by Dianne Bayley | Dec 8, 2019 | Innovation
Blockchains. They’re all the rage. They’re touted as the magic bullet for everything from money to medicine to political regime change, writes Cayle Sharrock, Head of Engineering at Tari Labs. And the fervour of blockchain believers has been matched only by the...
by Dianne Bayley | Dec 4, 2019 | Sustainability
International Labour Organization Director-General Guy Ryder has called on African countries to seize the opportunities that exist on the continent to advance towards a human-centred future of work. He was speaking at the opening of the ILO’s 14th African...
by Dianne Bayley | Nov 27, 2019 | Sustainability
The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) is underway and it is shaping up some of the most significant opportunities and challenges of our lifetime, writes Takreem El Tohamy, General Manager, IBM Middle East and Africa. The surging high-tech, sharing economy is...
by Dianne Bayley | Nov 20, 2019 | Workplace 2020
“Disruptive digital and e-commerce businesses, from scale-ups through to giants like Amazon or Google, are growing at such unprecedented rates that the gap between the staff they need and the talent available in the marketplace is widening. This is particularly true...
by Dianne Bayley | Nov 19, 2019 | Featured Articles
Up to 20 million young people are expected to join the African workforce annually over the next two decades, writes Trent Odgers, Cloud and Hosting Manager, Africa at Veeam. By 2030, 60% of the continent’s population will consist of those under the age of 25. With the...