by Dianne Bayley | May 4, 2020 | Innovation
South Africa is a unique country, and in many ways because of our uniqueness we need novel solutions, writes Thoneshan Naidoo, Principal Officer of Medshield Medical Scheme. On the one hand we face a quadruple disease burden of HIV/AIDs and TB; high maternal and child...
by Dianne Bayley | Apr 28, 2020 | Innovation
Data sharing is more important than ever under the current Covid-19 pandemic, says Andrew Brown, Deputy Managing Executive for Altron HealthTech. However, one of the key tenets of the government’s mooted National Health Insurance is that public and private healthcare...
by Dianne Bayley | Apr 28, 2020 | Internet of Things
For years, remote working was a concept that many companies dabbled in, allowing staff to work from home or coffee shops when they needed to, notes Richard Vester, Executive Director, Cloud and International at IOCO. Despite the fact that remote work has grown 91%...
by Dianne Bayley | Apr 27, 2020 | Workplace 2020
Not all business leaders are handling the workplace crises of COVID-19 as well as they should, with those who combine a war-like approach tempered with humanity and compassion proving the most effective, say their executive coaches in a recent study. Dr Nicky...
by Dianne Bayley | Apr 26, 2020 | Security and Legal
As the novel coronavirus Covid-19 continues to wreak havoc around the world, so does misinformation, fear, fake cures, fake news and malicious hoaxes, writes Londo Mncube, Managing Director, Mncube Consultants. Not only is the current finger-pointing and contempt...