digital ambitions remain on track.
Riaz Moola, founder and CEO of IT traininginstitute HyperionDev, emphasises the shift toward internal talent development.
Businesses, he notes, are increasingly investing in employee potential rather than solely on external credentials.
“The trend has shifted toward ‘internal mobility’. Eighty-one percent of human resources professionals in SA now prioritise reskilling.
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“We are also seeing a surge in the ‘bootcamp-as-a-benefit’ model, where companies pay for industry-aligned training in artificial intelligence (AI) or cyber security to fill gaps internally without the risk of external hiring.”
The long-term impact of the IT skills shortage on South African businesses and the STEM fields will result in stagnated innovation, warns Moola.
“Without ‘tool-makers’, we remain ‘tool-users’. We must protect the state’s investment in basic education by providing the final 10% of finishing school training required to make graduates industry-ready,” he asserts.
Experts previously told ITWeb the most acute shortages are in emerging and high-demand domains, such as AI/machine learning and data science. There is also a huge demand for skills such as cyber security/information security, cloud/DevOps and infrastructure.
