HR leadership roles a game changer
Given the wealth of data the HR and talent team has access to, they can be pro-active in analysing the business and identifying the gaps that exist, thereby adding immense strategic value.
The potential of secondary cities: A Kenyan example
Many second-tier cities are outperforming primary urban hubs in GDP growth, with sociologist Saskia Sassen insisting secondary cities “can be a global platform for companies’ global expansion”. Are you tapping in to their potential?
Medipost IT systems support reliable medicine delivery
Medipost in-house software enables the firm to meaningfully support the work of colleagues while facilitating access to medicines for thousands of South Africans, enabling compliance with treatment regimes.
Report-back: Mobile World Congress 2019
The biggest telecommunications event in the world, Mobile World Congress, was held in Barcelona in February. Kathy Gibson attended to find out what the future holds for 5G, artificial intelligence, Internet of Things (IoT) and more Emerging markets lead in...
Data security sits at the heart of democracy
Military risks immediately spring to mind: a recent report found that even the Pentagon's latest advanced military systems are vulnerable and can be "easily hacked". By Thomas Mangwiro: public sector security specialist at Mimecast The consequences for citizens of...
Workplace 2025: where humans and machines coexist
The world is undergoing its biggest transformation ever. As emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) enter workplaces, human talent is grappling with an existential crisis. By Ronnie Toerien, HCM sales development and strategy leader at Oracle Africa...
Here’s how to teach entrepreneurship at schools
Teaching entrepreneurship in schools usually extends to bake sales and market days. While these are great ways to teach children about product development, budgeting, finance, and profit and loss, they don’t encourage true entrepreneurial thinking. We need to focus on...
How smart models can make solar and wind energy more reliable
South Africa’s shift to renewable energy is moving at a slow pace, however there are some small communities which have already been integrated into renewables and are predicted to be the future of energy. Communities in the remote areas of the country have opted for...
Insight 2019: digital leaders will consolidate and automate backups
Ask clients a few years ago what concerned them most about data backups and it was universally about volumes. By Servaas Venter, sales director: data protection solutions at Dell EMC SA The amount of data they had to manage seemed insurmountable. I could see that for...
Innova HTS set to connect Africa’s unconnected
The UN has declared Internet access a basic human right, but tens of millions of Africans still remain unconnected. Looking to change this scenario, though, is a newly-formed South African company – Innova HTS. Founded by Rob Griggs, former executive MD of Bytes...
Private news, automation and the moon: a peek into 2019
2018 was full of surprises. 2019 will have many more. Andries Brink, CEO of Andile Solutions, ventured a few educated guesses on what we will be talking about in 2019 - and he starts by leaving the planet: “2019 will mark a return to the Moon with nations like Israel...
What would you do if you didn’t need the money? (and why it matters now)
What would you do if you didn’t need the money? It’s not a question we often give much serious thought to, but it may very well be one that we need to answer in the next few decades. By Paige dos Santos, digital lead at SAP Africa The advent of the internet was...
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