by Dianne Bayley | Nov 18, 2019 | Workplace 2020
The Minister of Communications Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams hosted a roundtable discussion at November 2019’s AfricaCom titled, ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) Human Capital Development for Africa.’ She has also recently spoken of an ecosystem of 4IR in “building...
by Dianne Bayley | Aug 21, 2019 | Security and Legal
South Africa’s IT professionals’ body, the Institute of Information Technology Professionals South Africa (IITPSA), has called for greater IT industry involvement and innovation in driving inclusive Fourth Industrial Revolution progress in Africa. At the IITPSA annual...
by Dianne Bayley | Jun 23, 2019 | Sustainability
Our world is rapidly becoming more intelligent. The advancement in technology as well as the increase of connected devices, equipment, machinery and automobiles among other things, have allowed various industries to increase productivity and reduce downtime...
by Dianne Bayley | May 21, 2019 | Fintech
McKinsey Research show that while few occupations are fully automatable, 60% of all occupations have at least 30 percent technically automatable activities. Some 40% of transactional accounting work is expected to be automated by 2020 and predicted to touch 230...
by Kathy Gibson | Apr 30, 2019 | Workplace 2020
The challenge of measuring productivity has taken on a new twist in the digital age. One company has tackled the challenge and come up with new ways of solving an ongoing problem. Kathy Gibson found out more As the Fourth Industrial Revolution becomes a reality, the...