by Dianne Bayley | Jul 1, 2019 | Featured Articles
The prospect of a fully sustainable Blue Economy for Africa gathered significant momentum following the second Africa Blue Economy Forum (ABEF2019) held in Tunis on 25-26 June. Fishing, aquaculture, shipping, ports, energy and finance industries all came under the...
by Dianne Bayley | Jun 26, 2019 | Sustainability
The 2019 Sanlam Benchmark Survey – South Africa’s leading annual survey of the retirement industry – has revealed that, for many employers, group risk fees rose by upwards of 50% over the past few years as a result of a deterioration in claims experience across the...
by Dianne Bayley | Jun 26, 2019 | Sustainability
The mobile telecommunications industry is busy consolidating. However, in doing so, it runs the real risk of curtailing its ability to innovate. Pretty bold statement, I know, but in merging, the sector loses diversity and diversity, is one of the key things that...
by Dianne Bayley | Jun 26, 2019 | Innovation
The recent Saphila 2019 conference, the African SAP User Group’s (AFSUG) biennial conference for SAP users, closed with a presentation from a keynote speaker who spends much of his time in the future. And this is fitting, because the job title of Tom Raftery is...
by Dianne Bayley | Jun 25, 2019 | Internet of Things
Connected and autonomous cars have been in the works for years, but this futuristic technology is fast becoming a reality. It’s not only in the technology-saturated environments of Silicon Valley, where you’re likely to see the automated cars of internet giants like...