African fintech is disruptive, unstoppable

African fintech is disruptive, unstoppable

By Dominique Collett Fintech is disrupting the way ordinary Africans manage and use money – and these fintech players are standing up to traditional institutions as a force to be reckoned with. Accenture estimates that over one-third of mainstream financial...
Algorithmic analysis promotes innovation

Algorithmic analysis promotes innovation

Kathy Gibson ~ Reportback from SAPInsider in Vienna: Sometimes innovation can come from the most unexpected places – but organisations might not stumble across it without the help of data analytics. Jayne Landry, global vice-president and GM at SAP Business...
Disruptive technology appeals to millennials

Disruptive technology appeals to millennials

Business, as we have known it, has been disrupted by technology. According to property magnate and co-founder of an online trading portal Quoin Online, Wayne van der Vent, “It’s the future consumer we need to think about.” It took around two years to get the portal...
Software creates winning business models

Software creates winning business models

It is through software that today’s winning business models are emerging, according to AJ Hartenberg, portfolio manager at T-Systems, South Africa. Over the past couple of years, think of all the intuitive, convenient mobile apps and web-based services that have...
Are your staff members costing your business?

Are your staff members costing your business?

By Candace van Zyl, marketing manager, QuickEasy Software “Productivity and growth of productivity must be the first economic consideration at all times, not the last. That is the source of technological innovation, jobs and wealth.” ~ William E. Simon The longer I’ve...