ICT Skills Survey goes live
2022 ICT Skills Survey goes live The impact of hybrid work models on IT skills in South Africa will be among the issues coming under the spotlight in the 2022 JCSE – IITPSA ICT Skills Survey, which is now live online. The survey, a trusted guide to the state of ICT...
What keeps SA’s top CIOs awake at night post-Covid
What keeps SA’s top CIOs awake at night post-Covid South Africa’s top professional CIOs are grappling with enabling new work models and ensuring the wellness of their teams in the post-Covid environment. This emerged during the first IITPSA Pr.CIO® round table – a...
IITPSA partners with DevConf, an exclusive conference dedicated to South African developers
The Institute of Information Technology Professionals of South Africa (IITPSA), has partnered with DevConf, an exclusive conference dedicated to South African developers, means that once again software developers can gather in person to network, and be inspired by a...
Open doors for learners with the potential to thrive in the worlds of IT- register your school for the IITPSA Talent Search
Careers in Information Technology (IT) are interesting, rewarding, and offer opportunities in a wide range of sectors. However, the global IT industry has skills shortages in many specialisations, meaning a skills pipeline of young IT professionals is urgently needed...
IITPSA member Joseph Lumbahe appointed to the Scientific Committee of the IITPSA Programming Olympiad
IITPSA member Joseph Lumbahe (30), an Integration Engineer (AI – Computer Vision) at Aizatron Group and Fraud Detection Engineer (VoIP) at MTN, was recently appointed to the Scientific Committee of the IITPSA Programming Olympiad. Joseph’s work at Aizatron Group...