ICT Skills and Employment Opportunities

ICT and Tourism: Challenges and Opportunities

The revolution in ICTs has profound implications for economic and social development. It has pervaded every aspect of human life whether it is health, education, economics, governance, entertainment etc. Dissemination, propagation and accessibility of these technologies are viewed to be integral to a country’s development strategy. The most important benefit associated with the access to the ne...

South African ICT Skills Deficiency

Information Communication Technology (ICT) is part of everyday life and the skills needed are quickly becoming a prerequisite for daily life. There is a dire shortage of ICT skills in South Africa and any attempt to circumvent this problem creates an even greater urgency. Several reports and much research have been conducted to establish the extent of the problem and many proposals and initiati...

Industrial Performance, ICT Investments and Workforce Skills

ICT Opportunities and Challenges for Remote Services

Embedded intelligence together with upcoming ICT solutions give new possibilities for more automated service process operation over network during the life cycle of machines and systems. The purpose of this paper is to describe the existing solution based on Web Services and how it can be enhanced utilizing semantic web approach. First, the paper describes automation and ICT challenges from bus...

Youth employment, unemployment, skills and economic growth