by Dianne Bayley | Nov 17, 2020 | Sustainability
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the challenges and opportunities of Africa’s development landscape, former British prime minister Tony Blair said on Monday in a lecture organised by the African Development Institute in Abidjan. “We have the same problems but what we...
by Dianne Bayley | Nov 17, 2020 | Internet of Things
In June, at the height of the national lockdown, citizen engagement platform GovChat stepped in to help the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) manage the millions of Frequently Asked Questions that resulted from the R350 grant. As the COVID-19 crisis...
by Dianne Bayley | Nov 16, 2020 | Workplace 2020
A great deal has been written about how the Covid-19 pandemic has changed the world of work forever, with many companies choosing to establish permanent work from home strategies going forward, writes Richard Firth, CEO, MIP Holdings. As face-to-face meetings have...
by Dianne Bayley | Nov 16, 2020 | Sustainability
What a year it’s been. We’ve had a global pandemic, mass unemployment and a US election that was a spectacle to follow. Following Biden’s win, the markets were on the up. But I am not convinced that Biden was the primary reason for the upturn. Following the...
by Dianne Bayley | Nov 16, 2020 | Security and Legal
As we in South Africa are only too aware, the cost of fraud can be overwhelming. Zaakir Mohamed, a director and head of corporate investigations and forensics at commercial law firm CMS RM Partners, points out that, “Companies lose not only an estimated 5% of their...
