BSG partner Alykhan Vira targets AI talent

BSG partner Alykhan Vira targets AI talent

Alykhan Vira, data and AI lead at BSG. Business and technology consultancy BSG is looking to expand its data and artificial intelligence (AI) capability, as South African banks, insurers and telecommunications companies accelerate their AI programmes. Alykhan Vira, who joined BSG in April as a partner and capability lead for data and AI, tells ITWeb…

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BPO sector unlikely to reach 500 000 jobs target

BPO sector unlikely to reach 500 000 jobs target

South Africa’s GBS industry has created about 200 000 cumulative since inception in 2006. (Image source: iStock) Despite being a youth employment green shoot, South Africa’s global business services (GBS) sector is unlikely to reach 500 000cumulative jobs by 2030, as envisaged in the 2021 master plan. This is according to Reshni Singh, CEO of…

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Gaza voters want jobs and security as Palestinian elections approach | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Gaza voters want jobs and security as Palestinian elections approach | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Deir el-Balah, Gaza Strip – Ahmad Mohsen, 24, sits in a shop selling prepaid internet access cards in Deir el-Balah. Three years ago, before Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza started, he imagined a different future. He had graduated with a degree in nursing and was preparing to complete the procedures required to obtain his professional licence….

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